This is a picture of Sloss Furnace. Birmingham Alabama was once a great steel town. My understanding is that there was an abundance of coal in the area. This made a perfect situation for making steel since iron ore was abundant as well. Sloss glowed bright red with magma-like steel.There is a town in the area named Bessemer. Bessemer is actually a method of making steel. There is an iron statue in the city of Birmingham. It's called Vulcan, "god of fire" or something of the sort. It's the largest cast iron statue in the world.
It amazes me how man learned to make bronze and more so that he advanced to make iron.
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As a young boy growing up in Birmingham, I can remember riding by Sloss at night when they would tap the furnaces. You would see this river of moulton steel and the steam from the water they used to cool it would cover the entire viaduct that went by the mill. It was a sureal scene, mesmorizing and terrifying at the same time.
Thank you for the interesting post. Steel Buildings are the newest trend in market. They are easy to set up and long lasting. Furthermore they are a great money saver.
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