[SEL] Make your own Iron Castings!!

[John Culp]

Might be a cupola furnace.

The Sloss Furnace was a huge operation, with big blast furnaces making 
iron from locally produced iron ore, coal and limestone. Birmingham 
used to be a big iron and steel producer, sometimes called "The 
Pittsburgh of the South."

John

On May 30, 2005, at 5:17 PM, ED wrote:

> There is an old forge in the next town. I haven't paid much attention 
> to it
> except to notice the motor for the conveyer which moves the coal up to 
> a
> hopper. It has to be smaller than what you are talking about here. If
> anybody was interested, I could take a few pictures.


John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA