Alabama Blast Furnaces

Contents

CONTENTS Page Forevvord 7 Acknovvledgments 9 Introduction . 13 Pioneer Era--1815-1861 15 Civil War Era--1861-1865 _)-;- 19 Reconstruction Era--1866-1879 25 Modern Era 1880-1940 27 Summary , , 31 Alabama City Furnace 35 Alice Furnaces 37 Attalla Furnace 39 Battelle Furnace , 40 Bay State Furnace 42 Bessemer Furnaces 43 Bibb Furnaces 46 Cane Creek Furnace 52 Cedar Creek Furnace ._______ 54 Cole Furnaces , 56 Cornvvall Furnace ________________ 58 Decatur Furnace , 62 Edvvards Furnace . 63 Ensley & Fairfield Furnaces 65 Etovvah Furnaces , 68 Fort Payne Furnace 70 Gadsden Furnace 72 Hale &' Murdock Furnace 74 Hattie Ensley Furnace 75 Holt Furnace , , 77 Ironaton Furnaces - 80 Page Irondale Furnace 82 Janney Furnace - ._ 87 Jenifer Furnace ----------,--- 90 ICnight Furnace 94 Lady Ensley Furnace , 96 Little Cahaba Furnaces 97 Mary Pratt Furnace 100 Montgomery Furnace __. 102 North Alabama Furnace 103 Oxford Furnace 105 Oxmoor Furnaces 106 Philadelphia Furnace 111 Piedmont Furnace 113 Rock Run Furnace . 114 Round Mountain Furnace 116 Shelby Furnaces 120 Sloss City and North Birmingham Furnaces 128 Stonevvall Furnace 132 Talladega Furnace 134 Tannehill Furnaces __, 135 Tecumseh Furnace 140 Thomas Furnaces . 142 Trussville Furnace 145 Vanderbilt Furnaces .__147 Williamson Furnace 149 Woodstock Furnaces 151 Woodvvard Furnaces 155 Chronological Order of Furnaces__160 Annual Production Figures 162 Index , .163 ...