Forney’s Corner

Historical marker location:

Jacksonville, Alabama

( Marker is on Public Square West (State Highway 21) south of Clinton Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1967

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.