The Birmingham District refers to a geological area in the vicinity of Birmingham, Alabama where the raw materials for making steel, limestone, iron ore, and coal are found together in abundance. Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 Iron ores are rocks and Minerals from which Metallic Iron can be economically extracted The district includes Red Mountain, Jones Valley, and the Warrior and Cahaba coal fields in Central Alabama. Description At Birmingham the lower is predominantly shaly and there Central Alabama is the region in the state of Alabama that stretches approximately 170 miles (270 km from the
The industrial development of these resources began, in limited fashion, before the American Civil War (attracting the attention of Wilson's Raiders in the course of that conflict). Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Wilson's Raid was a Cavalry operation through Alabama and Georgia in March-April 1865 late in the American Civil War.
Beginning in 1871 with the founding of the City of Birmingham and the construction of the first blast furnaces, the development of the district enjoyed explosive growth, slowed only by a deficit of skilled labor and investment capital. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical Furnace used for Smelting to produce metals generally Iron. This boom earned for Birmingham the nickname "The Magic City" and also spurred the growth of several independent industrial cities and dozens of company towns. A company town is a Town or City in which all Real estate, Buildings (both residential and commercial) Utilities
As the steel-making industry has diminished in its economic importance to the district, many of the sites have been abandoned or dismantled. Preservationists are attempting to document and preserve the physical evidence of Birmingham's industrial history. Industrial archaeology, like other branches of Archaeology, is the study of material culture from the past but with a focus on industry In the spring of 1993 a large-scale survey was undertaken for the Birmingham Historical Society and the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS Historic American Engineering Record (HAER and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS are programs of the The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS Historic American Engineering Record (HAER and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS are programs of the The results of that survey were published in the book Birmingham Bound.
References
- Armes, Ethel (1910). The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. ISBN 0-912221-03-8.
- Lewis, W. David (1994). Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Univ. of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-0708-7.
- Morris, Philip & Marjorie Longenecker White (1997). Birmingham Bound, An Atlas of the South's Premier Industrial Region. Birmingham, Alabama: Birmingham Historical Society. ISBN 0-943994-22-5.
- White, Marjorie Longenecker (1981). The Birmingham District: An Industrial History and Guide. Birmingham, Alabama: Birmingham Historical Society. ISBN 0-943994-00-4.
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