Ensley Works "Hot Pot" -- Tannehill Ironworks State Park, McCalla AL
N 33° 14.962 W 087° 04.298
16S E 493326 N 3678934
An Ensley Works "Hot Pot" on display outside the Alabama Iron and Steel Museum in Tannehill Ironworks State Park, at McCalla AL.
Waymark Code: WMWF13
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2017
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This gigantic "Hot Pot" in use in the Birmingham AL steel mills is on display at the Alabama Iron and Steel Museum in Tannehill Ironworks State Park, at McCalla AL.
A sign at the machine reads as folows:
"‘HOT POT’ ENSLEY WORKS
ca 1920s
Sometimes called a slag ladle or cinder pot, this relic from you. US Steel’s Ensley Works was used as a part of an 8 car train to move slag from the furnaces to the slag dump. A single car could hold up to 15 tons.
Pot manufactured at US Steel Johnstown Works (PA) and truck at Ensley Works (AL). Train included 6 slag pots, compressor car, writing car and engine and a two-man crew.
Crushed slag is used as road aggregate, ballast for railroad tracks and in cinder blocks."
Type of Machine: Slag Hot Pot
Year the machine was built: 1920
Year the machine was put on display: 2000
Is there online documentation for this machine: [Web Link]
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