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Crawford [kcrawford@artsbma.org](kcrawford@artsbma.org)  \nCharles Graham,“The Great Industry of Birmingham, Alabama—A Pig Iron Furnace,” wood engraving published in Harper’s Weekly, March  \nHorace Bradley, Coke Ovens, wood engraving as published in Harper’s Weekly, March 26, 1887  \nCharles Graham,“Montgomery, Alabama,” as published in Harper’s Weekly, July 16, 1887  \nLeft: Alice Furnace, T.C.I. & R.R. CO., Birmingham, Ala., likely made between 1900–1920  \nRight: Blast Furnace (Unfinished), Ensley, Ala., postmarked June 19, 1906 (Alabama Department of Archives and History Postcard Collection)  \nLucille Douglass, Poster for the Birmingham Art Club 7th Annual Exhibition, 1914, opaque watercolor and India ink on paper (Birmingham Museum of Art)  \nUnknown photographer, John Roderick Dempster MacKenzie Working on ‘Spirit of the Furnaces’ Pastel, about 1922,  \ngelatin silver print  \n(Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Minnie Mitchell Archives)  \nRoderick D. MacKenzie, Mixers and Converters from the series Spirit of the Furnaces, 1922, pastel on board (Birmingham Board of Education)  \nRoderick D. MacKenzie, Mixers and Converters from the series Spirit of the Furnaces, 1922, pastel on board (Birmingham Board of Education)  \nBurst of Gas and Sparks (Blast Furnace) from the series Spirit of the Furnaces, 1921, pastel on paper (Birmingham Museum of Art)  \nRoderick D. MacKenzie, Dumping Slag (in Yard), 1932, lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on paper (Birmingham Museum of Art)  \nSoaking Pits, 1932, lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on paper (Birmingham Museum of Art)  \nRoderick D. MacKenzie, Two Modern Blast Furnaces (Fairfield, Built Around 1927), 1931, pastel on canvas (Birmingham Museum of Art)  \nFrank Hartley Anderson, Contrast, about 1930, woodcut on paper (Private collection)","cbCailpGn5moLNv6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailpGn5moLNv6","pdf",46906487,41,"English","# Industrial Representation in Alabama\n## Historical Wood Engravings and Prints\n## The Spirit of the Furnaces Series\n## Modern Industrial Documentation","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of the document?\",\"answer\":\"The document explores the artistic representation of Alabama's industrial landscape, particularly the iron and steel furnaces of Birmingham.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is one of the featured artists in the series?\",\"answer\":\"Roderick D. 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