Little Cahaba Iron Works (Brighthope)

The remains of the furnaces of the Little Cahaba Iron Works, also called Brighthope, built in 1849 by mining pioneer William Phineas Browne in Bibb County, still stand on the banks of the Little Cahaba River.

Ruins of Brighthope Furnace iron works in Alabama
Courtesy of Birmingham Public Library Archives
Ruins of Brighthope Furnace iron works in Alabama