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PublisherUniversity of Alabama Press

ISBN-100817354328

ISBN-139780817354329

eBay Product ID (ePID)59049430

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Edition2

Book TitleAlabama Blast Furnaces

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMaterials Science / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Metallurgy

Publication Year2008

IllustratorYes

GenreTechnology & Engineering, History

AuthorJoseph H. Woodward II, Joseph H. Woodward, Joseph H. Woodward III

Book SeriesLibrary of Alabama Classics Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight10.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-017008

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsAlabama Blast Furnaces fills in the missing parts of the epic story of the iron trade that set Alabama apart from all its sister states. At no place else in the world could all the ingredients needed to make iron - iron ore, limestone, and coal - be found in such close proximity.... The various ores and fossil fuels hidden by primordial upheavals within the valleys and ridges of Alabama's Appalachian Plateau invited investment in great centers of manufacturing. Due to lower manufacturing costs and reduced transportation needs that these mineral resources provided, new industrial cities like Birmingham, Bessemer, and Sheffield sprang to life. - From the Introduction, " Alabama Blast Furnaces fills in the missing parts of the epic story of the iron trade that set Alabama apart from all its sister states. At no place else in the world could all the ingredients needed to make iron--iron ore, limestone, and coal--be found in such close proximity. . . . The various ores and fossil fuels hidden by primordial upheavals within the valleys and ridges of Alabama's Appalachian Plateau invited investment in great centers of manufacturing. Due to lower manufacturing costs and reduced transportation needs that these mineral resources provided, new industrial cities like Birmingham, Bessemer, and Sheffield sprang to life." --from the Introduction

Dewey Decimal669.141309761

SynopsisGo to resource on all the furnaces that made Alabama internationally significant in the iron and steel industry This work is the first and remains the only 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. Woodward surveys the iron industry from the early, small local market furnaces through the rise of the iron industry in support of the Confederate war effort, to the giant internationally important industry that developed in the 1890s. The bulk of the book consists of individual illustrated histories of all blast furnaces ever constructed and operated in the state, furnaces that went into production and four that were built but never went into blast. Written to provide a record of every blast furnace built in Alabama from 1815 to 1940, this book was widely acclaimed and today remains one of the most quoted references on the iron and steel industry., This work is the first and remains the only 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. Woodward surveys the iron industry from the early, small local market furnaces through the rise of the iron industry in support of the Confederate war effort, to the giant internationally important industry that developed in the 1890s. The bulk of the book consists of individual illustrated histories of all blast furnaces ever constructed and operated in the state? furnaces that went into production and four that were built but never went into blast. Written to provide a record of every blast furnace built in Alabama from 1815 to 1940, this book was widely acclaimed and today remains one of the most quoted references on the iron and steel industry., Go to resource on all the furnaces that made Alabama internationally significant in the iron and steel industry

LC Classification NumberTN713.W66 2007