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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Alabama Manufacturing Directory
Circular - Geological Survey of Alabama
Author: Geological Survey of Alabama
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Coal Mine Directory, United States and Canada
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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List of Bureau of Mines Publications and Articles ... with Subject and Author Index
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Blocton
Author: Charles Edward Adams
Publisher: University Alabama Press
ISBN: 9780817317775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Blocton chronicles the history of a community built on coal. In 1883 two entrepreneurs--Truman Aldrich, a New York engineer, and Cornelius Cadle, a former Union Army officer--created the Cahaba Coal Mining Company and built a railroad eight miles into the wilderness of northern Bibb County to tap thick veins of coal deep underground. There, they built the town of Blocton and beside the town rose a sister suburb, West Blocton. In 1892 the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company took control of the Blocton mines, and fifteen years later US Steel swallowed the Tennessee company. Blocton coal was in high demand during World War I and production continued. By the end of the 1920s, however, a devastating fire, mine closure, and the stock market crash devastated the area. Blocton is more than a history of wealthy men, great deeds, greater crises, and giant corporations. It recounts the hopes and dreams, accomplishments and everyday tragedies of the miners, housewives, store keepers, teachers, and all the people who gave personality and perseverance to the community.
Publisher: University Alabama Press
ISBN: 9780817317775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Blocton chronicles the history of a community built on coal. In 1883 two entrepreneurs--Truman Aldrich, a New York engineer, and Cornelius Cadle, a former Union Army officer--created the Cahaba Coal Mining Company and built a railroad eight miles into the wilderness of northern Bibb County to tap thick veins of coal deep underground. There, they built the town of Blocton and beside the town rose a sister suburb, West Blocton. In 1892 the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company took control of the Blocton mines, and fifteen years later US Steel swallowed the Tennessee company. Blocton coal was in high demand during World War I and production continued. By the end of the 1920s, however, a devastating fire, mine closure, and the stock market crash devastated the area. Blocton is more than a history of wealthy men, great deeds, greater crises, and giant corporations. It recounts the hopes and dreams, accomplishments and everyday tragedies of the miners, housewives, store keepers, teachers, and all the people who gave personality and perseverance to the community.
List of Bureau of Mines Publications and Articles ... with Subject and Author Index
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines. Branch of Editorial Services
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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List of Publications, Bureau of Mines
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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List of Publications Issued by the Bureau of Mines, with Subject and Author Index
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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List of Bureau of Mines Publications and Articles ... with Subject and Author Index
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines. Office of Public Information
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Alabama Coal Data for 1989
Author: Janyth S. Tolson
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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