Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama

The Iron and Steel Museum of Alabama spans 13,000 square feet and exhibits machinery, tools, and artifacts from nineteenth-century iron production methods.

The museum preserves the legacy of Alabama's iron industry, which supplied 70 percent of Confederate iron requirements during the final two years of the Civil War.

The facility maintains over 10,000 archaeological artifacts from regional iron-making sites, documenting the industrial development of Alabama from the 1830s through the 1960s.

Visitors can access the museum through the Tram Track Hiking Trail, which connects to the preserved furnaces of Tannehill Ironworks.

The collection includes an 1835 Dotterer steam engine previously owned by automotive pioneer Henry Ford and rare Confederate artillery projectiles from Selma Naval Gun Foundry.

Location: Alabama

Inception: 1981

Website: http://tannehill.org/museum.html

GPS coordinates: 33.24950,-87.07130

Latest update: March 7, 2025 09:20