Shelby Iron Company, Industrial heritage museum in Shelby, Alabama, United States.
The Shelby Iron Works site contains remains of blast furnaces, brick-lined cisterns, and a large smoke stack from its iron manufacturing period.
The company operated from 1842 to 1865, producing iron for Confederate naval ships and manufacturing materials until Wilson's Raiders destroyed the facility.
The museum maintains artifacts and structures that demonstrate the development of industrial processes in nineteenth-century Alabama through iron production methods.
Located at 10268 County Road 42, the park functions as a local history museum displaying industrial equipment and manufacturing remnants from the Civil War era.
The facility produced wood alcohol from charcoal during World War I, utilizing chemical processing structures that remain visible at the site today.
Website: http://shelbyironworks.com
GPS coordinates: 33.11210,-86.59460
Latest update: March 31, 2025 23:26
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