Cover; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Pioneer Era -- 1815-1861; Civil War Era -- 1961-1865; Reconstruction Era -- 1866-1879; Modern Era -- 1880-1940; Summary; Alabama City Furnace; Alice Furnace; Attalla Furnace; Battelle Furnace; Bay State Furnace; Bessemer Furnaces; Bibb Furnaces; Cane Creek Furnace; Cedar Creek Furnace; Cole Furnaces; Cornwall Furnace; Decatur Furnace; Edwards Furnace; Ensley & Fairfield Furnaces; Etowah Furnaces; Fort Payne Furnace; Gadsden Furnace; Hale & Murdock Furnace; Hattie Ensley Furnace; Holt Furnace; Ironaton Furnaces; Irondale Furnace
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
