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Description: On the outskirts of The Magic City sits Sloss Furnaces. James Withers Sloss started construction on the Sloss Furnaces in 1881, just 10 years after the city's founding. This entrepreneur quickly capitalized on Birmingham's fortunate location and the enormous amount of cheap labor available in the form of freed slaves. To cement Sloss' place in this financial bonanza, he used his wealth and political influence to become the first president of the newly merged Nashville and Decatur Railway Company. His first priority was to expand their railway lines down to Birmingham, thereby securing the exportation of steel made at Sloss Furnaces. 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. ■ SUBSCRIBE to @OmarGoshTV ■ Follow The Fam On Social Media, for behind the scenes clips Instagram: instagram.com/omgfams Twitter: Twitter.com/jamesthefam FB: facebook.com/JamestheFam ● DIRECT LINK to Become a Fam MEMBER: youtube.com/channel/UCUSCuCzQIFeYe6bs20-YUdw/join ■ OG FAM ■ SAVAGE FAM ■ SEEING EYE FAM ■ FEATURED FAM Please Continue to HELP SUPPORT THE FAM: ■ *Watching Older Videos, *Sharing Videos, *Watching "Entire Videos" *Support Advertisers that support my videos *Follow me on Twitter, Instagram, & FB *Donating to Paypal: paypal.me/jamesthefam ● For Professional INQUIRES OR to ADVERTISE to The FAM: Email: swish594@gmail.com ■ LoVE Ya FaM ■