Sloss Furnaces and Interpretive Museum

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click photo to enlarge		 We were in Birmingham Alabama because I wanted to see the Barber Motorcycle museum. But I saw they also has the Sloss Furnaces as a museum. I was really intrigued by the idea of a crumbling iron mill open to the public to poke around at. It was fascinating to visit and see. It was a terrible day for photography because it was sprinkling rain but I played around with post processing tools and the results are on this page. Sloss received National Historic Landmark designation in 1981 and opened its gates in September 1983, as a museum of the City of Birmingham. Its collection consists of two 400-ton blast furnaces and some forty other buildings

click photo to enlarge		 I was amazed at the places you were allowed to wander around in. Birmingham was a big iron town in the 1900s because stuff needed to make iron was within a 30 mile radius. Construction is underway on a new 10 Million dollar visitors center. From Wikipedia  "Sloss is currently used to hold metal arts classes, a barbecue cookoff, Muse of Fire shows, and concerts. Being a reportedly haunted location, it is also an annual Halloween haunted attraction. Once a year, Sloss Furnaces, hosts a "Ghost Tour" based on a story written by Alabama folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham. Sloss Furnaces has been investigated by Ghost Adventures from Travel Channel, "Ghost Asylum" from Destination America, and also by Syfy's Ghost Hunters." For me it was a great place to wander and take pictures. Maybe next time the weather will cooperate.

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