I just wanted to let you know my 85 year old dad absolutely loves your videos. He doesn't know how to use a smartphone (scared to touch the screen in fear of messing everything up), but anytime you come out with a new video, he wants to watch. And get this....he watches no other videos or RUclipsr. Keep up the good work!
Pig Iron: is hot iron (usually simple iron but sometimes an alloy) that is poured from the smelter into little canals and lakes cut in the dirt (originally). The iron that cooled in the small ponds were removed as "pigs" and could later be used by further processes and poured or wrought into useful items. Pigs can be used in a Steel plant to make various grades of steel.
I believe the little pond at 6:40 was such a pig for large bulk iron. I'd have to see more of it to know it was that and not something else, but large pig vessels looked like that. Smaller ones look like shallow graves. Little ones might be half that size in the old days of hand cranes and wagons. About the size of a full grown pig or smaller all the way to ingot sized.
I just recently found your content and got really excited to see this video because it's so close to my hometown. It actually gave me a ton of nostalgia to see the Sloss tower again. I did the tour there as a kid on a school field trip during September and they had all the decorations up for the Fright Furnace event.
First I heard of this place was on Ghost Hunters. It has a eerie decaying creepiness that is kind of fascinating. It certainly does have a bit of steampunk vibe. Cool video!
Theres some old sugat silos in loveland colorado, where i live. My old band and a bunch of others used to throw shows there. Place was sooooo haunted, but the shows were really fun!
The iron smelted at Sloss came from iron ore mined out of Red Mountain, which is a mountain ridge just southwest of the furnace. Some of the old mining trails and equipment can be found on the nature trail that runs the ridge of mountain behind Vulcan Park.
Sloss is super cool. As a Birmingham native I took wax meltout casting classes at Sloss which is almost as cool as the haunted house they run there at Halloween!
My Great Grandfather worked at Sloss. He said it was haunted. He would be alone in a certain area and he could hear people talking and doors would open and close by themselves.
My grandfather worked there. Was instrumental back in the 80s in restoring it to a museum. I think they closed down because pig iron was outdated. With the invention of coke, they were able to manufacture steel better. The plant moved to Fairfield...about 10 miles to the West
That is a cool site. Locally we have an active iron forge called Drop Forge. On a good day when I was 8-22, I could hear the heavy clang clang clang of the super hammer pounding the iron down. It is a really cool looking building and grounds from an early age prior to me! (I'm 50)
Just looked up the webbsite (Canton Drop Forge) and learned it was a "drop forge" that made the clang. Since I'm still not sure what that is... I'll stick with my original mental image.
Ever been to the Berman museum in Anniston,AL? It's pretty cool. Lots of taxidermy animals! And there is like a gun museum right beside it! Both cost about $5 each
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How awesome it is to see a youtuber tour & document familiar territory. I live in Tuscaloosa. We have A LOT of hidden treasures here in Alabama, thank you Carpetbagger, for sharing one of them! 😊 Sloss is pretty haunted, they have a pretty cool fright fest during Halloween, that is what the "fun slide" sign is for 😊😊
Carpetbagger you should go to the USS Alabama in mobile alabama they have a battleship a submarine and a aviation museum on the grounds it is a fun place to visit
Sloss Furnace is no joke. One of the most haunted places in America. I live a little bit away in Huntsville and even up here Sloss is infamous for it's ghost stories.
A lot of paranormal investigators have been there . It is said to be haunted by a foreman. He feel to his death on one of the cat walks. It was speculated that he was pushed. Very harsh man.
Thanks Jacob for your hard work. I first saw this on Ghost Adventures around 10 yrs ago, always wanted to see Sloss up close. I usually pass though Birmingham twice a year. I’ll check Sloss out next time.
I, too, know nothing about pig iron, but I know cool when I see it, and that friggin' rules. Plus, a plastic scare owl and a turtle. Seriously, that rocks. Thanks, Jacob.
