A Guide to the Images of the Bronze Map on the Lawn of the Alabama Department of Archives and History

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59. Coal Mining

Birmingham Industrial District, including Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, and Walker counties
In the hills of the Birmingham area, where coal is abundant, mining became a major industry in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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