"Brighthope," the first blast furnace constructed in Bibb County, Alabama.
The furnace was built in 1847, and it was dismantled by Union troops in 1865. An article about the furnace, accompanied by this image, appeared in the Birmingham News / Birmingham Age-Herald, Sunday, June 23, 1929.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/2625 |
| Summary: | The furnace was built in 1847, and it was dismantled by Union troops in 1865. An article about the furnace, accompanied by this image, appeared in the Birmingham News / Birmingham Age-Herald, Sunday, June 23, 1929. |
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