Ensley Company Steel Production

Steel production at an Ensley Furnace Company facility in the Birmingham District. The company was founded by industrialist Enoch Ensley. He also served as president of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company and founded the town of Ensley, now part of Birmingham.

Interior of a steel mill in Ensley, showing molten metal being poured from a large vessel into rail-mounted ladles beneath towering industrial machinery.
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Interior of a steel mill in Ensley, showing molten metal being poured from a large vessel into rail-mounted ladles beneath towering industrial machinery.