Birmingham District Minerals

Historical marker location:

1701 Valley View Drive, Birmingham, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Valley View Drive west of Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South.)

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.