The Kaul Lumber Company plant at Kaulton, in the southwestern part of Tuscaloosa, was founded in 1912. The firm built a company store, recreation center, a hotel, and residences for its workers, in what was described at the time as a "model…
At one time, the plant on the banks of the Black Warrior River was the largest cast-iron pipe maker in the world. It survived the Great Depression and boomed during WWII and the Korean War. In the early 1980s,…
Cotton factories in Tuscaloosa began in 1846 with the three-story brick Black Warrior Cotton Factory established by Dr. John Drish near the Black Warrior River. It was sold to Richard C. McLester. It was burned down by Federal troops during the last…
Alabama Power Line Crew - Left , on the front row is Earl "Buster" Etheridge. Second from the left in the back row is Gilbert Russell Channell. On the right in the back row is Beasey Hendrix.
One of two furnaces built at Tannehill in 1862. The furnaces were massive, 30-foot high truncated pyramids constructed of 400-pound sandstone blocks topped by brick draft stacks.
The furnaces were badly damaged at the end of the Civil War. The…
Cotton factories in Tuscaloosa began in 1846 with the three-story brick Black Warrior Cotton Factory established by Dr. John Drish near the Black Warrior River. It was sold to Richard C. McLester. It was burned down by Federal troops during the last…
The Kaul Lumber Company plant at Kaulton, in the southwestern part of Tuscaloosa, was founded in 1912. The firm built a company store, recreation center, a hotel, and residences for its workers, in what was described as a "model industrial…