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The [[Birmingham & Pratt Mines Railroad]], constructed in [[1878]] and operating as the '''Pratt Coal & Iron Co. Railroad''', became the basis for the [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]], which was organized in [[1899]]. | The [[Birmingham & Pratt Mines Railroad]], constructed in [[1878]] and operating as the '''Pratt Coal & Iron Co. Railroad''', became the basis for the [[Birmingham Southern Railroad]], which was organized in [[1899]]. | ||
==External links== | |||
* [http://bhamrails.info/pratt_coal_mines.htm Pratt Coal Mines], illustrated history at [[Bhamrails.info]] | |||
[[Category:Mining]] | [[Category:Mining]] | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 6 April 2018
The Pratt Coal & Iron Company was a short-lived industrial company, organized in 1881 by Enoch Ensley after he acquired the Pratt Coal & Coke Company from Henry DeBardeleben for $600,000. Ensley sold the business to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in 1886 and assumed the presidency of the company. TCI, and later U.S. Steel, continued to operate a separate Pratt Mines division until the 1950s.
The Birmingham & Pratt Mines Railroad, constructed in 1878 and operating as the Pratt Coal & Iron Co. Railroad, became the basis for the Birmingham Southern Railroad, which was organized in 1899.
External links
- Pratt Coal Mines, illustrated history at Bhamrails.info