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Ghost stories: Sloss Furnaces | Birmingham, Alabama

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Ghost stories: Sloss Furnaces | Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, AL, was founded in 1871, five years after the Civil War, and with it, the need for tons of pig iron to fix America's crumbling infrastructure. 

To satisfy the demand, Colonel James Withers Sloss started construction on Sloss Furnaces. 

A year later, the company opened its doors to hundreds of employees, according to its official website. 

Working on blast furnaces was an advanced job, and it was also dangerous. 

That danger was soon realized as many workers started being incinerated in the furnaces and falling to their deaths

https://www.egypttales.com/2021/06/ghost-stories-sloss-furnaces-birmingham.html

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