Carnegie library

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
The first of Carnegie's public libraries was in his birthplace of Dunfermline, Scotland. It opened in 1883.
Suppose Andrew Carnegie does not donate any money for the building of libraries. What happens then?
 
Vancouver's homeless, street people would have no place to hide from the rain at the corner of Hastings and Main.

The massive, stone Carnegie Library now contains a few books and a variety of social services for Vancouver's poorest citizens. Another hundred charities have set up shop within a mile of Hastings and Main.
 
Vancouver's homeless, street people would have no place to hide from the rain at the corner of Hastings and Main.

The massive, stone Carnegie Library now contains a few books and a variety of social services for Vancouver's poorest citizens. Another hundred charities have set up shop within a mile of Hastings and Main.

Wait, so there's a Carnegie Library in Vancouver?
 
At first, Carnegie libraries were almost exclusively in places where Andrew Carnegie had a personal connection.
This would be Scotland and the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
 
Until 1898, only one library was commissioned in America outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
In 1892 a library in Fairfield, Iowa was commissioned.
 
If there were no Carnegie libraries, there would be no Carnegie library of Reims, France. The Carnegie library of Reims is the single Carnegie library in France.
 
The Brampton Public Library in Brampton, Ontario would not have been a Carnegie library.
The Goderich Public Library in Goderich, Ontario would not have been a Carnegie library.
 
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