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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW6Z_shades-valley-high-school_Birmingham-AL.html
Nationally acclaimed Jefferson County School which originally served students from Homewood, Mountain Brook, Vestavia, Oak Grove, Irondale, Cahaba Heights, Hoover, Rocky Ridge, etc. Opened Fall 1949, closed 1996, demolished 2000. Designed by E.B. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTIO_ironmaking_Birmingham-AL.html
The Industry That Built A CityThe minerals needed to make iron-iron ore, coal, and limestone-are abundant in the Birmingham area, and for ninety years men turned these materials into pig iron at Sloss. Sloss pig iron was sold to foundries, where i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTCW_boilers_Birmingham-AL.html
The ProcessThe boiler was the source of power for most of Sloss. The boilers burned blast furnace gas to provide the heat necessary for converting water into steam. The steam produced here powered the blowing engines and turbo-blowers, the skip ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTBK_the-gas-system_Birmingham-AL.html
The Gas SystemGas produced in the furnace as a by-product of the ironmaking process was used in the plant as fuel. A large pipe called the downcomer carried gas from the top of the furnace to the gas cleaning equipment, which removed the dirt and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTAK_the-blowing-engine-room_Birmingham-AL.html
The blast furnace required a tremendous amount of air - about two tons for every ton of iron produced. These three rooms, known collectively as the blower building, house the equipment used to pump air to the furnaces. Workers called this blast of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJS_redmont-park-historic-district_Birmingham-AL.html
Extending across the crest of Red Mountain, is the state's second oldest garden-landscaped residential area. Developed from 1911 to 1935 by Robert Jemison, Jr., Hill Ferguson, and Henry Key Milner using landscape architects C. W. Leavitt of New Yo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPT0_the-berry-project_Birmingham-AL.html
This row of buildings from 2009 to 2017 Second Avenue dates from the early years of the 20th century and has undergone a variety of changes and modernizations over the years. Originally part of a larger building that burned in 1944 (now the site o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPSU_s-h-kress-five-and-ten-cent-store_Birmingham-AL.html
Built in 1937, Birmingham's S. H. Kress Five-and-Ten Cent Store was the second completed of the three great mercantile buildings on this intersection. Its construction reflected Kress's confidence in Birmingham's economy and marked a break by its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP82_birmingham-southern-college_Birmingham-AL.html
Created in 1918 on this siteby merger of two colleges: Southern Universitya Methodist collegefounded in 1856 at Greensboro.Birmingham Collegefounded by Methodist asN. Alabama Conference Collegeon this site in 1898.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP81_rickwood-field_Birmingham-AL.html
Built by Birmingham industrialist A. H. "Rick" Woodward, Rickwood Field served as home to the Birmingham Barons and Birmingham Black Barons for most of the 20th century. Recognized as "America's Oldest Baseball Park," Rickwood Field is now home to…
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