Ed Nelson Memorial & Tannehill Foundry Commission Cairn -- Tannehill Ironworks State Park, McCalla AL
N 33° 15.022 W 087° 04.180
16S E 493510 N 3679044
Three plaques are affixed to a cairn at Tannehill Ironworks State Park, McCalla AL
Waymark Code: WMWEYZ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2017
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This cairn stands in a small memorial area near the camp store not far from the museum. The 4-sided cairn is built of local rock blocks and stands about 6 feet tall. It features two metal plaques which read as follows:
[E side]
"In Memory of
ED NELSON
Park Superintendent
1970-1990
Tannehill is his monument"
[S side]
DEDICATION
This memorial is respectively dedicated to state senators E. W. Skidmore of Tuscaloosa and E. H. Gilmore, Jr. of McCalla whose foresight and concern, in cooperation with the Alabama Central district of civic time international, led to the state ordered preservation of the historic Tannehill furnaces.
Chief sponsors of legislation setting this area aside as a state historic site, Sens. Skidmore and Gilmore deserve the thanks and appreciation of all Alabamians who cherish Alabama's rich heritage and believe that only through reflection on the past can we build a better future.
THE TANNEHILL FURNACE AND FOUNDRY COMMISSION
S.748 (Skidmore, Gilmore, Morrow, Vacca, Bailes, Hawkins, Dominick, Givhan, McCarley, and Childs)
Passed by the Alabama legislature as Act No. 994, September 12, 1969."
[N Side]
"TANNEHILL FURNACE AND FOUNDRY COMMISSION
The Alabama legislature, passing Act No. 994 on September 12, 1969, created the 16-member Tannehill furnace and foundry commission as a state agency to preserve and restore and promote as the state park the land and relics surrounding the historic Tannehill furnaces.
Original appointments made by Gov. Albert Brewer on February 6, 1970 included:
S. E. Belcher, Jr.
James R. Bennett
Tunstall R. Gray
Dorothy Henry
Dan Kilgo
J. E. Lewis
Sam Maury
Jim Oakley, Sr.
W. L. Russell
A. D. Schwarzkopf
Margaret D. Sizemore
R. E. Smith
H. A. Snow
J. Dudley West
Representing the University of Alabama and the Alabama Historical Commission
Dr. Walter B Jones
Dr. Charles G. Summersell"
Cairn Location: Tannehill Ironworks state park
Cairn Purpose: Other (please describe in description)
Type if different from above list: Memorial
Types of rock: Iron ore rocks
Cairn Condition: 
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