TCI's Steelworks in Ensley

The Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company (TCI) built a steel works in the Ensley community west of downtown Birmingham during the late 1880s. Operations in Ensley were closed down in 1980 after the company consolidated its manufacturing to Fairfield.

Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company steelworks in Ensley, with blast furnaces and industrial buildings rising behind a line of railroad freight cars.
Courtesy of the Birmingham Public Library Archives
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company steelworks in Ensley, with blast furnaces and industrial buildings rising behind a line of railroad freight cars.