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Sloss Blast Furnace Site

Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in in the . It operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: museum and national historic landmark in Birmingham, Alabama
  • Also known as: “Sloss Furnaces”, “Sloss Furnaces Nat’l Historic Landmark”, “Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark”, and “Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Birmingham Museum of Art and Saint Paul’s Cathedral.

Museum
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The is a museum in . Its collection includes more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing various cultures, including , , , , Pre-Columbian, and Native American. is situated 1 mile west of Sloss Blast Furnace Site.

Church
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The Cathedral of Saint Paul — informally known as Saint Paul's Cathedral — is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama in . is situated 4,200 feet west of Sloss Blast Furnace Site.

Stadium
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is an outdoor multi-purpose stadium located in downtown , United States. It is owned and operated by the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority. is situated 1 mile west of Sloss Blast Furnace Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avondale and Birmingham.

Neighborhood
was a company town built around the Mills east of in . The town was incorporated on March 18, 1887.

Photo: Patrick Cain, CC BY 3.0.
is the largest city in , and its cultural and economic nucleus. While it's best remembered as the site of protest, bombings, and other racial tumult during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, visitors to the of today will find a pleasant green city of ridges, valleys, attractive views, and friendly, hospitable people.

Town
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is a city in southeastern , United States, and a suburb of . Its population at the 2020 census was 22,461. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Sloss Blast Furnace Site.

Sloss Blast Furnace Site

Latitude
33.52193° or 33° 31′ 19″ north
Longitude
-86.79163° or 86° 47′ 30″ west
Elevation
623 feet (190 metres)
Open location code
865MG6C5+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 129478688
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4090477
Wiki­data ID
Q7541393
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Sloss Blast Furnace Site” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Sloss Furnaces”
  • Cebuano: “Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark”
  • Chinese: “斯羅斯高爐群”
  • Ukrainian: “Бірмінгемський металургійний завод «Sloss Furnaces»”
  • Ukrainian: “Бірмінгемський металурійний завод «Sloss Furnaces»”
  • Ukrainian: “Бірмінгемський металурійний завод Sloss Furnaces”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Morris Avenue–First Avenue North Historic District and Automotive Historic District.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sloss Blast Furnace Site”. Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.