Armored Payroll Car - Bessemer, Alabama
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member HotRod205
N 33° 22.853 W 086° 56.374
16S E 505621 N 3693514
An oddly placed armored box car rusting away near a busy intersection.
Waymark Code: WM7W3Y
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member scrambler390
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According to a Bessemer Historian, this armored payroll car used by the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company which was later absorbed into US Steel. (source) The mountains in this area were mined heavily for iron ore from the 1860's to the 1930's for the nearby Oxmoor Iron Furnaces. US Steel still owns a substantial amount of nearby land.
Type of train car: freight

Location: vacant lot

Price (In local currency): $0

Interaction allowed: no

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