Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Moutain Park - Songo Redding - 1948 Hoist house for the slope mine entrance - The Woodward Iron Co. mined ore for their Furnace near Bessemer Al.
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Mountain Park - Redding #2 Mine - circa 1880's - plant facilities and crusher foundation - Along with Redding #1 to the south west. supplied ore for Henry Debardeleben and T.T. Hillman's New Alice Furnace Bham Ala.
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Mountain Park - Redding Shaft Mine Crusher from 1917 - 1927- hidden in the privet
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Mountain Park - Redding Vertical Shaft Mine - hoist engine 1917 - 1927
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Redding Vertical Shaft Mine Crusher and Headframe Foundation in fore-front and Hoist House in the distance.. This is the only Vertical Shaft Iron Ore Mine "on" Red Mountain. The shaft has a depth of 384 feet where it connects to the old Songo slope mine.
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Mountain Park - Redding Shaft MIne Hoist House 1917 - 1927 When Woodward Iron Lost its rail service on the north slope to TCI. they sunk this shaft mine on the south slope to have access to the Bham Mineral R.R. South Branch
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Mountain Park - Redding Shaft Mine Hoist House side door
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Redding Shaft Mine Crusher and Headframe foundations.
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Songo Redding office building near the slope mines old tipple location on the ridge top of the mountain
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Mountain Park - Redding Vertical Shaft Mine adobe style Hoist House - Mr Woodward appreciated the adobe style as his home was of the same type design. This is the only Vertical Shaft Mine "on" Red Mountain.
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Songo Redding misc shop building on ridge of Red Mountain
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Redding Shaft Mine Hosit House and Headframe 1917 - 1927
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Mountain Park - Redding Vertical Shaft Mine double spool - counter wound hoist engine The shaft is 384 feet deep
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Red Mountain Park - Redding Vertical Shaft Mine double spool - counter wound hoist engine. From the groves on spool it appears to have used four 1-inch cables. The shaft mine connected to the old Songo/Redding slope mine located 384 feet below ground
Jeff Newman Backroads Driver: Woodward Iron Company - Songo Redding Shaft Mine Hoist House and Crusher Foundation operated 1917 - 1927 . Now part of the Future Red Mountain Park