Glad you came to Birmingham Alabama and exspiriance Sloss Furness. Your the first RUclipsr who actually to my advice. Thank you. Wish I knew you were coming, I would have joined you
Your disclaimer was a little late.. It was very evident just by the lack of identifying generators, cisterns, or the slag car... Good video none the less.
I know nothing about pig iron; I was impressed by the large machinery, and the thought of how much was made by people who knew the workings of such metal...things we take for granted, but has a beauty of its own. I would not want the pollution, but respect those who created such works...haunted?...nothing wrong with that either.....
HI Jacob, I visited Sloss few years back I enjoyed the exploration & knowledge. Stop in gift shop & grab a memory. SLOSS weddings & events. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jacob--always can depend on you to give some good background story and history of things--which Ghost Hunters look over. Hmmmmm steampunk, ever thought of doing a vlog on how that came to be? I have no clue ..Is it a new thing? Any one know what is running? I love America!
About Pig iron. As I understood it when I was there . they call it Pig iron because when they pour it from the cauldron into the sand they lay out impressions side by side with the iron feeder path in the middle of 2 rows of impressions. When it is cast it looks like each molded iron piece lined up in rows looks like piglets suckling on their mother. Wala Pig Iron.
Funny you mentioned the stacks belching smoke into the sky. When I was a child in the 70’s, Birmingham was known as smoke city...Sloss and other foundries in the area polluted the skies terribly.
I think the cars crossing certain pts of the nearby hwy/interstate, like bridges/overpasses, are what was making that repetetive hammering noise. I thought it was interesting too, considering that area's heavy industrial history combined w/all the spooky stories.
I live a few miles away from this place is call Sloss Furnace and there's a really bad story behind the place it's one of the most haunted places in America supposedly if you believe in ghosts but the owner was a really weird and mean man and killed a lot of people there and also a lot of people died working there falling in the furnaces and getting pushed over the edges of the towers there's a lot of history behind the place every year they throw a haunted house there and it's one of the coolest haunted houses during Halloween you should really come back in October it's a whole different experience
@@danielscott1040 i was more or less telling the haunted side of the story behind the place..no need for sarcasm..you could have simply skipped my comment..its all good tho no worries.. im sure you got so much free time thats all you have to do in your days is set and troll people..thanks for reminding me that its all over jacobs thumb nail.. 🎤⬇⬇⬇....
@@laurajuranek4415 well what are the odds..lol..that's awsome i love watching carpetbagger and adam the woo on there travel vlogs..they give good advice on places to visit. i just got back from gatlinburg and visited all the spots from there video's it was great.. but I would have never known about these areas if I did not watch their vlogs but anyways it is nice to meet you
It's bo hoe It is a small world. I also love his videos. I like the off of the beating path type of places. Have you heard of Atlas Obscura? They have an awesome site on Google and also on RUclips, but I prefer the website. It's pretty amazing. I've never been to Gatlinburg. I'd like to go one day. I heard it's beautiful. Nice meeting you too. Happy Travels... :)
I just wanted to let you know my 85 year old dad absolutely loves your videos. He doesn't know how to use a smartphone (scared to touch the screen in fear of messing everything up), but anytime you come out with a new video, he wants to watch. And get this....he watches no other videos or RUclipsr. Keep up the good work!
Pig Iron: is hot iron (usually simple iron but sometimes an alloy) that is poured from the smelter into little canals and lakes cut in the dirt (originally). The iron that cooled in the small ponds were removed as "pigs" and could later be used by further processes and poured or wrought into useful items. Pigs can be used in a Steel plant to make various grades of steel.
I believe the little pond at 6:40 was such a pig for large bulk iron. I'd have to see more of it to know it was that and not something else, but large pig vessels looked like that. Smaller ones look like shallow graves. Little ones might be half that size in the old days of hand cranes and wagons. About the size of a full grown pig or smaller all the way to ingot sized.
love watching the different places you go very interesting things and places
Very cool tour jacob, thanks man. Have an awesome day.
