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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2O_the-works-progress-administration_Birmingham-AL.html
The WPA (Works Progress Administration) funded the design and construction of Vulcan Park in the late 1930s. This was done in conjunction with the Alabama Highway Department's improvement of U.S. Highway 31, the major north/south route that runs a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2M_the-lone-pine-mine_Birmingham-AL.html
You are standing in front of the entrance to Lone Pine Mine Number 3. This mine is one of over one hundred ore mine on Red Mountain that were active between 1860 and 1960. In the early twentieth century, iron ore was extracted from this mine a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2L_industry_Birmingham-AL.html
Heavy industry, the reason for Birmingham's founding, is still an economic force here today. Foundries and pipe plants dot the landscape, the railroad runs through the city's center, and steam rises periodically in the distance from the quenching …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2K_a-new-city_Birmingham-AL.html
The arrival of two railroad lines in Jones Valley opened nearby deposits of iron ore, limestone, and coal to commercial development and helped make Birmingham one of the great industrial cities of the post Civil War South. In 1871, the year of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2J_before-birmingham-jones-valley_Birmingham-AL.html
Red Mountain, where you are standing, and Jones Valley, which stretches before you, were sites of human activity long before Birmingham's founding in 1871. Native American presenceRecorded history and archaeological evidence indicate the presen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2I_mineral-railroad-trestle_Birmingham-AL.html
The railroad trestle support wall across the road is a remnant of L&N's 156-mile Mineral Railroad, the backbone of the local iron industry. This segment ran along the north edge of Vulcan Park on its route around the Birmingham District, linking m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2H_designing-vulcan-park_Birmingham-AL.html
Vulcan Park isn't just Vulcan's home; it's also a public park. The original project, funded by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) aimed for "general beautification of the entire acreage" to create" an ideal spot for untold scenic beauty." The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17ZN_emory-overton-jackson_Birmingham-AL.html
Emory Overton Jackson was born on September 8, 1908 in Buena Vista, Georgia to Will Burt and Lovie Jones Jackson. E. O. Jackson and his seven siblings were raised in the middle-class Birmingham enclave of Enon Ridge, located on the west side of to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BH_osmond-kelly-ingram_Birmingham-AL.html
(Front):Osmond Kelly Ingram1887-1917First American sailor killed in actionin World War 1, aboard U.S.S. "Cassin" October 1, 1917. Medal of HonorWar Cross - Italy(Back):U.S. Destroyer DD-225U.S.S. Osmond Ingrambuilt by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. Qu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BG_julius-ellsberry_Birmingham-AL.html
In dedication to Julius Ellsberry, the first Black Alabama man to die in World War II; born Birmingham, Ala, 1922. Enlisted in the U.S. Navy, 1940; First Class Mate [sic] Attendant aboard battleship Oklahoma in the Battle of Pearl Harbor, did …
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