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* [[January 26]]: [[Woodward Furnace No. 2]] was blown in. | * [[January 26]]: [[Woodward Furnace No. 2]] was blown in. | ||
* [[August 3]]: [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of ''[[The Daily Herald]]''. | * [[August 3]]: [[Rufus Rhodes]] published the first edition of ''[[The Daily Herald]]''. | ||
* [[Charles Ferguson]] founded the short-lived ''[[Blount Springs Herald Weekly]]''. | |||
* The [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]] was extended to [[Ensley]]. | * The [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]] was extended to [[Ensley]]. | ||
* The [[Coalburg Coal and Coke Company]] was sold to the [[Sloss Iron and Steel Company]]. | * The [[Coalburg Coal and Coke Company]] was sold to the [[Sloss Iron and Steel Company]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 13 February 2010
1887 was the 16th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham in 1871.
Events
- April 27: Leeds was incorporated.
- May 1: Ferdinand Neville was appointed the first full-time chief of the Birmingham Fire Department.
- August 6: The Magic City Guards were formally disbanded.
- August 17: A. H. Parker arrived in Birmingham.
- September 20: John Henry competed in a legendary contest against a steam hammer.
- Avondale was founded.
- Leeds was incorporated.
- Edward M. Tutwiler was married to the former Margaret Lee Chewning.
- Howard College moved to East Lake.
- Hall-Kent Elementary School was founded.
- The Birmingham Water Works completed a canal from Five Mile Creek to the North Birmingham Water Works pumping station, replacing Village Creek as a source of municipal water.
Business
- January 26: Woodward Furnace No. 2 was blown in.
- August 3: Rufus Rhodes published the first edition of The Daily Herald.
- Charles Ferguson founded the short-lived Blount Springs Herald Weekly.
- The Birmingham Southern Railroad was extended to Ensley.
- The Coalburg Coal and Coke Company was sold to the Sloss Iron and Steel Company.
- Parisian Dry Goods & Millinery Company was founded.
- The Birmingham Trust and Savings Company was founded.
- Loveman's department store opened its first location in downtown Birmingham.
- The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce was founded.
- Joseph Johnston was named president of the Sloss Iron & Steel Company.
Individuals
Births
- February 21: B. O. Hargrove, Birmingham Fire Chief
- June 1: Ewart "Dixie" Walker, baseball pitcher
- August 4: Kelly Ingram, World War I hero
- November 19: Jack Nabors, baseball player
- Charles Gardner, Jefferson County Deputy
Deaths
- September 10: Richard Jowers, furnace worker
- William Brodie, labor leader
Works
Books
- Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical by John Witherspoon Dubose
Buildings
- Avondale United Methodist Church
- Bessemer Block
- East Lake United Methodist Church
- Ensley Hotel
- L & N Station
Sports
- The Birmingham Barons began playing professional baseball.
Context
1887 was the year of the first Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Anne Sullivan was hired to teach Helen Keller. Gottleib Daimler completed his first automobile. Queen Victoria celebrated her golden jubilee after 50 years on the throne. Flooding of the Yellow River in China killed 900,000. 1887 births include Chico Marx, Fatty Arbuckle, Marc Chagall, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Marcus Garvey, Le Corbusier, Chiang Kai-shek, and Georgia O'Keefe. Deaths included Henry Ward Beecher, Dorothea Dix, and Emma Lazarus.
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