I just recently found your content and got really excited to see this video because it's so close to my hometown. It actually gave me a ton of nostalgia to see the Sloss tower again. I did the tour there as a kid on a school field trip during September and they had all the decorations up for the Fright Furnace event.
This is such a nice place to get pictures. I like the vibes
awesome place
Thanks for sharing
"Look at me - I'm pig iron!" LoL Exploring Alabama also has an interesting vid of this place.
Ya it would be cool, love the wrench joke lol n giant quarters
Great video , found it very interesting ..
Seen lots of ghost videos from there and thank you for my post card i got it this morning has pride of place on my fridge
That slide is remnants of atrox factory that comes every October for Halloween. Scary you should see it.
Stunning facility
Very cool 😎 thanks .
Looks like a great movie set. I’d like to go there with a good camera. Good piece Bagger!
Cool place!
I loved this video, it's like Mr. McGoo stopping at Michael Myers house thinking he was at a Bed & Breakfast Inn. Lol
Steve Norris I love this comment
That would be a great thing to model for a train layout
The interesting thing about this is that someone knew what every wheel and device did for the whole plant! I find that incredible!
Looks like a human sized mousetrap gamelol
First I heard of this place was on Ghost Hunters. It has a eerie decaying creepiness that is kind of fascinating. It certainly does have a bit of steampunk vibe. Cool video!
Theres some old sugat silos in loveland colorado, where i live. My old band and a bunch of others used to throw shows there. Place was sooooo haunted, but the shows were really fun!
The iron smelted at Sloss came from iron ore mined out of Red Mountain, which is a mountain ridge just southwest of the furnace. Some of the old mining trails and equipment can be found on the nature trail that runs the ridge of mountain behind Vulcan Park.
I've worked in many foundries but never pig iron. Wish I still had the footage it's really interesting to see them in operation.
The Rick and Bubba Show did a tour of this late at night as part of the thirteen working days of horror about a decade ago. Stay in it!
Very cool. To bad Bob (City Museum) didn't get his hands on this !
Sloss is super cool. As a Birmingham native I took wax meltout casting classes at Sloss which is almost as cool as the haunted house they run there at Halloween!
I remember that an episode of MTV's Fear was filmed there. Loved that show. What a cool place.
You're right. It's a steam punk dream come true...
Ghost adventures went here just when I thought Jacob was already awesome he goes here very neat! My day is complete!
My Great Grandfather worked at Sloss. He said it was haunted. He would be alone in a certain area and he could hear people talking and doors would open and close by themselves.
My Great Grandfather worked there, too. 😊
Carpetbagger. That factory looks like Willy wonkas chocolate factory .Did you see any umpa lumpas while you were there ?
Historic bath house made me laugh. By the way, Pig Iron Man is Spider Ham’s sidekick in the Marvel alternate Universe.
You should go on the weekend. Much better experience.
I remember when Ghost Adventurers went there! Creepy place.
I thought the name of this place sounded familiar. 🙂
My grandfather worked there. Was instrumental back in the 80s in restoring it to a museum. I think they closed down because pig iron was outdated. With the invention of coke, they were able to manufacture steel better. The plant moved to Fairfield...about 10 miles to the West
3:22 ...So.. Big wheels keep on turning...?
That is a cool site. Locally we have an active iron forge called Drop Forge. On a good day when I was 8-22, I could hear the heavy clang clang clang of the super hammer pounding the iron down. It is a really cool looking building and grounds from an early age prior to me! (I'm 50)
Just looked up the webbsite (Canton Drop Forge) and learned it was a "drop forge" that made the clang. Since I'm still not sure what that is... I'll stick with my original mental image.
I live 3 hours from there
Ever been to the Berman museum in Anniston,AL? It's pretty cool. Lots of taxidermy animals! And there is like a gun museum right beside it! Both cost about $5 each
You should have inquired to see if they offer a ghost tour. It is listed as one of the most paranormal locations in America
"Well, I fooled you, I fooled you, I got pig iron, I got pig iron, I got oooold pig iron..." 😁
The Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road...
