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Pittencrieff Park

Pittencrieff Park (known locally as "The Glen") is a public park in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. It was purchased in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie made the donation to give it to the public. Although there is no real evidence of the payment made for Pittencrieff Park, there was a trust fund that Carnegie used to pay for it.

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Lauder Technical CollegeLauder Technical College. (now known as

Carnegie College) based in Halbeath, Dunfermline, Fife. The College was established in 1899, with financial support from Andrew Carnegie the world renowned philanthropist, industrialist and a son of Dunfermline. He built it for educational purposes. Not personal gain.

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Carnegie Glen BridgeThis elegant reinforced-concrete bridge,

erected in 1931–32 carrying Bridge Street 80 ft above the Tower Burn, is 536 ft long and 40 ft wide. It has a main arch span of 185 ft with a rise of 3312 ft and is one of the largest bridges of its type in Scotland containing about 6750 tons of concrete and about 100 miles of steel reinforcement weighing 320 tons.

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Carnegie Hall.Carnegie Hall was commissioned in the early

20th century to provide Dunfermline with a public hall for the arts..

The Hall opened in 1937 with a programme of musical recitals and children’s entertainment, and, as other venues faded in Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall became the main theatre for variety shows and amateur dramatics.

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Carnegie Swimming Pool.His first gift to Dunfermline was funding for

swimming baths that were built.on the corner of Pilmuir Street and Carnegie

Street.

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Carnegie LibraryThe Dunfermline Carnegie Library on the

corner of Abbot Street and St Margaret 23 Street was the first Free Library to be gifted by Andrew Carnegie and, unlike the other 2,800 where only the building was paid for by him, the contents were also included in the gift.

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