Louisville & Nashville Railway, Boyles Roundhouse, To west of Pinson Valley Parkway, Tarrant City, Jefferson County, AL. Surveyed as HAER ALA,37-TARR,2A-, with a 326-word written history.
“Louisville & Nashville Railway, Boyles Roundhouse, To west of Pinson Valley Parkway, Tarrant City, Jefferson County, AL”
Survey record header. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER ALA,37-TARR,2A- · the record runs 326 words · one of 208 surveyed structures published for this county.
The headings the report itself prints. Each one jumps to where it begins.
Source document Quoted word for word from HAER ALA,37-TARR,2A-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
This report is based upon written documentation donated by the Birmingham Historical Society, reformatted to HABS/HAER guidelines.
Historical Overview
Boyles Junction, at the intersection of the L. & N. main line and the mineral railroad, had existed as early as Here from to the L. & N. Railroad built a $34 million shop center including roundhouse and such advanced features as classification by gravity and car retarders. A residential community developed about the yards. In streetcar service was extended to Boyles through East and North Birmingham and the community grew. The Birmingham Waterworks canal, built in the from Five Mile Creek to North Birmingham, formed the spine of the town, today's Canal Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard. Boyles was named for Irish engineer Bartholemew Boyles, who was active in construction of the South and North Alabama (later L. & N.) Railroad across the state.
The City of Boyles incorporated in SOURCES CONSULTED White, Marjorie, The Birmingham District, p. 177 Field Check,
| Jefferson County, Alabama | 218 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal survey recorded these other structures elsewhere in Jefferson County. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Industrial District | HAER ALA,37-BIRM.V,4- | 46,835 words | |
| Vulcan Statue & Park | HAER ALA,37-BIRM,48- | 32,533 words | |
| Birmingham District Railroads | HAER ALA,37-BIRM.V,3- | 24,749 words | |
| Sixteenth Street Baptist Church | HABS ALA,37-BIRM,33- | 20,031 words | |
| Southern Ductile Casting Company | HAER ALA,37-BES,5- | 17,970 words | |
| Rickwood Field | HABS ALA,37-BIRM,5- | 17,684 words | |
| United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant | HAER ALA,37-BES,6- | 17,320 words | |
| Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company Furnaces | HAER ALA,37-BIRM,4- | 17,290 words | |
| Thomas By-Product Coke Works | HAER ALA,37-THOS,6- | 15,566 words | |
| Alabama Theatre | HABS ALA,37-BIRM,37- | 14,150 words | |
| Ross Creek Culvert | HAER AL-214 | 12,189 words | |
| Stockham Pipe & Fittings Company | HAER ALA,37-BIRM,45- | 12,013 words | |
| Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company | HAER ALA,37-BIRM,33- | 11,178 words | |
| Red Mountain Iron Ore Mining | HAER ALA,37-BIRM.V,14- | 10,099 words | |
| Arlington Place | HABS ALA,37-BIRM,1- | 9,757 words | |
| Thomas Worker Housing | HAER ALA,37-THOS,7- | 4,608 words | |
| Valley View Red Ore Mine | HAER ALA,37-BIRM,47- | 4,242 words | |
| Ruffner Red Ore Mine | HAER ALA,37-BIRM,43- | 2,937 words | |
| Lone Pine Mine 3 | HALS AL-8 | 2,589 words | |
| Brookside Coal Mine | HAER ALA,37-BROK,5- | 2,233 words | |
| Woodward Coal & Iron Company Furnace | HAER ALA,37-WOOD,1- | 1,907 words | |
| Red Mountain Cut National Natural Landmark | HAER ALA,37-BIRM,41- | 1,902 words | |
| City of Fairfield | HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,1- | 1,877 words | |
| Bethel Baptist Church | HABS ALA,37-BIRM,26- | 1,771 words |
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