Cahaba First State Capital

Historical marker location:

178 Vine Street, Cahaba, Alabama

( Marker is on Capitol Avenue near Vine Street, in the median.)

Marker installed: 1919

1818-1826.

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.