This week's Turnback Tuesday features a bird's-eye view postcard of the Birmingham Iron Foundry in Derby.
It started out as a family business by the Colburn brothers in 1838. But it did not become the Birmingham Iron Foundry until 1850 when the Colburns sold it to Sheldon Bassett, though the original name is unlisted.
It was renamed again in 1927 after merging with the Farrel Corp. The building was eventually torn down in 2000 to make way for the Home Depot.
[First posted on this date in 2017.]
Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
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