Carnegie Heritage Information Centre
Library in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
The Carnegie Free Library at the gates of Hull's West Park was one of 660 libraries in Britain and Ireland built with funds supplied by the Scottish industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie supported over 2, 500 free libraries around the world and in 1903, following consultation with Sir James Reckitt, donated J3, 000 towards the creation of Hull's 5th branch library. The site was supplied free of charge by the corporation and construction started in the winter of 1904, to the designs of the City Architect Joseph Hirst.
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read moreCalling all Road Hauliers with exhibition models of transport from the Hull Area. Our proposed exhibition of Road Haulage vehicles could not be held this year but we do envisage holding it early 2021 and invite you to bring your lorry to display at this exhibition. We aim to promote interest in and celebration of the rich History and Heritage of the city of Kingston upon Hull by selling publications about the city. We now offer for sale a variety of new books, booklets, maps, CDs and DVDs in our on-line shop.