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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BYP_julius-ellsberry-memorial-park_Birmingham-AL.html
In honor of Julius Ellsberry of BirminghamWorld War II HeroFirst Jefferson County Citizen to die for his country at Pearl Harbor while serving aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma December 7, 1941
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4M_the-cascade_Birmingham-AL.html
One popular element of the park's original design was a water feature known as the cascade. Cascading fountains were important features in formal European gardens. Their terraced pools and waterfalls animated the landscape with sounds and movement…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B46_slag_Birmingham-AL.html
In addition to making iron the furnace produced a molten waste called slag. Workers drained off the slag periodically through the cinder notch, a hole at the base of the furnace. After processing, the slag was sold for use in the road building and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B44_casting-pigs_Birmingham-AL.html
The Process
The technology of casting molten iron into bars called pigs changed dramatically over the years. Prior to 1931 casting at Sloss took place inside the cast shed. Men cut molds into the sand floor of the shed, allowing the molten iron…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B42_the-stock-trestle_Birmingham-AL.html
The raw materials for making iron—iron ore, limestone and dolomite, and coke—came to Sloss by railroad and were stored in the stock bins below. An inclined, steam-driven "skip hoist" carried the stock to the top of the furnace and dump…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B40_the-blast-furnace_Birmingham-AL.html
In the blast furnace the combination of iron ore, flux (limestone and/or dolomite), coke, and hot air produced molten iron and two waste products: molten slag and blast furnace gas. The molten products collected in the bottom of the furnace and we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3Z_stock-trestle-tunnel_Birmingham-AL.html
Construction of the stock trestle/tunnel complex was part of the extensive modernization that Sloss carried out between 1927 and 1931. Much of the work focused on mechanizing the charging operations and equipment—the stock trestle/tunnel com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2S_south_Birmingham-AL.html
At the turn of the last century, Birmingham residents seeking home ownership and escape from the smoke, congestion, and unhealthy living conditions of an industrial city, began moving south. New streetcar lines encouraged the move "over the mounta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2R_birmingham-district-minerals_Birmingham-AL.html
The availability of seemingly limitless mineral resources was the key to the success of the Birmingham District, an area defined by geologic deposits that span five counties (Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Bibb). Some of the minerals es…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2Q_building-the-park_Birmingham-AL.html
Side 1 - Building the Park
In the mid-1930's, civic leaders worked to move Vulcan to a place of honor on Red Mountain. The park was built through the combined efforts of several groups: the Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, the Birmingham Parks and R…