Sloss Furnaces

Walk among the blast furnaces and machinery of a Birmingham pig iron plant that ran from 1882 to 1971.

20 32nd Street North · Birmingham, AL

About Sloss Furnaces

Sloss Furnaces made pig iron in Birmingham from 1882 to 1971 and is now a National Historic Landmark you can walk through. Self-guided tours follow informational signs past the furnaces, machines and tools, and docent-led tours can be booked ahead for a small fee. The site opened as a museum in 1983 and has had a visitor center since 2016. It also hosts metal arts classes, concerts and festivals, so the old plant is still a working part of the city.

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