Is This 19th-Century Factory the World’s First Skyscraper?
It’s billed as the “grandparent of the modern skyscraper,” though it’s unlikely you’ve heard of it. From the outside, Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings resembles any number of red brick relics from the industrial revolution that litter the English north and Midlands.But as the first building in the world to be built from a precast iron frame,
