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LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE
would do well to consider the wisdom of providing such a room.
The lending library at Gorton—the tenth established by the corporation of Manchester was opened on 5th May 1894. The building is situated at the junction of Gorton Lane and Belle
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Vue Street, West Gorton. The shape of the site suggested an octagonal plan for a portion of the building, and this has been adopted, the section at the union of the two streets being an octagon measuring 29 feet 6 inches in diameter,
