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This is a '''list of furnaces''' in the [[Birmingham District]].
This is a '''list of furnaces''' in the [[Birmingham District]]. The names are those used in [[Joseph Woodward II]]'s ''Alabama Blast Furnaces'' ([[1940]]) and the dates are the first "blow in".


:''This is an incomplete and growing list.''
==Civil War and before==
* [[Little Cahaba Furnace No. 1]], c. 1848
* [[Shelby Furnace|Shelby Furnace No. 1]], Spring 1849
* [[Tannehill Ironworks|Tannehill Furnace No. 1]], 1859-1861
* [[Bibb Furnace No. 1]], 1861
* [[Shelby Furnace|Shelby Furnace No. 2]], March 1863
* [[Bibb Furnace No. 2]], 1863
* [[Little Cahaba Furnace No. 2]], c. 1863
* [[Oxmoor Furnace No. 1]], November 1863
* [[Tannehill Ironworks|Tannehill Furnace No. 2]], 1863
* [[Tannehill Ironworks|Tannehill Furnace No. 3]], 1863
* [[Cahaba Iron Works|Irondale Furnace]], 1864-1871


==Civil War and before==
==1870s - 1880s==
* [[Tannehill Furnace]], 1859-1865, [[Moses Stroup]], [[William L. Sanders]]
* [[Oxmoor Furnace No. 2]] (Fall [[1873]])
* [[Brierfield Furnace]] (also known as Bibb Furnace), 1862-1865, [[Bibb County Iron Company]]
* [[Edwards Furnace]] ([[June 10]], [[1880]])
* [[Irondale Furnace]] (also known as Cahaba Iron Works or McElwain Furnace), 1864-1865, [[Wallace S. McElwain]]
* [[Alice Furnace No. 1]] ([[November 23]], [[1880]])
* [[Shelby Furnace]], 1844-1865, 1869-1923. [[Shelby]]. [[Shelby Iron Company]], [[Horace Ware]]
* [[Sloss Furnaces|Sloss Furnace No. 1]] ([[April 12]], [[1882]])
* [[Oxmoor Furnace]], 1863-1865, 1873-1928, Moses Stroup, [[Henry F. Debardeleben]], [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Mary Pratt Furnace]] (April [[1883]])
* [[Alice Furnace No. 2]] ([[July 24]], [[1883]])
* [[Woodward Furnace No. 1]] ([[August 17]], [[1883]])
* [[Sloss Furnaces|Sloss Furnace No. 2]] (October [[1883]])
* [[Williamson Furnace]] (October [[1886]])
* [[Woodward Furnace No. 2]] ([[January 26]], [[1887]])
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 4]] ([[April 9]], [[1888]])
* [[Thomas Furnace No. 1]] ([[May 15]], [[1888]])
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 3]] ([[June 5]], [[1888]])
* [[Bessemer Furnace No. 1]] (June [[1888]])
* [[Sloss Furnace No. 3]] (October [[1888]])
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 2]] ([[December 1]], [[1888]])
* [[Sloss Furnace No. 4]] (February [[1889]])
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 1]] ([[April 29]], [[1889]])
* [[Bessemer Furnace No. 2]] (April [[1889]])
* [[Trussville Furnace]] (April [[1889]])
 
==1890s - 1900s==
* [[Thomas Furnace No. 2]] ([[February 22]], [[1890]])
* [[Vanderbilt Furnace No. 1]] ([[August 23]], [[1890]])
* [[Robertstown No. 1 Furnace]] ([[1890]])
* [[Robertstown No. 2 Furnace]] ([[1890]])
* [[Little Bell Furnace]] ([[1890]])
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 5]] ([[November 15]], [[1900]])
* [[Thomas Furnace No. 3]] ([[June 13]], [[1902]])
* [[Holt Furnace]] ([[August 1]], [[1903]])
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 6]] ([[April 28]], [[1905]])
* [[Woodward Furnace No. 3]] ([[June 23]], [[1905]])
* [[Vanderbilt Furnace No. 2]] ([[May 8]], [[1908]])
 
==1910s - 1920s==
* [[Fairfield Furnace No. 5]] ([[June 25]], [[1928]])
* [[Fairfield Furnace No. 6]] ([[September 27]], [[1928]])
 
==References==
* Woodward, Joseph II (1940) ''Alabama Blast Furnaces''. Birmingham: Woodward Iron Company. reprinted 2007 by University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0817354328


==After founding of Birmingham==
==External links==
* [[Little Alice Furnace]], 1880-1927. [[Birmingham]]. [[Henry F. Debardeleben]]
* [http://www.ironfurnaces.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Alabama Category:Alabama] at the Ironfurnaces.com wiki
* [[Big Alice Furnace]], 1883- . Birmingham. Henry F. Debardeleben
* [[Little Bell Furnace]], 1890-1906, 1917-1919. [[Bessemer]]. [[Debardeleben Coal and Iron Company]]
* [[Thomas Furnace #1]], 1888- . [[Thomas]]. [[Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company]]
* [[Thomas Furnace #2]], 1890- . Thomas. Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company
* [[Thomas Furnace #3]], 1902- . Thomas. [[Republic Iron and Steel Company]]
* [[Sloss Furnace #1]], 1882-1927. Birmingham. [[Sloss Furnace Company]]
* [[Sloss Furnace #2]],  c1885-1927. Birmingham. Sloss Furnace Company
* [[1927 Sloss Furnace #1]], 1927-1971. Birmingham. Sloss Furnace Company
* [[1927 Sloss Furnace #2]], 1927-1971. Birmingham. Sloss Furnace Company
* [[Sloss North Birmingham Furnace #1]], 1887-1950s. [[North Birmingham]]. Sloss Furnace Company
* [[Sloss North Birmingham Furnace #2]], 1887-1950s. [[North Birmingham]]. Sloss Furnace Company
* [[Ensley Furnace #1]], 1899- [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Ensley Furnace #2]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Ensley Furnace #3]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Ensley Furnace #4]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Ensley Furnace #5]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Ensley Furnace #6]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Bessemer Furnace #4]], 1888- . Bessemer. [[Pratt Coal and Iron Company]]
* [[Bessemer Furnace #3]], 1888- . Bessemer. [[Pratt Coal and Iron Company]]
* [[Bessemer Furnace #2]], 1888- . Bessemer. [[Pratt Coal and Iron Company]]
* [[Bessemer Furnace #1]], 1889- . Bessemer. [[Pratt Coal and Iron Company]]
* [[Trussville Furnace]], 1889-1918. [[Trussville]], [[Birmingham Furnace and Manufacturing Company]]
* [[U. S. Steel Fairfield Works]], 1910- [[Fairfield]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
*  Woodward Furnace,  Woodward,  Woodward Iron Company


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Latest revision as of 15:20, 12 November 2020

This is a list of furnaces in the Birmingham District. The names are those used in Joseph Woodward II's Alabama Blast Furnaces (1940) and the dates are the first "blow in".

Civil War and before

1870s - 1880s

1890s - 1900s

1910s - 1920s

References

  • Woodward, Joseph II (1940) Alabama Blast Furnaces. Birmingham: Woodward Iron Company. reprinted 2007 by University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0817354328

External links

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