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Sloss Furnaces
2 reviews for Sloss Furnaces
It doesn't get much better than a well funded national historic site with no charge to get in, ample parking informative displays. It was truly awesome to see all the machines in their state of suspended decay. The self-guided tour is fun and interesting, it took about two hours for me to read all the sings and take about 100 pictures.
The gift shop had a bunch of cheesy crap, but I was able to score a handmade cast iron bottle opener for $10.
I was there in December (what I assume to be the off season) and was able to bring my dog though the site. (I didn't ask permession.)
A combination of spooky and fascinating, Sloss Furnaces is a must visit location for anyone visiting Birmingham. Seeing the nuts and bolts up close of how the iron industry in the city used to work is pretty cool.
The tour itself is self-guided, so you basically get to wander around and explore the blast furnaces and cooling towers. Everything is decaying and rusting (which makes the liability conscious a tad squeamish).
A sophisticated person would say how Sloss is a reminder of the industrial history of our country and that its decline mirrors some larger decay of our society. I am shallow, so I will simply say that I kept expecting Kevin Bacon to do a dance routine from Footloose through the abandoned industrial works.
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