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:''This article is about the company operated by Enoch Ensley as a successor to Henry DeBardeleben's [[Pratt Coal & | :''This article is about the company operated by Enoch Ensley as a successor to Henry DeBardeleben's [[Pratt Coal & Coke Company]]. For Erskine Ramsay's later mining concerns, see [[Pratt Coal Company]] and [[Pratt Consolidated Coal Company]].'' | ||
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 '''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. | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 6 April 2018
- This article is about the company operated by Enoch Ensley as a successor to Henry DeBardeleben's Pratt Coal & Coke Company. For Erskine Ramsay's later mining concerns, see Pratt Coal Company and Pratt Consolidated Coal Company.
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