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The story of coal and iron in Alabama / Ethel Armes ; preface to the 2011 edition by James R. Bennett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armes, Ethel, 1876-1945.
- Series:
- Library Alabama Classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mines and mineral resources--Alabama.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Coal mines and mining--Alabama.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Iron industry and trade--Alabama.
- Iron industry and trade.
- Alabama--Economic conditions.
- Alabama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (683 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is the principal authority for the general treatment of the history of coal, and of iron and steel, in Alabama.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Birmingham, Ala. : Pub. under auspices of the Chamber of commerce, 1910.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8577-0
- OCLC:
- 772845402
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