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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/HM214C_coker-baptist-church_Coker-AL.html
Constituted as Big Creek Baptist Church on July 22, 1820 by Daniel Brown and Thomas Baines (ancestor of President Lyndon B. Johnson) with Phillip May as first pastor, Joseph Barrett and Charles Pate as first deacons. As the third oldest church in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3F_bryce-hospital_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Alabama state hospitals inspired by Dorothea Dix in 1849. Opened 1861. Peter Bryce, J. T. Searcy and W. D. Partlow were the superintendents during the next 87 years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR2N_old-bryce-cemetery_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
This is the oldest of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility. The first recorded burial dates to 1861. While only a few graves are currently marked, it is estimated that thousands …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR2M_bryce-hospital-cemetery-2_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
One of four historic cemeteries located on the campus of Bryce Hospital, Alabama's oldest mental health facility, this cemetery was established in 1922 and was closed for burials in 1953. It contains approximately 1550 burials mostly marked with s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR2L_first-papermaking-in-alabama_Tuscaloosa-AL.html
Gulf States Paper Corporation (3/4 mile Northeast) began production in April 1929 to introduce the modern pulp and paper industry to Alabama. Based on the state's fast-growing forests, paper became a major Alabama industry.
The Tuskaloosa Pape…