Author: Ethel ArmesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama
Author: Ethel ArmesThe Welsh of Tennessee
Author: D. Eirug DaviesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781847714299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
After Samuel Roberts' ill-fated attempt at forming a Welsh colony in Tennessee, others from Wales would help develop the state's fledgling iron and coal industry. This book tells how they became Knoxville's largest employer, started the Dixie Eisteddfod, and got involved in an armed insurrection over the use of convicts in the mines.
Iron and Coal of Tennessee
Author: Joseph Buckner KillebrewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Coal Mining in Jefferson County
Author: Staci Simon GloverPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738582177
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Uniquely, Jefferson County had all of the elements necessary for the fabrication of iron and steel within its borders. Coal, limestone, and iron ore all lay within close proximity to Birmingham. The right amounts of business acumen, industrial planning, and labor force came together creating the industry that made Birmingham the "Magic City." The coal mining towns in the Birmingham Industrial District have rich histories--a Hollywood movie was made in one, a novel was written about another, and a soccer championship was won in yet another town. These coal towns and the miners who lived in them are as responsible as anyone for the birth of Birmingham industry.
The Red Iron Ores of East Tennessee
Author: Ernest Francis BurchardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Doe river, Tenn
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: The Tradesman
Author: John E. MacGowanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1546
Book Description
Tennessee. Its Agricultural & Mineral Wealth, with an Appendix, Showing the Extent, Value and Accessibility of its Ores, with Analyses of the Same
Author: Joseph Buckner KillebrewPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385516129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Coal Wars
Author: Richard MartinPublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466879246
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Since the late 18th century, when it emerged as a source of heating and, later, steam power, coal has brought untold benefits to mankind. Even today, coal generates almost 45 percent of the world's power. Our modern technological society would be inconceivable without coal and the energy it provides. Unfortunately, that society will not survive unless we wean ourselves off coal. The largest single source of greenhouse gases, coal is responsible for 43 percent of the world's carbon emissions. Richard Martin, author of SuperFuel, argues that to limit catastrophic climate change, we must find a way to power our world with less polluting energy sources, and we must do it in the next couple of decades—or else it is "game over." It won't be easy: as coal plants shut down across the United States, and much of Europe turns to natural gas, coal use is growing in the booming economies of Asia— particularly China and India. Even in Germany, where nuclear power stations are being phased out in the wake of the Fukushima accident, coal use is growing. Led by the Sierra Club and its ambitious "Beyond Coal" campaign, environmentalists hope to drastically reduce our dependence on coal in the next decade. But doing so will require an unprecedented contraction of an established, lucrative, and politically influential worldwide industry. Big Coal will not go gently. And its decline will dramatically change lives everywhere—from Appalachian coal miners and coal company executives to activists in China's nascent environmental movement. Based on a series of journeys into the heart of coal land, from Wyoming to West Virginia to China's remote Shanxi Province, hundreds of interviews with people involved in, or affected by, the effort to shrink the industry, and deep research into the science, technology, and economics of the coal industry, Coal Wars chronicles the dramatic stories behind coal's big shutdown—and the industry's desperate attempts to remain a global behemoth. A tour de force of literary journalism, Coal Wars will be a milestone in the climate change battle.
The Coal Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description