Geneva, Alabama

Historical marker location:

517 South Commerce Street, Geneva, Alabama

( Marker is on South Commerce Street north of East Town Avenue when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2010

Audiobooks about the history of Alabama.

Alabama is home to the largest cast iron statue in the world. The Vulcan statue, located in Birmingham, stands 56 feet tall and weighs over 100,000 pounds. It was built in 1904 for the St. Louis World's Fair and was later brought to Birmingham as a symbol of the city's industrial might.