John Rylands Library pitched roof over its reinforced concrete roof. Champneys designed a pitched roof but Mrs Rylands was advised that an internal stone vault would reduce the fire risk and it was not built. The £17 million project was completed by summer 2007 and the library reopened on 20 September 2007. By the nineteenth century Manchester was a prosperous industrial town and the demands of cotton manufacturing stimulated the growth of engineering and chemical industries. The town became 'abominably filthy' and was 'often covered, especially during the winter, with dense fogs ... there is at all times a copious descent of soots
City and University Library in Osijek founder was City Library, so it expanded its activities and assumed functions of university library, so it changed name to "City and University Library of Osijek", which it still carries. City and University Library in Osijek The City and University Library of Osijek () is the city library of Osijek and the central library of the University of Osijek. It is the biggest library in Slavonia and one of the bigger ones in Croatia. The City and University Library of Osijek was established as "Osijek City Library" () on 8 February 1949, by decision of City national committee of the