“CHARCOAL

Clifton Furnace, Clifton Iron Company, Jenifer, Talladega county.  Telegraph address, Alabama Furnace. Two stacks: one, 55 x 10, built in 1873, located at Jenifer, the other, 55 x 12, completed and first blown in April 16, 1885, located at Ironaton, nine miles southwest of Jenifer; hot blast; ore, local brown hematite; product, strictly neutral car-wheel pig iron; total capacity, 20,000 net tons.  Brand, ‘Clifton,’ …; John E. Ware, Secretary and Treasurer; …”

Reference Data:

Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada, by American Iron and Steel Institute and American Iron and Steel Association, 1886, page 39