Upcycling at it’s very best!

What do  a colonial jail building, a disused telephone booth, an 1858 barn which hasn’t seen a horse for many years,  a spare shipping container and some old railway carriages have in common?

They are all libraries of course! 

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This colonial jail in Nassau (Bahamas), built in 1873, is enjoying a new life as a public library.
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Disused train carriages in Chile
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Shipping container turned into a library in The Netherlands.

More libraries that began life with a different purpose can be found here.


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