Sloss-Sheffield later became part of
U.S. Pipe & Foundry. Donated to the City of Birmingham in
1971, Sloss is a preserved historic site today. Sloss iron was sold
as merchant pig iron to other iron industries, sort of like a chocolate
maker selling chocolate to other candy makers.
Being close to downtown on the First Avenue Viaduct, Sloss is perhaps the best remembered of the Birmingham furnaces. A circa 1960 view from the west end looking east. Molten slag was poured in the pits in the foreground, periodically it was crushed, loaded into railroad cars and used as gravel or in concrete mix. The night view looks from east furnace. The enar runoff is molten slag going into the slap pit.
Both cards published by Scenic South Card, Bessemer,
Alabama, circa 1960.
Being close to downtown on the First Avenue Viaduct, Sloss is perhaps the best remembered of the Birmingham furnaces. A circa 1960 view from the west end looking east. Molten slag was poured in the pits in the foreground, periodically it was crushed, loaded into railroad cars and used as gravel or in concrete mix. The night view looks from east furnace. The enar runoff is molten slag going into the slap pit.
Both cards published by Scenic South Card, Bessemer,
Alabama, circa 1960.
