The story of coal and iron in Alabama [[electronic resource] /] / Ethel Armes ; preface to the 2011 edition by James R. Bennett

• Autore: Armes Ethel <1876-1945.>
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (683 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.2/72409761
• Soggetto topico: Mines and mineral resources - Alabama; Coal mines and mining - Alabama; Iron industry and trade - Alabama
• Soggetto geografico: Alabama Economic conditions
• Altri autori: BennetJames R
• Note generali: Originally published: Birmingham, Ala. : Pub. under auspices of the Chamber of commerce, 1910.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The planting of the seed -- Records of early growth -- First furnace and first railroad -- Early records of Jefferson and Walker counties -- Iron making and coal mining in Tuskaloosa county, 1830-1861 -- Bibb and Shelby counties, 1820-1861 -- Pioneer iron making in northeastern Alabama, 1830-1861, and first state geological survey -- Early railroad enterprises -- Internal conditions of state and outbreak of war -- Confederate arsenal and naval foundry -- Coal mining in Civil War period -- Iron making in war period -- Iron making in war period (continued) : the fall of Selma -- Resurrection of the iron works 1866-1870 -- The founding of a great workshop town, 1869-1872 -- Reconstruction of Oxmoor and advent of Louisville and Nashville railroad into Alabama 1872-1873 -- Life saving measures 1873-1878 -- Birmingham militant 1876-1880 -- A chapter of progress 1880-1886 -- The northeastern counties 1870-1890 -- The great boom of Birmingham 1886-1887 -- More big business 1886 : records of Sloss Iron and Steel Company and pioneer mining and manufacturing company -- Advent of Tennessee Company into Alabama (1886) and its early trials and tribulations -- A series of lively incidents in the Birmingham and Sheffield districts 1887 -- The march of the T. C. I. 1888-1895 -- Affairs of Birmingham district 1890-1909 : Birmingham Coal and Iron Company : Dimmick Pipe Company Southern Iron and Steel Company : Sloss-sheffield Steel and Iron Company -- Present day affairs of Birmingham district history of the T. C. I. (continued) : organization of Alabama consolidated coal and iron company -- The making of Walker County : Pratt Consolidated Coal Company, Galloway Coal Company, Corona Coal Company, Empire Coal Company and others -- The triumph of the T. C. I.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the principal authority for the general treatment of the history of coal, and of iron and steel, in Alabama.
• Titolo autorizzato: The story of coal and iron in Alabama
• ISBN: 0-8173-8577-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791962703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library Alabama Classics