Huntsville probably had good human capital development for proper metalworking as a result of the rocketry industry being there for decades.
FYI
Thomas Edison and Henry Ford toured the area just west of Huntsville.
Ford wanted to build a city 75 miles long the TN river.
A manufacturing base unlike any in the northern hemisphere.
A senator from Nebraska (Norris) killed Ford’s plan.
REPEAL THE 17TH AMENDMENT.