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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


# [[Tannehill Furnace]]
==1870s - 1880s==
# [[Brierfield Furnace]]
* [[Oxmoor Furnace No. 2]] (Fall [[1873]])
# [[Irondale Furnace]]
* [[Edwards Furnace]] ([[June 10]], [[1880]])
# [[Oxmoor Furnace]]
* [[Alice Furnace No. 1]] ([[November 23]], [[1880]])
# [[Little Alice Furnace]], 1880-1927. [[Birmingham]]. [[Henry F. Debardeleben]]
* [[Sloss Furnaces|Sloss Furnace No. 1]] ([[April 12]], [[1882]])
# [[Big Alice Furnace]], 1883- . Birmingham. Henry F. Debardeleben
* [[Mary Pratt Furnace]] (April [[1883]])
# [[Little Bell Furnace]], 1890-1906, 1917-1919. [[Bessemer]]. [[Debardeleben Coal and Iron Company]]
* [[Alice Furnace No. 2]] ([[July 24]], [[1883]])
# [[Thomas Furnace #1]], 1888- . [[Thomas]]. [[Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company]]
* [[Woodward Furnace No. 1]] ([[August 17]], [[1883]])
# [[Thomas Furnace #2]], 1890- . Thomas. Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company
* [[Sloss Furnaces|Sloss Furnace No. 2]] (October [[1883]])
# [[Thomas Furnace #3]], 1902- . Thomas. [[Republic Iron and Steel Company]]
* [[Williamson Furnace]] (October [[1886]])
# [[Sloss Furnace #1]], 1882-1927. Birmingham. [[Sloss Furnace Company]]
* [[Woodward Furnace No. 2]] ([[January 26]], [[1887]])
# [[Sloss Furnace #2]],  c1885-1927. Birmingham. Sloss Furnace Company
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 4]] ([[April 9]], [[1888]])
# [[1927 Sloss Furnace #1]], 1927-1971. Birmingham. Sloss Furnace Company
* [[Thomas Furnace No. 1]] ([[May 15]], [[1888]])
# [[1927 Sloss Furnace #2]], 1927-1971. Birmingham. Sloss Furnace Company
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 3]] ([[June 5]], [[1888]])
# [[Ensley Furnace #1]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Bessemer Furnace No. 1]] (June [[1888]])
# [[Ensley Furnace #2]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Sloss Furnace No. 3]] (October [[1888]])
# [[Ensley Furnace #3]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 2]] ([[December 1]], [[1888]])
# [[Ensley Furnace #4]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Sloss Furnace No. 4]] (February [[1889]])
# [[Ensley Furnace #5]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Ensley Furnaces|Ensley Furnace No. 1]] ([[April 29]], [[1889]])
# [[Ensley Furnace #6]], [[Ensley]]. [[U. S. Steel]]
* [[Bessemer Furnace No. 2]] (April [[1889]])
# [[Bessemer Furnace #4]], 1888- . Bessemer. [[Pratt Coal and Iron Company]]
* [[Trussville Furnace]] (April [[1889]])
# [[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]]


[[Category:Lists]]
==1890s - 1900s==
[[Category:Furnaces]]
* [[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
 
==External links==
* [http://www.ironfurnaces.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Alabama Category:Alabama] at the Ironfurnaces.com wiki
 
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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