Flying Over Sloss Furnaces
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It operated as a iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971. After closing it became one of the first industrial sites (and the only blast furnace) in the U.S. to be preserved for public use. In 1981 the furnaces were designated a National Historic Landmark.
Daily Dangers and Deaths:
James Withers Sloss opened the gates of his eponymous furnace company on April 18, 1882, employing hundreds of men from the surrounding area. The positions at Sloss were highly dangerous, but also highly sought-after as working with the blast furnaces was fairly advanced at that time. No government agency protected the rights of workers; 12-hour days were the norm and pay often came in the form of scripts only good at the company store.
While pay was low and hours ran high, industrial accidents were what workers feared most. Some men fell into the molten steel and incinerated, while others fell victim to the silent poisoning of carbon monoxide or the volatile bursts from steam pipes. Every inch of Sloss Furnaces held danger for the workers who toiled there -- from the catwalk to the tunnel, the furnaces to the wheel -- every precarious step could have been, and often was, their last.
Perhaps the most ghastly death is one that befell a worker on his lunch break. Sitting near one of the large flywheels used to power the huge scalding boilers, he leaned a little too close and the wheel caught his clothing, slowly dragging him into the gears. Witnesses at the time shuttered; each time the wheel went around, there was a little less of their friend.
Filmed with a GoPro attached to a DJI Phantom 2 Drone with H3-3D gimbal.
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R Willy this is a beautifully filmed site.You have a great talent for filming and getting subject(s) in a different light.Your perspective in all of your works are brilliant.
Wow. Thank you! :)
Excellent Work and Video,this Museum is now open too the General Public, I just visit the Sloss Furnaces just this past Tuesday, this is a great place too visit.
+Dexter Greene Thank you! I love Sloss. Such a cool place thats full of history. I have not been to the museum yet. Guess I need to revisit soon.
+R Willy Your welcome,and yes you should,it's very nice what they have done too the museum.
I've been binging your videos you do great work man I have explored 2 abandoned hospitals and a masonic temple, and your music choices are similar to what I was thinking of regarding background music when I get around to editing it all, anyway keep it up man!
Amazing place rich with history I've been to James sloss gravesite at oak hill cemetery in Birmingham
Been to a few Gov't Mule shows there... I don't understand why it's supposed to be spooky the scariest thing is just being in the city of Birmingham. Cool video!
Go there during Halloween and you'll see how it can be spooky. They set up freaky stuff and other stuff like that. It's fun.
this is a really awesome series you have man... Personally a big fan
12-7-14 I was at sloss ghost hunting and we were talking with another tourist and a drone like that was nose diving at like 40 mph and crash landed about 30-40 yds away and it was destroyed was that you guys?
No that was not me or anyone that I know. More and more people are getting their hands on these lately. And they never learn how to use them responsibly and correctly. Sometimes flying these things can really bother other people and the operators need to be aware of that and respect the people and places around them. I do not use mine as a "toy". To me it is filming equipment. It actually terrifies me every time I get it out to fly it haha. I just want those one or two good shots then I shut it down. BTW, find any ghosts this time?
Cool
Cool vid 2
DABACONGOD JBJ Thanks!