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Shelby Iron Company Railroad : ウィキペディア英語版 | Shelby Iron Company Railroad The Shelby Iron Company Railroad was an Alabama railroad company that started during the American Civil War. The Shelby Iron Company Railroad was built to connect the Shelby Iron Company in Shelby, Alabama, to the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad at Columbiana, Alabama, a distance of about . It was a gauge railroad line which was converted to in 1886〔(The Days They Changed the Gauge )〕 ==History== The Shelby Iron Company was a major supplier of Confederate iron during the War Between the States, with almost all the iron produced being delivered to the Confederate Naval Works in Selma.〔(Shelby Furnace, BHAM Wiki )〕 Iron plating for the CSS Tennessee, CSS Huntsville, and CSS Tuscaloosa was all manufactured by the Shelby Iron Company. By 1863, officials with the iron company were attempting to increase output, but were hampered by the lack of a railroad line. Confederate Ordinance officials prevented the construction for more than two years by threatening to have senior company employees conscripted if they built the line. Despite the threat, construction began in 1863 and was completed in January 1865.〔(Shelby Iron Company, CSARailroads.com )〕
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