Carnegie Library, Egerton Street, Runcorn
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Image: © Jaggery Taken: 4 Feb 2017
Grade II Listed building viewed in February 2017. THE GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE 1906 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6659682 is embossed over the entrance. Carnegie libraries were built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. More than 2,500 Carnegie libraries were built worldwide.