FYI: Sloss is currently the only twentieth-century blast furnace in the U.S. being preserved and interpreted as a historic industrial site. The dramatic scale and complexity of the plant’s industrial structure, machines and tools make the Sloss collection a unique contribution to the interpretation of twentieth-century iron making technology and presents a remarkable perspective on the era when America grew to world industrial dominance. At the same time, Sloss is an important reminder of the hopes and struggles of the people who worked in the industries that made some men wealthy, and Birmingham the “Magic City.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:19:00 +0000
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