Carnegie

Today's the day ........................ to go to the library

I've been to Kendal library hundreds of times - but I've never really looked at it - not with blipping eyes at any rate. Today, I did - and I find that it's a Carnegie Library.

Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) was a Scottish-American millionaire. He became a telegraph boy in Pittsburgh at the age of 14 and subsequently, by investment in sleeping cars, oil and the US iron and steel inductry, amassed a vast fortune. From 1901, he owned a castle in Sutherland and devoted his wealth to peace studies, education and endowments to universities and libraries. Kendal library was funded by Carnegie, designed by a Kendal architect, T F Pennington and opened in March 1909.

Amazing what you can learn if you open your eyes ......................!