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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215Q_john-wesley-hall-grist-mill-cotton-gin_McCalla-AL.html
The John Wesley Hall Grist Mill & Cotton Gin operated on this site from 1867 to 1931, was successor to one of Alabama's earliest grist mills located a mile west on Mud Creek.
Burned during the Civil War, Hall's Mill was moved to this location t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215P_nail-house_McCalla-AL.html
Built by Jules Nail in the Mt. Olive Community of Jefferson County
Mr. Nail lived in the house until the 1880's, except for a period of service with the Union Army during the war.
Donated by Mack Lee and Thomas Nail...
Restored 1979
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215O_blower-house_McCalla-AL.html
Built under the supervision of Moses Stroup to supply air blast for Tannerhill Furnace No. 1 (1859), this facility made use of blowing tubs and a large waterwheel. It remained in operation even after Furnace Nos. 2 and 3 were added in 1862 and equ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215N_pipe-dl-co-1889_McCalla-AL.html
The pipe marked DL & CO 1889 for Dennis Long and Company was unearthed in Cahaba Heights. Dennis Long was a native of Londonderry, Ireland who began the manufacture of cast iron pipe prior to the Civil War in Louisville, Kentucky. Long won and los…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215M_hot-pot-ensley-works_McCalla-AL.html
Sometimes called a slag ladle or cinder pot, this relic from U.S.
Steel's Ensley Works was used as a part of a eight-car train to move slag from the furnaces to the slag dump. A single car could hold up to 15 tons.
Pot manufactured at U.S. Ste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215L_bessemer-sewer-system_McCalla-AL.html
The large 54 inch inside diameter pipe was unearthed in 2001 behind the Woodward Golf Course by Bob Hall and the Jefferson County Environmental Services. It was used by the Bessemer sewer system. (Donated by U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company, 2002)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM215K_the-collins-house_McCalla-AL.html
Built in the late 1870s near Vernon, Alabama by Edward Francis Collins. Logs were cut from timber on the family farm and hand hewed.
The house remained in the Collins family until it was moved to this site in the spring of 1984.
It was given…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOM_tannehill-furnace-and-foundry_McCalla-AL.html
2 ½ miles East - the beginning of Steel Industry in this area. Iron Ore, reduced by charcoal, hauled by oxcart, was made into plows, pots, cannon and munitions.
State Park- Camping, Nature Trails, Swimming and Fishing Early American Restor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOL_tannehill-furnaces_McCalla-AL.html
Tannehill Furnaces began as asmall forge in 1830. During theWar Between the States (1861-1865)these furnaces were a majorsupplier of iron and munitionsfor the Confederacy. Whenpartially destroyed by Uniontroops on March 31, 1865, theywere producin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOK_eighth-iowa-cavalry_McCalla-AL.html
This tablet dedicated to the men of Companies D and I which, along with other detachments, attacked the Tannehill Ironworks March 31, 1865 under the command of Capt. William A. Sutherland, First Brigade, First Division (McCook's), United States Ca…