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Wilkinson was from Burnley was appointed as the first librarian of Rawtenstall in 1905 and the library opened for business in 1906 with 6,000 volumes on the open access system. When the library was officially opened on 1 June 1907 Andrew Carnegie himself attended the event along with local
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Initially lighting was provided by oil lamps but from 1908 to 1909 electricity was used. Increased usage and popularity meant that the lending
Library was extended from 1914 (again funded by Carnegie) and 3 years earlier in 1911 a Reference Library had been opened on the first floor.
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The design of the building was opened up to competition and out of the twenty two that were submitted the Free
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A detailed chronology of the history of libraries in
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On 11 July 1902 a letter from Andrew
Carnegie was read out at a meeting of Rawtenstall Borough Council offering £6000 towards the building of a new library. The
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