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BLACKBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY
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library, 56 feet by 24, which is carried up to the full height of the building, and is lit from a lantern in the roof.

On the right of the library is the reference library, of similar size to the reading-room, librarian's office,

&c. The first floor is used for the museum and art gallery, which are lit by lantern and ceiling lights.

The Blackburn Library and Museum, an elevation of which will be seen in Fig. 67, is a stone-built edifice in mediaeval Gothic style. In the interior of the building is a vestibule, 15 feet by 9, and a spacious hall, 24 feet by 20. On the right is a room for librarian and a news-room,