Florence Wagon Works Site, Florence

#28 among attractions in Florence

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The Florence Wagon Works was a wagon manufacturing plant in Florence, Alabama. The factory was founded on the banks of the Tennessee River in 1889 by A. D. Bellamy. By 1904 the works employed 175 and produced 15,000 wagons annually at its peak. As motorized trucks and tractors replaced horse-drawn wagons, the factory switched to production of lawn chairs, swings, and other furniture. It closed in 1941. The site is adjacent to Wilson Dam, and it owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The University of Alabama Department of Archeology surveyed the site in 1993. Portions of 17 buildings and structures remain, but only in ruins. The most intact structure is a wooden trestle that carried the Louisville and Nashville Railroad line over a creek. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. ()

Built: 1889 (136 years ago)Coordinates: 34°48'9"N, 87°38'35"W

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Florence Wagon Works Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rogers Department Store, Shoals Community Theatre, Wilson Dam, Wesleyan Hall.

1.9 miW
Shopping, Department store
Rogers Department Store, Florence
49 min walk • Rogers Department Store was a department store chain based in Florence, Alabama. Founded in 1894, the company grew to include locations across the Tennessee Valley. The original building, constructed in 1910, was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1994 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
1.8 miW
34°48'4"N • 87°40'31"W
Shoals Community Theatre, Florence
47 min walk • Concerts and shows, Non-profit, Music venue
1 miE
Dam
Wilson Dam, Florence
26 min walk • Wilson Dam is a dam spanning the Tennessee River between Lauderdale County and Colbert County in the U.S. state of Alabama. Completed in 1924 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, it impounds Wilson Lake, and is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority dams on the Tennessee River.
2.1 miW
Gothic Revival architecture
Wesleyan Hall, Florence
53 min walk • Wesleyan Hall, constructed in 1856, is one of the oldest structures on the University of North Alabama campus, located in Florence, Alabama.
1.8 miW
Park
Wilson Park, Florence
47 min walk • The Wilson Park Houses are a group of three historic homes in Florence, Alabama. Built as upper-class residences between 1890 and 1918, the houses are adjacent to Wilson Park, laid out as a public space upon the city's founding and later renamed for President Woodrow Wilson.
1.5 miNW
34°49'13"N • 87°39'26"W
The London Shop, Florence
38 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2 miW
34°48'10"N • 87°40'40"W
First Fridays Downtown Florence, Florence
50 min walk • Concerts and shows, City hall
1.9 miW
Museum
George Coulter House, Florence
49 min walk • The George Coulter House is a historic house located at 420 South Pine Street in Florence, Alabama.
2.1 miW
34°48'20"N • 87°40'50"W
Norton Auditorium, Florence
55 min walk • Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
2 miW
34°48'9"N • 87°40'44"W
Trinity Episcopal Church Florence, Florence
52 min walk • Church
1.8 miW
Neighbourhood
Cherry Street Historic District, Florence
46 min walk • The Cherry Street Historic District is a historic district in Florence, Alabama. Florence was founded in 1818 and quickly prospered as a cotton shipping port on the Tennessee River, but did not see its greatest growth until the latter part of the 19th century.