Ensley, Alabama
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Ensley, Alabama is a historic industrial neighborhood in Birmingham that developed as a major steelmaking and manufacturing center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic district
ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Jefferson County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedAs | industrial community ⓘ |
| governedBy | Birmingham city government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAreaCode |
205
ⓘ
659 ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType |
early 20th-century commercial buildings
ⓘ
industrial plants and mills ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
industrial heritage
ⓘ
working-class community ⓘ |
| hasCulturalIdentity | industrial working-class heritage ⓘ |
| hasDemographicHistory | African American majority in late 20th century ⓘ |
| hasEconomicBaseHistory | steel mills and related industries ⓘ |
| hasEconomicHistory | rise and decline of heavy industry ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
former steel mill sites
ⓘ
historic commercial core ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
example of Southern steel town development
ⓘ
part of Birmingham’s early industrial expansion ⓘ |
| hasLandUseHistory |
heavy industrial land use
ⓘ
residential mill village housing ⓘ |
| hasMajorIndustry |
iron production
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ steel industry ⓘ |
| hasPlanningContext | neighborhood of Birmingham’s western section ⓘ |
| hasPostalCodeType | ZIP Code ⓘ |
| hasSocioeconomicTrend |
population loss after industrial contraction
ⓘ
post-industrial economic decline ⓘ |
| hasTransportationHistory | served by freight rail lines ⓘ |
| hasTransportationType | railroad connections ⓘ |
| hasUrbanForm | grid street pattern ⓘ |
| hasUTCOffset | UTC−06:00 ⓘ |
| hasUTCOffsetDST | UTC−05:00 ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
company town for steel production
ⓘ
major steelmaking center in the Southern United States ⓘ |
| industrialBoomPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| isLocatedInRegion |
American South
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deep South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
manufacturing
ⓘ
steelmaking ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ensley Land Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMetropolitanArea | Birmingham metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| urbanType | inner-city neighborhood ⓘ |
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