August - Japan's first pulsator-type washing machine, SW-53, is launched, a milestone in Japan's consumer electronics boom. SANYO's first black-and-white television model, the 17-C231, is launched. 1956: Production of the first transistor radio, the model 6C-1, commenced. 1957: SANYO's first refrigerator model, the SR-350, is launched. 1958
You are here. Brundidge. Brundidge is located in Pike County in southeast Alabama; it is the county's second-largest city and has a mayor/council form of government. Brundidge markets itself as the Antique City, owing to the number of antique stores in its historic downtown area.
(Brierfield is now a Historic State Park) Brierfield, Alabama was once a booming mining town, on the Southern Railway in the eastern part of Bibb County. It is located on the Little Cahaba River, near the Chilton County line and is in the richest part of the coal and iron ore desposits of Bibb County.