The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama.

By: Armes, EthelContributor(s): Bennett, James RMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Library Alabama Classics SerPublisher: Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (683 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817385774Subject(s): Coal mines and mining - AlabamaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Story of Coal and Iron in AlabamaDDC classification: 338.2/72409761 LOC classification: HC107Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2011 Edition -- Introduction -- Chapter I: The Planting of the Seed -- Chapter II: Records of Early Growth -- Chapter III: First Furnace and First Railroad -- Chapter IV: Early Records of Jefferson and Walker Counties -- Chapter V: Iron Making and Coal Mining in Tuskaloosa County, 1830-1861 -- Chapter VI: Bibb and Shelby Counties, 1820-1861 -- Chapter VII: Pioneer Iron Making in Northeastern Alabama, 1830-1861, and First State Geological Survery -- Chapter VIII: Early Railroad Enterprises -- Chapter IX: Internal Conditions of State and Outbreak of War -- Chapter X: Confederate Arsenal and Naval Foundry -- Chapter XI: Coal Mining in Civil War Period -- Chapter XII: Iron Making in War Period -- Chapter XIII: Iron Making in War Period (continued). The Fall of Selma -- Chapter XIV: Resurrection of the Iron Works 1866-1870 -- Chapter XV: The Founding of a Great Workshop Town, 1869-1872 -- Chapter XVI: Reconstruction of Oxmoor and Advent of Louisville and Nashville Railroad into Alabama 1872-1873 -- Chapter XVII: Life Saving Measures 1873-1878 -- Chapter XVIII: Birmingham Militant 1876-1880 -- Chapter XIX: A Chapter of Progress 1880-1886 -- Chapter XX: The Northeastern Counties 1870-1890 -- Chapter XXI: The Great Boom of Birmingham 1886-1887 -- Chapter XXII: More Big Business 1886. Records of Sloss Iron and Steel Company and Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company -- Chapter XXIII: Advent of Tennessee Company into Alabama (1886) and Its Early Trials and Tribulations -- Chapter XXIV: A Series of Lively Incidents in the Birmingham and Sheffield Districts 1887 -- Chapter XXV: The March of the T.C.I. 1888-1895 -- Chapter XXVI: 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.
Chapter XXVII: Present Day Affairs of Birmingham District (continued). History of the T.C.I. (continued). Organization of Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company -- Chapter XXVIII: The Making of Walker County. Pratt Consolidated Coal Company, Galloway Coal Company, Corona Coal Company, Empire Coal Company and Others -- Chapter XXIX: The Triumph of the T.C.I.
Summary: This book is the principal authority for the general treatment of the history of coal, and of iron and steel, in Alabama.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the 2011 Edition -- Introduction -- Chapter I: The Planting of the Seed -- Chapter II: Records of Early Growth -- Chapter III: First Furnace and First Railroad -- Chapter IV: Early Records of Jefferson and Walker Counties -- Chapter V: Iron Making and Coal Mining in Tuskaloosa County, 1830-1861 -- Chapter VI: Bibb and Shelby Counties, 1820-1861 -- Chapter VII: Pioneer Iron Making in Northeastern Alabama, 1830-1861, and First State Geological Survery -- Chapter VIII: Early Railroad Enterprises -- Chapter IX: Internal Conditions of State and Outbreak of War -- Chapter X: Confederate Arsenal and Naval Foundry -- Chapter XI: Coal Mining in Civil War Period -- Chapter XII: Iron Making in War Period -- Chapter XIII: Iron Making in War Period (continued). The Fall of Selma -- Chapter XIV: Resurrection of the Iron Works 1866-1870 -- Chapter XV: The Founding of a Great Workshop Town, 1869-1872 -- Chapter XVI: Reconstruction of Oxmoor and Advent of Louisville and Nashville Railroad into Alabama 1872-1873 -- Chapter XVII: Life Saving Measures 1873-1878 -- Chapter XVIII: Birmingham Militant 1876-1880 -- Chapter XIX: A Chapter of Progress 1880-1886 -- Chapter XX: The Northeastern Counties 1870-1890 -- Chapter XXI: The Great Boom of Birmingham 1886-1887 -- Chapter XXII: More Big Business 1886. Records of Sloss Iron and Steel Company and Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company -- Chapter XXIII: Advent of Tennessee Company into Alabama (1886) and Its Early Trials and Tribulations -- Chapter XXIV: A Series of Lively Incidents in the Birmingham and Sheffield Districts 1887 -- Chapter XXV: The March of the T.C.I. 1888-1895 -- Chapter XXVI: 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.

Chapter XXVII: Present Day Affairs of Birmingham District (continued). History of the T.C.I. (continued). Organization of Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company -- Chapter XXVIII: The Making of Walker County. Pratt Consolidated Coal Company, Galloway Coal Company, Corona Coal Company, Empire Coal Company and Others -- Chapter XXIX: The Triumph of the T.C.I.

This book is the principal authority for the general treatment of the history of coal, and of iron and steel, in Alabama.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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