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Line 41: When the Campfield premises were declared to be unsafe in 1877, the library was moved to the old Town Hall in [[King Street, Manchester\|King Street]]. The library moved again to what is now [[Piccadilly Gardens]], to the former outpatients wing of [[Manchester Royal Infirmary#New Infirmary\|Manchester Royal Infirmary]] and an old [[YMCA]] hut in 1912.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/500138/central_library/4586/history_of_central_library/2 \|title=Before Central Library: King Street and Piccadilly\|publisher=Manchester City Council\|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> In 1926 the city council held a competition to design an extension to the town hall and a central library. [[E. Vincent Harris]] was selected to design both buildings. His circular design for the library, reminiscent of the [[Pantheon, Rome\|Pantheon]] in Rome, was based on libraries in America. The library's foundation stone was laid on 6 May 1930 by the Prime Minister [[Ramsay MacDonald]].<ref name ="DandB" >{{cite web \|url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/500138/central_library/4586/history_of_central_library/3 \|title=Designing and Building the Central Library\|publisher=Manchester City Council\|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> The library was officially opened by [[King [[George V]] on 17 July 1934 after he had laid the foundation stone for the [[Manchester Town Hall Extension\|Town Hall Extension]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/500138/central_library/4586/history_of_central_library/4 \|title=The Opening of Central Library\|publisher=Manchester City Council\|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> [[File:Manchester Central Library 2.jpg\|thumb\|Manchester Central Library at night]] In 1934 the Blind Collection from Deansgate and the Commercial Library from the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester\|Royal Exchange]] were moved to the library. The Chinese Library Service was set up in 1968. Line 115: ==External links== {{Commons category\|Manchester Central Library}} {{Official\|1=https://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=500138}} [https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/sets/72157634643430861/ Great Hall, Manchester Central Library Manchester Archives+] * [http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents.php?categoryID=500138 Central Library homepage]