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HAER No. AL-52, "Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, Ensley Works, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL", 10 photos, 5 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. AL-52-A, " Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, Ensley Works, Open Hearth Furnace (Ruins) ", 3 photos, 2 color transparencies, 1 photo caption page
Later TCI eliminated the rental program and sold the homes to the workers. TCI was later purchased by U.S. Steel corporation. Some residents in the community then worked at the nearby Edgewater mine. Today, residents in Bayview work for businesses across the county and are not exclusively associated with the mining industry.
Westfield is an unincorporated community and former coal mining town in Jefferson County, Alabama. [1] It was a coal mining camp for Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. that was purchased by U.S. Steel and developed as a planned steel worker community that was predominantly African American. It was home to Westfield High School.
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Houston County was the last county created in the state, on February 9, 1903. [3] According to 2023 U.S. Census data, the average population of Alabama's 67 counties is 76,246, with Jefferson County as the most populous (662,895), and Greene County (7,341) the least. [7] The average land area is 756 sq mi (1,958 km 2).
The Woodward blast furnaces were located in what was then called Woodward, Alabama, (an unincorporated area). It was between present-day Brighton and Dolomite, on the site of the plantation of Fleming Jordan, an early planter in Jefferson County. The Jordan plantation was located in present-day Hueytown, Alabama.
The park was founded by school teacher Mary Grice of Mobile, Alabama. [3] In 1976, the park was established as a private not-for-profit foundation. The goal was to preserve and redevelop the area. In 1981, the Alabama Legislature named Blakeley a state park and created a separate state authority to oversee operations. [3]