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Sloss has demonstration iron pours and resident iron artists. I think you missed the haunted tunnel.
That steam punk tank as you call it, is a #6 ladle car
I was really looking forward to your parkour!
WOOOO HOOOOOO I DIDN'T MISS THIS ADVENTURE... My uncle lived north of there and passed away last week. Thanks man !!!
I think you should hire somebody who knows what they’re talking about to tell you what they things are like a tour guide
Have you heard "The Steel Workers Park" in Chicago?
From the “ Industrial Age” Of America ✨🌿🇺🇸😎🥊
Slows furnace is really haunted
The person or ghostly like figure down the brick walkway, At 5:33-5:35 into this video kinda Creeped me out ! 😨😨😨
I saw it also!
Imagine the value in scrap metal.
Visit Botanical Garden also while you are here. It’s free also
Also get a rib tip plate at rib it up. Your welcome.
I worked at Fright Furnace back in 2001 :)
I very much feel bad for the people who died r.I.p
Ive heard of that mill
Ghost adventures did an episode here
Love haunted locations...keep them coming 👻 👻
Magic city!
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How awesome it is to see a youtuber tour & document familiar territory. I live in Tuscaloosa. We have A LOT of hidden treasures here in Alabama, thank you Carpetbagger, for sharing one of them! 😊 Sloss is pretty haunted, they have a pretty cool fright fest during Halloween, that is what the "fun slide" sign is for 😊😊
OMG for a second i thought you legit caught a ghost at 5:35 lol its too early i need more coffee lol
Was that a real person? At the end of the hall??freaky!
It is starting! I didn’t think anyone else was around.
We’re gonna need a bigger wrench 🔧😂. Very cool place
Carpetbagger you should go to the USS Alabama in mobile alabama they have a battleship a submarine and a aviation museum on the grounds it is a fun place to visit
Sloss Furnace is no joke. One of the most haunted places in America. I live a little bit away in Huntsville and even up here Sloss is infamous for it's ghost stories.
I live not to far from there and i swear thats the most gruesome work environment in the earlier years plus chalk full of haunted activity
A lot of paranormal investigators have been there . It is said to be haunted by a foreman. He feel to his death on one of the cat walks. It was speculated that he was pushed. Very harsh man.
I think you mean "fell".
That place is insanely haunted
Sloss Furnace is suppose to be haunted. They have a great Halloween spook house near Halloween.
They allow tours there now? I heard a mom and her kid talking in the background.
Thanks Jacob for your hard work. I first saw this on Ghost Adventures around 10 yrs ago, always wanted to see Sloss up close. I usually pass though Birmingham twice a year. I’ll check Sloss out next time.
That was the first I learned about Sloss furnace when I stumbled on that episode on You Tube.
ehrldawg I like the old episodes much better than now.
“I dunno but for some reason I just love all these gauges..”
Really enjoy your videos--you do a great job. Please continue to bring us more!
I, too, know nothing about pig iron, but I know cool when I see it, and that friggin' rules. Plus, a plastic scare owl and a turtle.
Seriously, that rocks. Thanks, Jacob.
Glad you came to Birmingham Alabama and exspiriance Sloss Furness. Your the first RUclipsr who actually to my advice. Thank you. Wish I knew you were coming, I would have joined you
Your disclaimer was a little late.. It was very evident just by the lack of identifying generators, cisterns, or the slag car... Good video none the less.
Now I cant get the song Big Iron by Marty Robins out of my head
One of my favorites a-stillremember all the words! "El Paso" was another favorite- RIP to a great singer!
Very creepy and sad.
Almost got married here! Cool place.
