Sloss Company Brookside Coke Ovens

The Sloss Furnaces Company's coke ovens in Brookside, Jefferson County, ca. 1920. Part of the Birmingham Industrial District, the mines provided minerals used in Sloss blast furnaces producing pig iron.

Historic coke ovens at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
Historic coke ovens at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama