The Free Library was built in 1910 by the Carnegie Trust, in a street that took its name from the library, Carnegie Street. That street has disappeared now, replaced with a car park, but the building remains, and has hardly changed. One thing that is different is little spire on the roof, a ventilation system which contained wind driven fan blades that created a draught drawing stale air from inside. It is probably now merely decorative.
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[…] the Post Office, on the other Station Road/Carnegie Street corner is the Carnegie Free Library, the one building to survive on that side of Station Road until the other side of Meadow […]
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