| Alabama Blast Furnaces First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Woodward, Joseph H. (Author), Bennett, James R. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0817354328 ISBN-13: 9780817354329 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Business & Economics | Industries - Manufacturing - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 669.141 |
| LCCN: 2007017008 |
| Series: Library of Alabama Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.34" W x 9.16" (0.63 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |