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.

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 and Canaan Baptist Church.

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.

Canaan Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canaan Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Bessemer, Alabama. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA. Built in 1961, it had a congregation active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Canaan Baptist Church is situated 2 miles 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″ north

Longitude

-86.93277° or 86° 55′ 58″ west

Elevation

748 feet (228 metres)

Open location code

865M93X8+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368376780

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=mine

GeoNames ID

4090481

Wikidata ID

Q7541396

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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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