The INCREDIBLE Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark ||| Birmingham, Alabama

Become a member! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TravelwithaWiseguy YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsqr2K0ug5ceswCi1nTAxrw/join Follow/support my travels: Website: https://www.travelwithawiseguy.com/ Email/Newsletter: https://www.travelwithawiseguy.com/newsletter-signup Merchandise Store: https://travel-with-a-wiseguy.printify.me/products MSN: https://www.msn.com/en-us/channel/source/Travel%20with%20a%20Wiseguy/sr-vid-84qp7xjvqft4pkdf30g66x9ifbtc30ker0kmcvca4vd4b3vcu5hs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TravelwithaWiseguy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Travel_Wiseguy/ TikTok: @travel.with.a.wise.guy Twitter: https://twitter.com/john_wise_wsu Google Map of my videos: https://www.travelwithawiseguy.com/maps Contact: [email protected] Mail: John Wise, PO Box 2793, Wichita, KS, 67201 While in Birmingham, Alabama, for a track meet with Wichita State Shockers, I had a couple free hours to explore one of the city’s most fascinating historic sites—Sloss Furnaces. In this video, we take a self-guided tour through the massive iron-making complex that operated from 1882 to 1971, learning how blast furnaces produced pig iron using iron ore, coke, limestone, and superheated air reaching nearly 3,800°F. Along the way we check out the visitor center exhibits, towering steam-powered blowing engines, boiler systems, casting sheds, and the enormous industrial machinery that powered Birmingham’s steel industry. Today the site has been preserved as a National Historic Landmark and even hosts a world-renowned metal arts program, making it one of the most unique industrial history sites in the American South. Join me as we explore the huge structures, the science of ironmaking, and the fascinating history behind this iconic Birmingham landmark. T-shirt: Buzzards Belly - Cisco, Utah Part 107 certified drone operator 0:00 Intro/Visitor's Center 2:22 Sloss Furnaces 13:44 Credits Music Land of a Loss - Dan Lebowitz