The Knoxville-based Knoxville Car Wheel Company was created in 1873. The company purchased 30,000 acres of land in Carter County to mine iron ore. Multiple sources indicate that from the iron ore in Carter County, the company manufactured the finest train car wheels in the country. The 1880 census for Carter County shows that several men in the Sadie community were employed by the Knoxville Car Wheel Company.
Standard History of Knoxville by William Rule, George Frederick Mellen, John Wooldridge. Published in 1900. See page 198.
Journal of the United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers. Published in 1886. See page 223.
Iron and Coal of Tennessee by Joseph Killebrew. Published in 1881. See discussion of Carter County beginning on page 9.
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