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'''Sloss Iron & Steel Company''' is a descendant of the [[Sloss Furnace Company]] which was founded by [[Colonel James Withers Sloss]]. The name was changed to Sloss Iron & Steel Company in [[1885]] when Colonel Sloss retired and sold the company to a group of [[Alabama]] and Virginia investors represented by [[Hugh Morrow]]. The company was reorganized again in [[1902]] as [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]] when the company acquired the blast furnace plants and coal and iron ore reserves of the Sheffield Iron Company. | '''Sloss Iron & Steel Company''' is a descendant of the [[Sloss Furnace Company]] which was founded by [[Colonel James Withers Sloss]]. The name was changed to Sloss Iron & Steel Company in [[1885]] when Colonel Sloss retired and sold the company to a group of [[Alabama]] and Virginia investors represented by [[Hugh Morrow]]. The company was reorganized again in [[1902]] as [[Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company]] when the company acquired the blast furnace plants and coal and iron ore reserves of the [[Sheffield Iron Company]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:04, 21 March 2006
Sloss Iron & Steel Company is a descendant of the Sloss Furnace Company which was founded by Colonel James Withers Sloss. The name was changed to Sloss Iron & Steel Company in 1885 when Colonel Sloss retired and sold the company to a group of Alabama and Virginia investors represented by Hugh Morrow. The company was reorganized again in 1902 as Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company when the company acquired the blast furnace plants and coal and iron ore reserves of the Sheffield Iron Company.