‘The Homes of our Metal Manufactures. Messrs R.W. Winfield and Co’s Cambridge Street Works & Rolling Mills, Birmingham’: Archaeological Excavations at the Library of Birmingham, Cambridge Street: Archaeological Excavations at the Library of Birmingham, Ca

"With the redevelopment of the former car park adjacent to Baskerville House as part of the Library of Birmingham project, the opportunity arose to examine some of the most complete remains of the 19th-century industrialisation in Birmingham. Birmingham Archaeology of the University of Birmingham, in association with Carillion and the Birmingham City Council, undertook an archaeological excavation, before the construction of the new Library of Birmingham, in an area between Cambridge Street and Centenary Square, Broad Street, in the city centre. The excavation identified six phases of activity pre-dating, during and after the completion of the brass metal works."--From publisher Web site, 9 October 2013 (all but last sentence also on p. 1 of the resource itself). Front Cover Title Page Copyright CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF PLATES LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE WORK CHAPTER 2: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW CHAPTER 3: THE 18TH CENTURY BASKERVILLE HOUSE ANDTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CANAL (PHASES 1 AND 2) CHAPTER 4: THE ROLLING MILL, WIRE MILL AND THE TUBEWORKS (PHASES 3, 4, 5 AND 6) CHAPTER 5: THE BEDSTEAD WORKS (PHASES 3, 4 AND 5) CHAPTER 6: THE ARTEFACTUAL EVIDENCE CHAPTER 7: ARCHAEO-METALLURGY CHAPTER 8: THE CAMBRIDGE STREET WORKS: CONTEXT AND COMPARISON CHAPTER 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CAMBRIDGESTREET WORKS APPENDIX 1: DETAILED EXCAVATION AIMS AND METHODOLOGY APPENDIX 2: ARTEFACT ASSEMBALGE SUMMARIES APPENDIX 3: ARCHAEO-METALLURGY METHODOLOGY AND DETAILED STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS