Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron,Birmingham,Jefferson County,Alabama,AL,HABS
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Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron,Birmingham,Jefferson County,Alabama,AL,HABS. Other Title: Sloss Furnaces. Sloss, Fred. Sloss, Maclin. / The Sloss Furnaces, the nucleus of an integrated ironmaking system which includes extensive surviving remnants of coal and iron ore mines, quarries, and coke ovens, are the most visible symbol of the Birmingham District's role as the nation's leading foundry iron producer from the late-19th century until the 1960s. You found it!!! Now buy it!!! Description of PhotographThis is an 8x12 inch Reproduction Photograph made from a high quality scan of the original. When evaluating the quality of the photo, please keep in mind that most photos in our collection were taken over 100 years ago.Title: Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL Other Title: Sloss Furnaces Birmingham Industrial District Creator(s): Historic American Engineering Record, creator Related Names: Babcock & Wilcox Casey-Hedges Company Rust Company Sloss Company Cooperative Experimental Coke & Iron Company Louisville & Nashville Railroad DeBardeleben, Henry Fairchild Pratt Coal & Coke Company Guthrie, B F Sloss, Fred Sloss, Maclin Sloss Furnace Company Hargreaves, Harry Sloss Iron & Steel Company Johnston, Joseph Forney Johnson, John W Maben, John Campbell Coalburg Coal & Coke Company Seddon, Thomas O Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company McQueen, J W Dovel, James Pickering U.S. Pipe Whitwell, Thomas Birmingham Historical Society Griffin, Douglas , project manager DeLony, Eric N , project manager Schaaf, Roland David , project manager Boucher, Jack , photographer Lowe, Jet , photographer Kulik, Gary B , historian Anderson, Katherine , delineator Hunt, James Y , delineator Stammer, Patti , delineator Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1968 Color Transparencies: 2 Measured Drawing(s): 20 Data Page(s): 45 Photo Caption Page(s): 12 Notes: Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their close in 1970. / The Sloss Furnaces, the nucleus of an integrated ironmaking system which includes extensive surviving remnants of coal and iron ore mines, quarries, and coke ovens, are the most visible symbol of the Birmingham District's role as the nation's leading foundry iron producer from the late-19th century until the 1960s. The blast furnaces, stoves, boilers and other structures represent the highest expression of American merchant pig iron furnace practice and design of the late 1920s. Other features such as vertical blowing engines and sand casting beds chart technological evolution at the turn of the century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1, FN-2 Survey number: HAER AL-3 Building/structure dates: 1942-1964 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1970 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1970- 1976 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000162 Subjects: Furnaces brick buildings Iron industry Steel industry Metallurgical industry recreation urban growth economic development railroad companies immigrants Laborers Prisoners Chemistry Strikes migration adaptive reuse moving of structures Galleries & museums Place: Alabama -- Jefferson County -- Birmingham Latitude/Longitude: 33.52056, -86.8025 Bookmark /al0249/ Bookmark:al0249 Bookmark:al0249SizeApproximately 8x12 inches.Note: Some images may have white bars on the sides or top if the original image does not conform to the 8x12 dimensions.Want to purchase the Original?The original is not for sale.Return PolicyWe are so confident in the quality we provide that we back every order with a money-back guarantee! This means if you are not satisfied, for ANY reason, a refund will be given.(No need to return the photo )QualityThis Photograph is a Archive Quality Reproduction created directly from the original photograph. Our laboratory uses premium DNP Dye-Sublimation Paper guaranteeing brighter colors, sharper whites, and prints that will last a lifetime.ShippingWe have taken extra steps to ensure that your prints arrive to you safely and undamaged. We use extra thick, stay-flat envelopes to get your photos to you as quickly and as safely as possible.Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
