There was a foundry in Anniston at that time. Samuel Nobel and General Alfred Tyler owned it. General Tyler was a general in the Federal Army during the civil war. Samuel Nobel was in the foundry business, I don't know where Nobel was from, but he moved a foundry from Rome, Georgia to Anniston back before 1880. I have two connections to this in that my great-grandfather, (on my mothers side) Thomas M. Herron worked for the Tyler's and Nobel's. In fact thomas laid out the street in what is now known as old Anniston. There is a street there named for him, Herron Circle. The next connection is that also on my mothers side, my great-grandfather, Cornelius McKeever was the person who "poked the stock" in the early mornings to get the fires going again before the day crew came in to work, Can't tell you the name of the foundry, but Anniston has a history and genealogy section to their library, called the "Alabama Room" and I have always found these people very helpful. You might give them a call for more information. In fact, Thomas own a lot of the land in what is called Fort McClellan and the government took it by condemnation. Joe Clements Stuart,Florida "Janice E. Hydock" wrote: > Looking over some old family notes, I found a reference to my > great-grandfather being a supervisor in a stell mill in Anniston in the > early 1900's. Does anyone know if there was a steel mill in Anniston around > that time and what the name may have been. > > Janice -- HEY - - - - while you here, check out these great gift items I have listed on eBay <http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=jcc33>