Old Blast Furnace used to smelt Iron Ore into pigs

[tza420]

This is great! I'm a huge industrial history fan! There are about 50 slope, vertical shaft and surface ore mines on about a 25 mile stretch along red mountain in Birmingham Al. I've followed the history on them for about 2 years now but I've been exploring them for the past 20!

[madjimms]

Wow, looks like the furnace in Lake Oswego....

[mcgrawtim123]

Very cool. This answers my Civil War question...thanks!

[skyding8962]

Where do they pour things? From the top?

[lizadfuel]

I like these history videos! Have a good one!

[asbestosicould]

Whoa! That's about ten times bigger than what I thought you were talking about- which would be called a hearth, I think.

Thanks for the upload, and YOU have a great day!

[centervilletn]

@asbestosicould ...its pretty cool...we played all over it when we were kids...dangerous as a cocked pistol..hahah

[asbestosicould]

@centervilletn LOL! Betcha didn't wear knee pads and helmets either, did ya'? If this had been LA (lower alabama), where I grew up, we wouldn'ta had even shoes on in the summertime.

[opzoutenAUBnugraag]

great piece of history.

[MrWobbleHead]

Thats pretty neat.