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1959 Map of Adamsville

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Adamsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Mulga Mine and the surrounding industrial landscape dominate this 1959 survey of western Birmingham. The area is characterized by a dense network of coal-related infrastructure, including numerous strip mines, tailings piles, and tipples that serve the Southern Railway and Birmingham Southern RR. The central feature, Bayview Lake, is surrounded by distinct company towns and residential settlements like Docena, Edgewater, and Mulga. These communities are supported by a thorough social infrastructure of local institutions, from Mulga Sch to Crumley Chapel.

The complex transit geography of the era is evident at Crockard Junction and Falls Junction, where industrial rails intersect with the Bankhead Highway. Smaller family and community landmarks, such as Glasgow Hill Cem and Bivens Chapel, provide essential points of reference for genealogists tracing the workers and families who populated the coal district before the modern expansion of the Birmingham metro area.