page_title: Waterford City Library
hierarchical_section_title: Waterford City Library
caption_attribution_description: This is millionaire industrialist and library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, pictured with assembled dignitaries for the laying of the foundation stone of Waterford Free Library at Lady Lane - one of five free libraries in Waterford that Carnegie sponsored. Carnegie had arrived in Dublin on 18 October 1903 and stayed overnight in the Gresham Hotel, before travelling to Waterford. As well as laying the foundation stone, Carnegie received the Freedom of Waterford, before moving on to Limerick and Cork to lay foundation stones for free libraries in those cities. Date: 19 October 1903 NLI Ref.: &lt;a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/P_WP_1313" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;P_WP_1313&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: Waterford City Library, also known as the Central Library, is a public library in Waterford, Ireland. It was the first to be built of Ireland's many Carnegie libraries. The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who had previously opened libraries in Scotland and the USA, himself laid the foundation stone in 1903.
context_section_description: Waterford City Library, also known as the Central Library, is a public library in Waterford, Ireland.  It was the first to be built of Ireland's many Carnegie libraries. The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who had previously opened libraries in Scotland and the USA, himself laid the foundation stone in 1903.
caption: Andrew Carnegie laying the foundation stone for the Library in 1903.
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