Jefferson Warriors

Historical marker location:

Pinson, Alabama

( Marker is on Center Point Road (State Highway 75) south of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2000

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.