Blocton : The History of an Alabama Coal Mining Town

Name: Blocton
Brand: The University of Alabama Press
SKU: 9780817317775
Price: 7850 KES
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ISBN: 9780817317775

by Charles Edward Adams

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0817317775

ISBN-13 9780817317775

Publisher The University of Alabama Press

Imprint The University of Alabama Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 1st, 2012

Print length 360 Pages

Weight 825 grams

Dimensions 27.90 x 21.60 x 3.80 cms

Product Classification: History of the Americas History of the Americas Local history

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Blocton chronicles the history of a community built on coal.

Blocton chronicles the history of a community built on coal.

In 1883 two entrepreneurs—Truman Aldrich, a New York engineer, and Cornelius Cadle, a former Union Army officer—created the Cahaba Coal Mining Company and built a railroad eight miles into the wilderness of northern Bibb County to tap thick veins of coal deep underground. There, they built the town of Blocton and beside the town rose a sister suburb, West Blocton. In 1892 the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company took control of the Blocton mines, and fifteen years later US Steel swallowed the Tennessee company. Blocton coal was in high demand during World War I and production continued. By the end of the 1920s, however, a devastating fire, mine closure, and the stock market crash devastated the area.

Blocton is more than a history of wealthy men, great deeds, greater crises, and giant corporations. It recounts the hopes and dreams, accomplishments and everyday tragedies of the miners, housewives, store keepers, teachers, and all the people who gave personality and perseverance to the community.

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