Alabama blast furnaces / Joseph H. Woodward, II ; new introduction by James R. Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodward, Joseph H., 1912-1965.

Series:

Library of Alabama classics.

Library of Alabama classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blast furnaces--Alabama.

Blast furnaces.

Cast-iron--Alabama.

Cast-iron.

Iron industry and trade--Alabama.

Iron industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is the first and remains the only source of information on all blast furnaces built and operated in Alabama, from the first known charcoal furnace of 1815 (Cedar Creek Furnace in Franklin County) to the coke-fired giants built before the onset of the Great Depression. Woodward surveys the iron industry from the early, small local market furnaces through the rise of the iron industry in support of the Confederate war effort, to the giant internationally important industry that developed in the 1890's. The bulk of the book consists of individual illustrated histories

Contents:

Cover; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Pioneer Era - 1815-1861; Civil War Era - 1961-1865; Reconstruction Era - 1866-1879; Modern Era - 1880-1940; Summary; Alabama City Furnace; Alice Furnace; Attalla Furnace; Battelle Furnace; Bay State Furnace; Bessemer Furnaces; Bibb Furnaces; Cane Creek Furnace; Cedar Creek Furnace; Cole Furnaces; Cornwall Furnace; Decatur Furnace; Edwards Furnace; Ensley & Fairfield Furnaces; Etowah Furnaces; Fort Payne Furnace; Gadsden Furnace; Hale & Murdock Furnace; Hattie Ensley Furnace; Holt Furnace; Ironaton Furnaces; Irondale Furnace

Janney Furnace Jenifer Furnace; Knight Furnace; Lady Ensley Furnace; Little Cahaba Furnaces; Mary Pratt Furnace; Montgomery Furnace; North Alabama Furnace; Oxford Furnace; Oxmoor Furnaces; Philadelphia Furnace; Piedmont Furnace; Rock Run Furnace; Round Mountain Furnace; Shelby Furnaces; Sloss City and North Birmingham Furnaces; Stonewall Furnace; Talladega Furnace; Tannehill Furnaces; Tecumseh Furnace; Thomas Furnaces; Trussville Furnace; Vanderbilt Furnaces; Williamson Furnace; Woodstock Furnaces; Woodward Furnaces; Chronological Order of Furnaces; Annual Production Figures; Index

Notes:

Originally published: Woodward, Ala. : Woodward Iron Co., c1940.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8101-5

OCLC:

183306367