Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park -- Shelby Ironworks Park -- Billy Gould Coke Ovens Park -- Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park -- Oxmoor Furnace Site -- Irondale Furnace Park -- Helena Rolling Mill Site -- Red Mountain Park, iron ore mines -- Lewisburg Coke Ovens Park -- Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark -- Ruffner Mountain Nature Center -- Blocton Coke Ovens Park -- Vulcan Park and Museum -- Glossary
Summary
This guidebook of historic iron-production sites is designed to give the reader a factual and illuminating look at the people and events that shaped Birmingham into one of America's leading steel centers. Iron & Steel is heavily illustrated with both color and historical black-and-white photographs. It can be used while visiting parks or read as a coherent volume before or after a visit. The book contains chapters devoted to the larger preserved sites open to the public, such as Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark and Tannehill Ironworks Historical Stat
