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Alabama Iron Co.
| Name | Alabama Iron Co. |
| Ortssitz | Alabama Furnace (USA) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hochofenwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Stephen S. Glidden, President and Manager; Horace Ware, Vice-President, and James L. Orr, Treasurer. Betreiber der Alabama Furnace: One charcoal stack, 41} x 8|; hot blast; built in 1873; open top, with bonnet; annual capacity, 9.000 net tons. Stephen S. Glidden, President and Manager. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 36] |
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| 1873 |
Bau des Hochofens |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Roheisen |
1876 |
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1876 |
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| ZEIT | 1812-1890 |
| THEMA | Geschichte |
| TEXT | Horace Ware (*11.04.1812 +02.07.1890) built Alabama's first permanent ironworks and the first rolling mill, which produced iron ingots in various shapes, including slabs, bars, or finished products such as rails, beams, or plates. Ware's Shelby County Iron Manufacturing Company, commonly known as the Shelby Iron Works, evolved from a rudimentary operation in the late 1840s into one of Alabama's most significant industrial complexes by 1860. Before selling his interest in the Shelby furnaces, Ware purchased the inactive Salt Creek furnace in Talladega County near Anniston in December 1869. Lacking sufficient capital to put this furnace back in operation, he teamed up with Stephen S. Glidden of Ohio in November 1872 to form the Alabama Furnace Company, which in turn became the Clifton Iron Company when A.L. Tyler and Samuel Noble of Anniston purchased Glidden's interest. Ware was not actively involved in the Clifton operation and sold his interest in 1888. About 1884 Ware invested for a short time in the Sheffield Furnace Company that provided free land to furnace investors to encourage them to use the brown ore of Franklin County. Ware quickly sold his interest to Enoch Ensley a few months after production began in late 1887. He also invested in a furnace in Jefferson, Texas, prior to his retirement to Birmingham, where he died on July 2, 1890, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. |
| QUELLE | [http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org] |
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| ZEIT | 1876 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Eigentümer: Alabama Iron Co. One charcoal stack, 41} x 8|; hot blast; built in 1873; open top, with bonnet; annual capacity, 9.000 net tons. Stephen S. Glidden, President and Manager. Lage in Ironton Junction lt. [http://genealogytrails.com/ala/talladega/history.html] bzw. bei Anniston (diese jedoch in Calhoun County) lt. [http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org] |
| QUELLE | [Ironworks of the United States (1876)] |
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