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BESSEMER , a See also:town of See also:Jefferson See also:county, See also:Alabama, U.S.A., about 12 m. S.W. of See also:Birmingham, a little N. of the centre of the See also:state. Pop. (189o) 4544; (1900) 6538, including 3695 negroes; (1910) 10,864. The town is served by the Alabama See also:Great See also:Southern (See also:Queen & See also:Crescent route), the See also:Louisville & See also:Nash ville, the See also:Kansas See also:City, See also:Memphis & Birmingham (St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis & See also:San Francisco See also:system), the Birmingham Southern, and the See also:Atlanta, Birmingham & See also:Atlantic See also:railways. Bessemer is situated in the midst of the See also:iron ore and See also:limestone See also:district of Alabama, in the See also:south See also:part of See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones' Valley (about 3 M. wide.); to the See also:east is the Red Ore See also:mountain range, See also:rich in red See also:haematite; to the See also:north-See also:west are the See also:Warrior coalfields; to the south-west, south and south-east are immense fossiliferous iron ore seams and the Cahaba coalfields; in the immediate vicinity of the city are limestone quarries, and about 18 m. north-east are the See also:lime-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone kilns of See also:Gate City. See also:Mining, iron smelting and the manufacture of iron and See also:coke are the See also:chief See also:industries of Bessemer; See also:truck farming is also an important See also:industry. In 1900 Bessemer was the eighth city of the state in See also:population, second in amount of See also:capital invested in manufacturing, and See also:fourth in the value of its manufactured product for the See also:year. Bessemer was laid out in 1887, and was incorporated in 1889.
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