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As of 2023, Birmingham has two Fortune 500 public companies: Regions Financial Corporation and Vulcan Materials Company. [1] Multiple other Birmingham companies rank in the top 1000. Private companies with revenue over one billion
The Morris Avenue Historic District is an industrial district in Birmingham, Alabama. The district covers Morris Avenue from 20th Street to 25th Street and First Avenue from 21st to 26th Street. The Morris Avenue section comprises a set of late 19th century masonry warehouses that were Birmingham's main food distribution center until the 1950s. [2]
The company renamed itself Hoar Construction in 1985. [4] In 2008, it was named the fifth best place to work in America. [5] With US$866 million in revenue for 2018, Hoar Construction was ranked 10th among Birmingham's largest privately held companies. [6] In August 2018, Turner Burton was promoted to president of the company. [7]
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The first manufactured waders were made as early as the 1850s by a company called Hodgman. When rubber became popular around 1912, they started making the waders out of this particularly waterproof and durable material. [1]
The Alabama Power Headquarters Building is an 18-story (98 m) corporate headquarters building located in Birmingham, Alabama. The building, completed in 1990, is part of the Alabama Power Headquarters Complex which is composed of four office buildings, two parking decks, and two parking lots.
The 36-foot (11 m) tall statue was moved to the Urban Center, an office complex off of Interstate 459 in Liberty Park, Alabama in 1989. Liberty Park is a commercial, residential and retail development between Torchmark Development Company and Drummond Company.
They selected Birmingham as the site for a new pipe plant and in 1906 constructed a pipe foundry, powerhouse and machine shop and "Quarters" for about 40 black families. Guided by John J. Eagan, principal stockholder and first president, the company began providing amenities for its workers living in Acipcoville.