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Tannehill Ironworks
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By Tim & Renda Carr, July 10, 2010 | |
| | | 1. Tannehill Ironworks Marker | | |
Inscription. This important battery of charcoal blast furnaces ranked among the most productive in Alabama during the Civil War. The only three furnaces ironworks in the state during the war years, it was capable of producing 22 tons of pig iron a day for the Selma Arsenal and Gun Works.
Equipped with hot blast stoves and steam power to increase production, the Roupes Valley furnaces were among the most modern of their day. Experiments with red iron ore opened the door to iron manufacture in Birmingham.
A foundry and tan yard were also located here which made iron and leather products for the Confederate Army including kettles, ovens, hollow-ware, harness and canteens.
Furnace No. 1 was built by noted southern ironmaster Moses Stroup in 1859. William L. Sanders completed work on Furnaces 2 and 3 which went into blast in 1862-63 with financial assistance from the Confederate government.
This is also the site of one of Alabama’s first bloomery forges erected in 1830 by Daniel Hillman. It made horseshoes, plows, and other agricultural products. The location is considered the birthplace of the Birmingham Iron and Steel District.
No other place in Alabama made iron for a as long as did these works prior to the Civil War.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior| | | | 
By Tim & Renda Carr, July 10, 2010 | |
| | | 2. Artist's depiction of Tannehill Ironworks 1865 | | |
Location. 33° 14.874′ N, 87° 4.069′ W. Marker is near McCalla, Alabama, in Tuscaloosa County. Click for map. Marker is located in the Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park across from the furnaces. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12632 Confederate Parkway, Mc Calla AL 35111, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Civil War Site 1861-1865 (here, next to this marker); Tannehill Furnaces (about 700 feet away, in a direct line); Eighth Iowa Cavalry (about 700 feet away); Tannehill Furnace And Foundry (approx. 2.6 miles away); Town of Woodstock (approx. 6 miles away); Belle Ellen (approx. 9.2 miles away); Blocton / Blocton Coke Ovens (approx. 9.5 miles away); Canaan Baptist Church (approx. 10.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in McCalla.
Also see . . . Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park's website. (Submitted on September 27, 2010, by TRCP Alliance of Birmingham, Alabama.)
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By Tim & Renda Carr, July 10, 2010 | |
| | | 3. Tannehill Ironworks and Marker | | |
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By Tim & Renda Carr, May 11, 2007 | |
| | | 4. Tannehill Ironworks | | |
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By Tim & Renda Carr, July 10, 2010 | |
| | | 5. Ruins of the Tannehill Ironworks 1890 | | The operations at Tannehill Ironworks came to an end on March 31, 1865, as three companies of the Eighth Iowa Cavalry swepted through the area destroying the furnaces, cabins, foundry, and tannery as part of Union General James H. Wilson's raid into Alabama destroying the Confederate industry. | | |
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By Tim & Renda Carr, May 11, 2007 | |
| | | 6. Tannehill Ironworks 2007 | | |
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By Tim & Renda Carr | |
| | | 7. Tannehill Ironworks Furnaces #1, 2, and 3 and blower house on the right. | | |
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By Tim & Renda Carr, May 11, 2007 | |
| | | 8. Tannehill Ironworks | | The Hillman's bloomery site on the left, blower house on the right. | | |
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By Tim & Renda Carr, July 10, 2010 | |
| | | 9. Example photo of the Hillman's Forge | | |
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By Tim & Renda Carr, July 10, 2010 | |
| | | 10. Site of the Hillman's Forge next to the blower house. | Hillman's Forge 1830
Uncovered by a University of Alabama archaeological team in 1990, this site is thought to have been Daniel Hillman's bloomery built in 1830. It was the birthplace of the Birmingham Iron and Steel District.
With construction of blast furnaces here in 1859, this structure may have been converted into a cupola for castings, a contention supported by the large number of tools and machine parts found in the excavation. | | |
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By Tim & Renda Carr, July 10, 2010 | |
| | | 11. Image of a Faber Horizontal Steam Engine | | The steam engine provided power to the air blowers to blast hot air into the furnaces to reduce the iron ore. | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on September 27, 2010, by TRCP Alliance of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 558 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on September 27, 2010, by TRCP Alliance of Birmingham, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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