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Republic Steel | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

Republic Steel

Thomas Furnaces Known for its operating years under the Republic Steel & Iron Company, The Thomas Furnaces, a network of iron furnaces situated in close proximity to Birmingham, were established...

Graves Brick Company | Photo © 2018. www.abandonedfl.com

Graves Brick Company

William Henry Graves The Graves Brick Company was organized by William Henry Graves in the early twentieth century. William Henry Graves was born on September 7, 1833, in Knoxville...

Tunnel Springs Rail Trail | Photo © 2022, www.abandonedalabama.com

Tunnel Springs Rail Trail

Louisville & Nashville Railroad The Tunnel Springs Rail Trail is part of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) built in the mid-1800s. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850...

Jenkins Brick Company Plant No. 2 | Photo © 2023, www.abandonedalabama.com

Jenkins Brick Co. Plant No.2

Jenkins Brick Company John Michael Jenkins, Founder The Jenkins Brick Company was founded in 1899 by John Michael Jenkins in Wetumpka, Alabama. After losing a leg working as an engineer for the...

Western Railway of Alabama | Photo © 2022, www.abandonedalabama.com

Western Railway of Alabama

The Montgomery Railroad, later known as the Western Railway of Alabama, was one of the earliest railroads in the South. It was founded on January 20, 1832, with tracks being built...

Goodwater Casket Factory | Photo © 2022, www.abandonedalabama.com

Goodwater Casket Factory

Jones Stephen Gilliland Sr. Jones Stephens Gilliland was born on October 23, 1877, the son of Charles Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Stephens Gilliland. He attended the public schools of Goodwater and...

Wadley Railroad Depot | Photo © 2022 Bullet, www.abandonedalabama.com

Wadley Railroad Depot

Wadley’s Founding People began settling in the area now known as Wadley as far back as the 1830s after the creation of Randolph County on December 18, 1832, from lands acquired from the Creek...

Tallassee Mills | Photo © 2021 Bullet, www.abandonedalabama.com

Tallassee Mills

Founding of Tallassee Prior to the founding of Tallassee, the Muskogee-Creek Indians had settled in the town of Talisi, located at the mouth of Euphaubee Creek, where it meets the Tallapoosa River...

Pepperell Mill | Photo © 2021 Bullet, www.abandonedalabama.com

Pepperell Mill

Located in Opelika, the Pepperell Mill was a historic textile mill owned and operated by the Pepperell Manufacturing Company. The Pepperell Manufacturing Company was founded in 1844 by textile...

Opelika Cotton Mill | Photo © 2020 Bullet, www.abandonedalabama.com

Opelika Cotton Mill

Aerial view of the Opelika Cotton Mill, 1955 The community of Lebanon was established in the late-1830s. After the passing of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, the native Muscogee Creek peoples were...

Daniel Pratt Cotton Gin Factory | Photo © 2019 Bullet, www.abandonedalabama.com

Daniel Pratt Cotton Gin Factory

Portrait of Daniel Pratt The Daniel Pratt Cotton Gin Factory located in Prattville, Alabama is a cotton gin factory built by Daniel Pratt in the 1830s. Daniel Pratt was an American industrialist...

The Vintage Station | Photo © 2021 Bullet, www.abandonedalabama.com

The Vintage Station

Southern Railway Depot was built in 1916 and is located a block away from the Bessemer Freight Depot. Bessemer Hall of History Located in Bessemer, the Vintage Station was built in 1917 originally as...

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