George Washington Carver

Historical marker location:

1 Booker T Washington Boulevard, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Booker T Washington Boulevard.)

Died in Tuskegee Alabama. January 5, 1943.

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.