|
The Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama also known as the Tannehill Museum is an industrial museum located at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park in McCalla, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Opened in 1981, it covers . The museum is an interpretive center on 19th century iron making technology and features belt driven machines, tools and products of the times.〔(Official site )〕 It focuses on the Roupes Valley Ironworks at Tannehill which operated nearby during the Civil War. The museum has numerous exhibits relating the production of iron and steel during the American Civil War when Alabama once had 13 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. The collection includes rare steam engines, forge cams and war materials manufactured at the CS Naval Gun Works at Selma, Alabama. ==See also== *List of museums in Alabama 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iron & Steel Museum of Alabama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|