Belle Ellen

Cahaba Coal Fields

1934 USGS Map

 

As noted on the historical marker, Belle Ellen included a prison camp and thus used convict labor.  This practice was very common in the Birmingham District in the early 1900's.   (Goggins collection).

 

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