Sloss Furnaces

Sloss Furnaces

Sloss Furnaces was operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971. After closing it became one of the first industrial sites in the U.S. to be preserved for public use. The site currently serves as an interpretive museum of industry.

Location

20 32nd Street North
Birmingham, Jefferson County
Alabama, USA

Getting There

If you're traveling from the city center, you can take I-20 E/I-59 N and take exit 126A to merge onto US-31 S/US-280 E/Red Mountain Expy. Then take the 2nd Ave S exit toward downtown and merge onto 2nd Ave S. Turn left onto 32nd St S, and Sloss Furnaces will be on your right.

The nearest airport to Sloss Furnaces is Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), which is located about 5 miles to the northwest.

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