view gallery N8.5 km | Blocton Coke Ovens/Blocton - West Blocton, AL in Alabama Historical Markers Construction began on the Blocton's bee-hive coke ovens in 1887. By 1892, 467 ovens were producing coke for furnaces at Oxmoor, Bessemer, Birmingham and Trussville. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 04/02/2014 last visited: 07/15/2014 |
view gallery N8.5 km | Blocton Coke Ovens Park - West Blocton, AL in Municipal Parks and Plazas Coke is one of the three ingredients needed to make iron in a blast furnace, the others being iron ore and limestone. Coal was top-loaded into the ovens, heated to 2,800 degrees to burn off impurities, leaving coke which is almost pure carbon. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 07/19/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery N8.5 km | Blocton Coke Ovens - West Blocton, AL in Ovens and Kilns The remains of the Blocton Coke Ovens are located in the Blocton Coke Ovens Park just east of West Blocton, AL. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 03/14/2014 last visited: 07/15/2014 |
view gallery N8.7 km | West Blocton, Alabama - West Blocton, AL in Alabama Historical Markers West Blocton, AL was incorporated in 1901. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 04/02/2014 last visited: 01/25/2015 |
view gallery S8.7 km | WBIB-AM 1110/FM 107.3 -- Centreville AL US in Radio and Television Transmitter Towers The transmitter and transmitter building for WBIB-AM/FM in tiny Centreville AL posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/06/2017 last visited: 07/30/2017 |
view gallery N8.7 km | Cahaba Lily Festival - West Blocton, AL in Festivals Every year the Cahaba Lily Society celebrates the rare and lovely lily in West Blocton, AL. posted by: TKDenizen location: Alabama date approved: 05/29/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery N8.9 km | Plymouth Locomotive - West Blocton, AL in Locomotives 10-ton Plymouth industrial locomotive located at the Blocton Coke Ovens Park. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 04/23/2014 last visited: 07/15/2014 |
view gallery NE8.9 km | Piper - West Blocton, Alabama in Alabama Historical Markers Marker relating the founding of the town of Piper, Alabama. posted by: xptwo location: Alabama date approved: 12/05/2011 last visited: 01/03/2012 |
view gallery NE8.9 km | Coleanor in Alabama Historical Markers Marker giving some history of the Blocton-Cahaba Coal Company and the town of Coleanor. posted by: OHail location: Alabama date approved: 01/03/2012 last visited: 01/03/2012 |
view gallery NE9.2 km | Belle Ellen - West Blocton, AL in Alabama Historical Markers The mining town of Belle Ellen was named for Henry F. DeBardeleben's daughter, Belle, and wife, Ellen. DeBardeleben was a noted industrialist of the era. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 04/01/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery S9.7 km | Bibb Co. Courthouse -- Centreville AL in Courthouses The elegant Bibb County Courthouse that dominates Court Square in Centreville AL was built in 1902, and still serves the citizens in 2017 posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/24/2017 last visited: 07/26/2017 |
view gallery N10 km | LARGEST - Cemetery in Bibb County, AL - West Blocton, AL in Superlatives Mount Carmel Cemetery contains the graves of Civil War veterans and veterans of all American wars since. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 03/23/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery N10 km | Mount Carmel Cemetery - West Blocton, AL in Worldwide Cemeteries Mount Carmel Cemetery is located on Mt. Carmel Drive in West Blocton, AL. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 03/21/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery N10.1 km | Henry H. Gardner - Mount Carmel Cemetery - West Blocton, AL in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments The Henry H. Gardner Woodmen of the World marker is located in Mount Carmel on Mount Carmel Drive. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 03/19/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery N10.1 km | Seth M. Thompson - Mount Carmel Cemetery - West Blocton, AL in Woodmen of the World Grave Markers/Monuments The Seth M. Thompson Woodmen of the World marker is located in Mount Carmel on Mount Carmel Drive. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 03/19/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery S10.6 km | Bibb Co. Courthouse -- Centreville AL in 9/11 Memorial Sites A 9/11 Memorial American Flag inside the Bibb County Courthouse in Centreville AL posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/30/2017 last visited: 07/26/2017 |
view gallery S10.6 km | Centreville Historic District -- Centreville AL in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Centreville Historic District in Centreville AL is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/28/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery S10.6 km | Bibb Co. Courthouse - Centreville Historic District - Centreville AL in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings The elegant Bibb County Courthouse is a contributing building to the Centerville National Register Historic District posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/25/2017 last visited: 07/26/2017 |
view gallery S10.6 km | Sgt. Ross F. Gray -- Bibb Co. Courthouse Grounds, Centreville AL in Specific Veteran Memorials The specific veteran's memorial for local Bibb Countian Sgt. Ross F. Gray, recipient of the Medal of Honor, stands on the Bibb Co. Courthouse Grounds, Centreville AL posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/25/2017 last visited: 07/26/2017 |
view gallery S10.6 km | Confederate Memorial -- Centreville AL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The tall UDC Lost Cause-era Confederate Memorial on the Bibb County Courthouse grounds in Centreville AL is listed in the SIRIS Database posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/30/2017 last visited: 07/26/2017 |
view gallery S10.6 km | Bibb Co. Confederate Memorial -- Centreville AL in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials The tall Lost Cause-era Confederate Memorial on the Bibb County Courthouse grounds in Centreville AL posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/30/2017 last visited: 07/27/2017 |
view gallery S10.6 km | Bibb Co. Veterans Memorial -- Centreville AL in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials The Bibb Co. Veterans Memorial stands in front of the Bibb County Courthouse in downtown Centreville AL posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/30/2017 last visited: 07/26/2017 |
view gallery S10.6 km | Confederate Memorial - Centreville Historic District - Centreville AL in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings tall UDC Lost Cause-era Confederate Memorial on the Bibb County Courthouse grounds in Centreville AL is listed as a contributing building to the NRHP Centerville Historic District posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/25/2017 last visited: 07/26/2017 |
view gallery S10.6 km | Yeager Hotel - Centreville Historic District - Centreville AL in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings The Yeager Hotel is a contributing building to the Centerville National Register Historic District posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/25/2017 last visited: 07/26/2017 |
view gallery S11.1 km | Centerville Memorial Cemetery -- Centerville AL in Worldwide Cemeteries The Centerville Memorial Cemetery west of Centerville AL predates the town posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alabama date approved: 08/25/2017 last visited: 01/14/2018 |
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