Sadly, today was the last for an icon on the horizon. The L Blast Furnace at Sparrows Point Steel Mill was imploded. Sparrows Point was a major employer in the area and at one point the largest steel producing mills in the World. Siri and I both thought it important to take a few minutes out of our work day to go over to Patterson Park to see it off.

FurnaceBefore

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http://www.wbaltv.com/news/sparrows-point-to-demolish-old-steel-mill-furnace/30964020

http://millstories.umbc.edu/sparrows-point/