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The story of coal and iron in Alabama

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Main Author: Armes, Ethel, 1876-1945
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Bennet, James R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2011.
Subjects:
Mines and mineral resources > Alabama.
Coal mines and mining > Alabama.
Iron industry and trade > Alabama.
Alabama > Economic conditions.
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Table of Contents:
  • The planting of the seed
  • Records of early growth
  • First furnace and first railroad
  • Early records of Jefferson and Walker counties
  • Iron making and coal mining in Tuskaloosa county, 1830-1861
  • Bibb and Shelby counties, 1820-1861
  • Pioneer iron making in northeastern Alabama, 1830-1861, and first state geological survey
  • Early railroad enterprises
  • Internal conditions of state and outbreak of war
  • Confederate arsenal and naval foundry
  • Coal mining in Civil War period
  • Iron making in war period
  • Iron making in war period (continued) : the fall of Selma
  • Resurrection of the iron works 1866-1870
  • The founding of a great workshop town, 1869-1872
  • Reconstruction of Oxmoor and advent of Louisville and Nashville railroad into Alabama 1872-1873
  • Life saving measures 1873-1878
  • Birmingham militant 1876-1880
  • A chapter of progress 1880-1886
  • The northeastern counties 1870-1890
  • The great boom of Birmingham 1886-1887
  • More big business 1886 : records of Sloss Iron and Steel Company and pioneer mining and manufacturing company
  • Advent of Tennessee Company into Alabama (1886) and its early trials and tribulations
  • A series of lively incidents in the Birmingham and Sheffield districts 1887
  • The march of the T. C. I. 1888-1895
  • Affairs of Birmingham district 1890-1909 : Birmingham Coal and Iron Company : Dimmick Pipe Company Southern Iron and Steel Company : Sloss-sheffield Steel and Iron Company
  • Present day affairs of Birmingham district history of the T. C. I. (continued) : organization of Alabama consolidated coal and iron company
  • The making of Walker County : Pratt Consolidated Coal Company, Galloway Coal Company, Corona Coal Company, Empire Coal Company and others
  • The triumph of the T. C. I.

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