Bronze plaque on the plinth of Carnegie's statue in Pittencrieff Park
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Bronze plaque on the plinth of Carnegie's statue in Pittencrieff Park
Image: © Stanley Howe Taken: 7 Oct 2015
Beneath Dunfermline's heraldic motto 'Esto rupes inaccessa' (Be an inaccessable rock) it reads: Andrew Carnegie - Born in Dunfermline 26th November 1835 - Having achieved great success in business in the United States of America he devoted his fortune to the good of mankind - This monument is erected by his fellow citizens in grateful appreciation of his many gifts to his native city - AD1914.
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