2. Steel Archaeology
The history of iron and steel making has been all but wiped out in Britain, but clearly not in America as this post from Joyce Hopewell about the Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama clearly shows. It is a tragedy that some of our steelmaking industrial heritage hasn’t been better preserved to match that of the museums of steam, pottery, shipbuilding from the Victorian era. This article inspired me to pull together this short series on a little of the industrial archaeology of steelmaking. Tomorrow, “A Steel Revolution”.
Was this really our destination? Looking at the rusty towering ruins of the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama I had that “Oh no…” sinking feeling. Daughter-in-law had suggested this as our first stop on the family spring break road trip. It didn’t look very enticing or interesting. Abandoned industrial architecture didn’t immediately appeal.
How wrong I was.
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Thanks for the reblog! Now back in UK after fascinating US travels & stay with family.
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More on steel tomorrow, a big political one!
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There is a steel museum in Sheffield that gets good reviews. I have never been but I should, it isn’t far away!
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I haven’t been either. There’s a small folk museum in Millom with lots of stuff about the local Ironworks but my general point is that we preserved docks, massive ships etc but no Ironworks.
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Yes I agree. The steelworks at astatine were just dismantled in an act of vandalism.
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Did the Segovia clip connect?
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Yes, thanks, I had seen it before so thanks for the memory nudge!
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Astatine?
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