Keywords: circle round Irondale Furnace was a blast furnace built in 1863 by Wallace S. McElwain under contract to the Confederate Government to supply pig iron to the arsenal in Selma. The facility encompassed 2,146 acres and included an ore mine, quarry, tramway, foundry, blacksmiths' shops, stables, and employee housing. Destroyed March 29, 1865 by the Fourth Iowa Veteran Volunteers, as part of Wilson's Raid during the Civil War, it was rebuilt in 1866 and operated until 1873. It was the first iron furnace in Alabama to go back into operation after the Civil War. Irondale Furnace was a blast furnace built in 1863 by Wallace S. McElwain under contract to the Confederate Government to supply pig iron to the arsenal in Selma. The facility encompassed 2,146 acres and included an ore mine, quarry, tramway, foundry, blacksmiths' shops, stables, and employee housing. Destroyed March 29, 1865 by the Fourth Iowa Veteran Volunteers, as part of Wilson's Raid during the Civil War, it was rebuilt in 1866 and operated until 1873. It was the first iron furnace in Alabama to go back into operation after the Civil War. |