Alabama Blast Furnaces

The standard source on all the furnaces that made Alabama internationally significant in the iron and steel industry.

About the author

Joseph H. Woodward was a member of the celebrated Woodward family, the pioneers of Alabama's iron and steel industry, and was an employee of the Woodward Iron Company, which prepared and published this work in Birmingham in 1940.

James R. Bennett is Commissioner of the State of Alabama Department of Labor, Chair of the Board or Trustees of Jacksonville State University, and author of Tannehill and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry.

Summary

A source of information on all blast furnaces built and operated in Alabama, from the first known charcoal furnace of 1815 (Cedar Creek Furnace in Franklin County) to the coke-fired giants built before the onset of the Great Depression.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph H. Woodward, Joseph H./ Bennett Woodward
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2007
• EAN: 9780817354329
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5432-9
• No. of pages: 169
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Library of Alabama Classics; Library of Alabama Classics Series; Library of Alabama Classics; Library Alabama Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries