Sloss Mines
The Sloss Mines are a group of mines in southwestern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. They were established by the Sloss Iron and Steel Company and its successor, the Sloss-Sheffield Iron and Steel Company, at the southern end of Red Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in Alabama, United States of America, United States of America
- Address: AL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southern Railway Terminal Station.
Southern Railway Terminal Station
Museum
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
The Bessemer Hall of History is a museum located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of Bessemer, Alabama. The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad depot in downtown Bessemer. Southern Railway Terminal Station is situated 1 mile west of Sloss Mines.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bessemer and Lipscomb.
Bessemer
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024.
Lipscomb
Village
Lipscomb is a city in south central Jefferson County, Alabama. It is part of the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,086. It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the Bessemer ZIP code. Lipscomb is situated 2 miles north of Sloss Mines.
Brighton
Village
Brighton is a city near Birmingham, Alabama, United States and located just east of Hueytown. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,337. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of about 1,128,047, approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population. Brighton is situated 2½ miles north of Sloss Mines.
Sloss Mines
- Category: industry
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.39817° or 33° 23′ 53″ northLongitude
-86.93277° or 86° 55′ 58″ westElevation
748 feet (228 metres)Open location code
865M93X8+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 368376780OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=mine
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Sloss Mines” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sloss Mines”
- French: “mines Sloss”
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