Sloss Furnaces
Giant rusty iron-making blast furnaces from 1882, now a National Historic Landmark, and the only ones of their kind preserved as a museum.
- Open
- Closed Mondays
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1.5 hours
- Address
- 20 32nd St N, Birmingham, AL 35222Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- East of downtown.
Why Go
They made iron until 1971. Free self-guided tours explain the hard, dangerous work, much of it done by Black laborers. It also hosts concerts and metal art, and is said to be haunted.
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