Sloss Furnaces - Birmingham, Alabama
N 33° 31.291 W 086° 47.427
16S E 519459 N 3709124
On April 18th 1882 Sloss Furnaces began producing iron and did not stop until ninety years later.
Waymark Code: WM9TH
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2006
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Over the decades, Sloss Furnaces gave rise to the city of Birmingham and served as a battleground for economic, employment and social reform. Now recognized as a National Historic Landmark, Sloss Furnaces is open to the public as a museum of industry which speaks to the contributions of the working men who labored there. With its massive furnaces, web of pipes, and tall smokestacks, it offers us a glimpse into the great industrial past of the South and our nation.
In 1881 and 1882, North Alabama planter and investor James Withers Sloss built the furnaces which became known as the "City Furnaces." Extensively rebuilt and modernized in the late 1920s, the current steel-jacketed furnaces employed an estimated 500 workers and produced 400 tons of pig iron daily. Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company and U. S. Pipe operated these furnaces, maintaining their position as a leading foundry iron producer until 1971.
Dates of Operation: From: 01/01/1906 To: 12/31/1971
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