Athens Big Spring Memorial Park

Historical marker location:

100 Beaty Street North, Athens, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Beaty Street North east of Market Street/Buck Island Road.)

Marker installed: 1989

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.