Five Points South in Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Industry

Iron and steeel manufacturing

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 17, 2013

1. Industry Marker

Inscription. Heavy industry, the reason for Birmingham’s founding, is still an economic force here today. Foundries and pipe plants dot the landscape, the railroad runs through the city’s center, and steam rises periodically in the distance from the quenching of super-heated metals.

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North view from Red Mountain

1. ACIPCO (American Cast Iron Pipe Company)
2. Principal railroad lines
3. Hardie-Tynes Company
4. ABC Coke – Division of Drummond Company
5. McWane Pipe Company
6. Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Erected by Altec/Styslinger Foundation, Jemison Investment Co., and Jemison and Day Families.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 33° 29.521′ N, 86° 47.731′ W. Marker is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County. It is in Five Points South. It can be reached from Valley View Drive west of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South. Located in Vulcan Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1701 Valley View Drive, Birmingham AL 35205, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A New City (here, next to this marker); The Lone Pine Mine (a few steps from this marker); Vulcan Statue (a few steps from this marker); Kiwanis and Vulcan (a few steps from this marker); Mining Red Mountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Before Birmingham: Jones Valley (within shouting distance of this marker); The Works Progress Administration (within shouting distance of this marker); Mineral Railroad Trestle (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Birmingham.

Also see . . . Vulcan Park and Museum. (Submitted on October 6, 2013.)

1. ACIPCO (American Cast Iron Pipe Company) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 17, 2013

2. 1. ACIPCO (American Cast Iron Pipe Company)

Principal railroad lines image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 17, 2013

3. Principal railroad lines

Hardie-Tynes Company image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 17, 2013

4. Hardie-Tynes Company

ABC Coke - Division of Drummond Company image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 17, 2013

5. ABC Coke - Division of Drummond Company

McWane Pipe Company image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 17, 2013

6. McWane Pipe Company

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 17, 2013

7. Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2013, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 737 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on October 5, 2013, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.