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Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Convict Cemetery, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place & Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Convict Cemetery, Bounded by F...

Significance: This cemetery provides evidence of the exploitative nature of southern industry. By 1900, black workers formed 65% of the coal mining labor forces and 90% of convicts working at the Pratt Mines. ... More

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Tailings Pile, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place, Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Tailings Pile, Bounded by Firs...

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Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Coke Ovens & Railroad, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place, Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Coke Ovens & Railroad, Bounded...

Significance: The Pratt coke ovens, the largest, early concentration of coke ovens in the District, played an historically significant part in creating the pig iron boom that made the Birmingham District one of... More

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Coke Ovens & Railroad, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place, Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Coke Ovens & Railroad, Bounded...

Significance: The Pratt coke ovens, the largest, early concentration of coke ovens in the District, played an historically significant part in creating the pig iron boom that made the Birmingham District one of... More

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Tailings Pile, Bounded by First Street, Avenue G, Third Place, Birmingham Southern Railroad, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Pratt Coal & Coke Company, Pratt Mines, Tailings Pile, Bounded by Firs...

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