Iron and Steel : a Driving Guide to the Birmingham Area Industrial Heritage.

Iron and Steel : a Driving Guide to the Birmingham Area Industrial Heritage.

This guidebook of historic iron-production sites is designed to give the reader a factual and illuminating look at the people and events that shaped Birmingham into one of America's leading steel centers. Iron & Steel is heavily illustrated with both color and historical black-and-white pho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bennett, James
Other Authors: Utz, Karen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010.
Series:Alabama, the forge of history.
Subjects:
Iron-works > Alabama > Birmingham Region > Guidebooks.
Coke-ovens > Alabama > Birmingham Region > Guidebooks.
Blast furnaces > Alabama > Birmingham Region > Guidebooks.
Parks > Alabama > Birmingham Region > Guidebooks.
Historic sites > Alabama > Birmingham Region > Guidebooks.
Industries > Alabama > Birmingham Region > History.
Industrial archaeology > Alabama > Birmingham Region.
Blast furnaces
Coke-ovens
Historic sites
Industrial archaeology
Industries
Iron-works
Parks
Birmingham Region (Ala.) > Guidebooks.
Birmingham Region (Ala.) > History, Local.
Alabama > Birmingham Region
Guidebooks
History
Local history
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park; 2. Shelby Ironworks Park; 3. Billy Gould Coke Ovens Park; 4. Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park; 5. Oxmoor Furnace Site; 6. Irondale Furnace Park; 7. Helena Rolling Mill Site; 8. Red Mountain Park, Iron Ore Mines; 9. Lewisburg Coke Ovens Park; 10. Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark; 11. Ruffner Mountain Nature Center; 12. Blocton Coke Ovens Park; 13. Vulcan Park and Museum; Glossary; References; Index.

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