I agree with you, Jacob, America is Awesome!!!
i live in alabama and i went here on a field trip in 5th grade and you can actuly get a meatle imblem made custom with your drawing i still have mine
I know nothing about pig iron; I was impressed by the large machinery, and the thought of how much was made by people who knew the workings of such metal...things we take for granted, but has a beauty of its own. I would not want the pollution, but respect those who created such works...haunted?...nothing wrong with that either.....
There was a lot of great American workers that died there R.I.P May God rest their souls ☮️
Explain?
Cool video! This is supposed to be one of the most haunted places in America
I’ve heard of sloss furnace it’s supposed to be very haunted great job on ur video!! I think America is awesome too Jacob!! ❤️
I think ghost adventures investigated there
HI Jacob, I visited Sloss few years back I enjoyed the exploration & knowledge. Stop in gift shop & grab a memory. SLOSS weddings & events. Thanks for sharing.
just think about how loud that place was when it was working
Thank you Jacob--always can depend on you to give some good background story and history of things--which Ghost Hunters look over. Hmmmmm steampunk, ever thought of doing a vlog on how that came to be? I have no clue ..Is it a new thing? Any one know what is running? I love America!
About Pig iron. As I understood it when I was there . they call it Pig iron because when they pour it from the cauldron into the sand they lay out impressions side by side with the iron feeder path in the middle of 2 rows of impressions. When it is cast it looks like each molded iron piece lined up in rows looks like piglets suckling on their mother. Wala Pig Iron.
Great to see this old blast furnace installation. Thanks!
Funny you mentioned the stacks belching smoke into the sky. When I was a child in the 70’s, Birmingham was known as smoke city...Sloss and other foundries in the area polluted the skies terribly.
Very cool that it is a national landmark now...
I believe Zach From ghost aventures wdid a show here - it’s supposed to be haunted....Apparently people fell to their deaths or something like that
The place is haunted as all get out. I have seen more than one series of paranormal investigations in there.
Does it contain ASBESTOS!
You should go to the Jessy james family home and headstone in kearny Missouri
And Jessy james home in Saint Joe Missouri where he was shot
Was this affected by the 2011 tornado?
I was curious if that was someone hammering or......something ?
I think the cars crossing certain pts of the nearby hwy/interstate, like bridges/overpasses, are what was making that repetetive hammering noise. I thought it was interesting too, considering that area's heavy industrial history combined w/all the spooky stories.
I live a few miles away from this place is call Sloss Furnace and there's a really bad story behind the place it's one of the most haunted places in America supposedly if you believe in ghosts but the owner was a really weird and mean man and killed a lot of people there and also a lot of people died working there falling in the furnaces and getting pushed over the edges of the towers there's a lot of history behind the place every year they throw a haunted house there and it's one of the coolest haunted houses during Halloween you should really come back in October it's a whole different experience
It's bo yo thanks for telling us what it’s called. We were all very confused and unsure since Jacob didn’t tell us.
@@danielscott1040 i was more or less telling the haunted side of the story behind the place..no need for sarcasm..you could have simply skipped my comment..its all good tho no worries.. im sure you got so much free time thats all you have to do in your days is set and troll people..thanks for reminding me that its all over jacobs thumb nail.. 🎤⬇⬇⬇....
Yes I have been there it's extremely haunted love it
You should come to Decatur Alabama we have a few free museums science museums Wildlife museums and art museums they're all free
@@laurajuranek4415 well what are the odds..lol..that's awsome i love watching carpetbagger and adam the woo on there travel vlogs..they give good advice on places to visit. i just got back from gatlinburg and visited all the spots from there video's it was great.. but I would have never known about these areas if I did not watch their vlogs but anyways it is nice to meet you
It's bo hoe It is a small world. I also love his videos. I like the off of the beating path type of places. Have you heard of Atlas Obscura? They have an awesome site on Google and also on RUclips, but I prefer the website. It's pretty amazing. I've never been to Gatlinburg. I'd like to go one day. I heard it's beautiful. Nice meeting you too. Happy Travels... :)