Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama
- Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama
The Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama also known as Tannehill Museum is an industrial museum in McCalla, Alabama. Opened in 1981, it covers convert|12000|sqft|m2.
The museum is an interpretive center on 19th century iron making technology in the Tannehill Ironworks area and features belt driven machines, tools and utensils of the times [ [http://www.tannehill.org/museum.html Official site] ] . It specializes in the Roupes Valley Ironworks at Tannehill which operated nearby.
The museum has numerous exhibits relating the production of iron and steel during the American Civil War when Alabama once had some 14 different iron companies and six rolling mills producing some 70% of the Confederate iron supply.
The museum underwent a major renovation of its exhibits in 2004-05.
ee also
*List of museums in Alabama
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