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Iron & steel : a guide to Birmingham area industrial heritage sites / Jim Bennett and Karen Utz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennett, James R. (James Ronald), 1940- author.
- Utz, Karen R., author.
- Series:
- Alabama, the forge of history.
- Alabama : the forge of history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iron-works--Alabama--Birmingham--Guidebooks.
- Iron-works.
- Coke-ovens--Alabama--Birmingham--Guidebooks.
- Coke-ovens.
- Blast furnaces--Alabama--Birmingham--Guidebooks.
- Blast furnaces.
- Parks--Alabama--Birmingham--Guidebooks.
- Parks.
- Historic sites--Alabama--Birmingham--Guidebooks.
- Historic sites.
- Industries--Alabama--Birmingham--History.
- Industries.
- Industrial archaeology--Alabama--Birmingham.
- Industrial archaeology.
- Birmingham (Ala.)--Guidebooks.
- Birmingham (Ala.).
- Birmingham (Ala.)--History, Local.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 128 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Iron and steel
- Guide to Birmingham area industrial heritage sites
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 photographs. It can be used while visiting parks or read as a coherent volume before or after a visit. The book contains chapters devoted to the larger preserved sites open to the public, such as Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark and Tannehill Ironworks Historical Stat
- Contents:
- Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park
- Shelby Ironworks Park
- Billy Gould Coke Ovens Park
- Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park
- Oxmoor Furnace Site
- Irondale Furnace Park
- Helena Rolling Mill Site
- Red Mountain Park, iron ore mines
- Lewisburg Coke Ovens Park
- Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark
- Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
- Blocton Coke Ovens Park
- Vulcan Park and Museum
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8398-0
- OCLC:
- 664233640
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