Located near the geographic center of Alabama, in the small, quiet town of Shelby, lies the remains of Alabama’s largest charcoal blast furnace. These remains give scant evidence to the important role it played during the Civil War and Alabama’s fledgling iron industry. Despite operating for over half a century, this landmark would have faded in memory without the preservation efforts of the Historic Shelby Association.
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Mar 21, 2019 @ 14:23:35
remember when all of that machinery was made in the U.S.A,?
Mar 21, 2019 @ 19:11:45
lol. I do.
Mar 21, 2019 @ 21:30:07
Little trip back in time. Nice photo meanderings.
Mar 22, 2019 @ 07:24:46
This post has been languishing in drafts a while.
Mar 22, 2019 @ 13:08:10
I have a bunch of those too. I was talking about the photos taking us back in time.
Mar 22, 2019 @ 20:09:51
Oh, I see.
Mar 23, 2019 @ 08:45:30
These are gorgeous. & I love old sites like this; thank you! (i like this layout (vs FB) where you can see them ‘all at once’. idk, WP is perfect for your sets of photos) There’s an artist – Earl Grenville Killeen- that does colorful paintings of gears, and ironworks, that you might like. Anyway, love these, JR!
Mar 23, 2019 @ 11:30:17
Thank you so much. You are correct. WP is a much better format for pictures than FB, IG, Twitter, and Vero. I really should invest more energy here. Thanks for stopping by and commenting 💛
Mar 26, 2019 @ 07:51:11
💜 (listening to you chat over your kimchi…that’s an old cutting board! (-; )
Mar 26, 2019 @ 09:17:39
Yes! 40ish years. Maybe more.