We
visited the Sloss Furnaces before but it was during October. The place was set
up for Halloween haunted house tours with all sorts of creatures hanging around
the place. This time they are just starting to set up the tour so we could see
more of the place.
The
equipment was purchased over the 90 years of operation. This is the Skip Hoist which is somewhat more
modern.
The
blast furnaces were built in 1927 and operated until the site closed in 1971.
Bessemer
Hall of History is a neat little local museum. The prison bars where Martin
Luther King, Jr. was held in the Bessemer jar was in the museum. I just loved an
original sign for an old-time train toilet “Please do not flush toilet while
train is in station.” I can’t quite get
that picture out of my head. This typewriter is from Eagle’s Nest which was
Adolf Hitler’s hideaway. So it’s popularly called Hitler’s typewriter. Hmmm. I can’t see him sitting there and
typing away.
And
my vent…we planned to take a tour of the Golden Flake potato chip factory in
Birmingham. After getting poor
directions online, we finally found the place. Then we found out the board of
directors was visiting the plant today so they cancelled all tours. So let me
understand this. They would rather have upset customers just so they can
impress some people that are really just employees of the company? I’ll make
sure I don’t buy Golden Flake chips since even the board of directors don’t
care about customers!
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