03347nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10527846 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101104r20111910alua sb 001 0 eng d 2010046566 9780817356828 (pbk. alk. paper) 9780817385774 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)781538716 n-us-al HC107.A4 A8 2011eb 338.2/72409761 22 Armes, Ethel, 1876-1945. The story of coal and iron in Alabama [electronic resource] / Ethel Armes ; preface to the 2011 edition by James R. Bennett. Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2011. xxxvi, 581 p. : ill. Originally published: Birmingham, Ala. : Pub. under auspices of the Chamber of commerce, 1910. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Mines and mineral resources Alabama. Coal mines and mining Alabama. Iron industry and trade Alabama. Alabama Economic conditions. Electronic books. local Bennet, James R. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10527846 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 145797 145797