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Thank you, I. Welcome to Tales to Tare, Part of the

Part of the District of Wonders Network.

Featuring Starship, Sofer and Far-Fetched Fables,

everyone has a story in the District of Wonders.

Come and find yours.

Good evening, children of the night, and welcome.

I'm happy to be back with you after my brief winter escape, although less happy,

to be back in the land of ice and snow.

We won't linger here long, though.

We've got ground to cover elsewhere.

Our next stop is Birmingham, Alabama,

the largest city by population in the state of Alabama, Birmingham's roots are made of steel.

After the damage and devastation of the Civil War, there was a lot to rebuild, and Birmingham

quickly became a coal-fired beacon of hope and

restoration, feeding the voracious appetite that recovering industry and infrastructure had for metal.

But keeping up with that kind of demand wasn't easy. Sloss furnaces of Birmingham was one of the

largest producers of the pig iron needed to produce steel products,

and the fires there burned hot and bright night and day.

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