03347nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003600112020002700148040002100175035002100196043001200217050002400229082002300253100003000276245013100306260006100437300002600498500009900524504005100623505177300674533015202447650004202599650003602641650003802677651003402715655002902749700002102778710001702799856012602816999001902942ebr10527846CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||101104r20111910alua    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2010046566  z9780817356828 (pbk. alk. paper)  z9780817385774 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)781538716  an-us-al14aHC107.A4bA8 2011eb04a338.2/724097612221 aArmes, Ethel,d1876-1945.14aThe story of coal and iron in Alabamah[electronic resource] /cEthel Armes ; preface to the 2011 edition by James R. Bennett.  aTuscaloosa, Ala. :bUniversity of Alabama Press,cc2011.  axxxvi, 581 p. :bill.  aOriginally published: Birmingham, Ala. : Pub. under auspices of the Chamber of commerce, 1910.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aMines and mineral resourceszAlabama. 0aCoal mines and miningzAlabama. 0aIron industry and tradezAlabama. 0aAlabamaxEconomic conditions. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aBennet, James R.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10527846zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c145797d145797