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Sheffield, city, United States, U.S. Political Geography

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Sheffield, industrial city (1990 pop. 10,380), Colbert co., NW Ala., on the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals, in an iron and coal area; inc. 1885. Its plants manufacture a wide variety of products, such as agricultural chemicals, aluminum, and stoves. Nearby Wilson Dam (1925) supplies power for the area's industries and has one of the world's highest single-lift locks. The home of Helen Keller is in nearby Tuscumbia.



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