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The tipple was located at the Woodward #3 Mine on Red Mountain. There was a tailings dump on the south side of the mountain, at the end of track at Woodward #1 site. | The tipple was located at the Woodward #3 Mine on Red Mountain. There was a tailings dump on the south side of the mountain, at the end of track at Woodward #1 site. | ||
The industrial track operated by Woodward on the "north" face of Red Mountain. The Woodward line came up the mountain, crossed under the TCI RR, and had an interchange track with it. Then the Woodward line, using a switchback configuration, worked along the face of Red Mountain to each of 3 mine sites. To the | The industrial track operated by Woodward on the "north" face of Red Mountain. The Woodward line came up the mountain, crossed under the TCI RR, and had an interchange track with it. Then the Woodward line, using a switchback configuration, worked along the face of Red Mountain to each of 3 mine sites. To the west of this location, is the Sloss #2 mine site, and to the east is the TCI/USX Wenonah #7 mine site and head of the High Line. | ||
[[The Pyne Mine]] site was located east of Red Mountain in the Shades Valley. Slope mines on the northwest face of Red Mountain sloped steeply, about 30 degrees, downward to the southeast. There were very few deep shaft mines for iron ore in the District. | [[The Pyne Mine]] site was located east of Red Mountain in the Shades Valley. Slope mines on the northwest face of Red Mountain sloped steeply, about 30 degrees, downward to the southeast. There were very few deep shaft mines for iron ore in the District. | ||
Revision as of 13:02, 13 June 2009
The Woodward Iron Company operated mines, quarries and furnaces that were connected by a private industrial railroad in Jefferson County, Alabama. The three Ore mines were Woodward #1, #2 and $3. Woodward #1 was located south of Paul’s Hill in Bessemer and was the site of the administrative offices, Doctor’s Office and Commissary. Woodward #2 was south of Lipscomb and west of TCI #7. Woodward #3 was the last operational site on Red Mountain and closed about 1953. The tipple was located at the Woodward #3 Mine on Red Mountain. There was a tailings dump on the south side of the mountain, at the end of track at Woodward #1 site.
The industrial track operated by Woodward on the "north" face of Red Mountain. The Woodward line came up the mountain, crossed under the TCI RR, and had an interchange track with it. Then the Woodward line, using a switchback configuration, worked along the face of Red Mountain to each of 3 mine sites. To the west of this location, is the Sloss #2 mine site, and to the east is the TCI/USX Wenonah #7 mine site and head of the High Line.
The Pyne Mine site was located east of Red Mountain in the Shades Valley. Slope mines on the northwest face of Red Mountain sloped steeply, about 30 degrees, downward to the southeast. There were very few deep shaft mines for iron ore in the District. In 1918 Woodward began construction of the vertical shaft Pyne Mine, which reached iron ore about 1200 feet below ground. This mine was operated for a period of years, closed, and reopened for demand in WW II. It closed about 1972.
The furnace was located in Woodward Alabama between Brighton and Dolomite. The ore was transported to the furnace by rail through Lipscomb and Brighton to the Woodward Furnace.