Burritt Museum

Historical marker location:

3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Monte Sano Boulevard Southeast and Burrit Drive Southeast, on the left when traveling north on Monte Sano Boulevard Southeast.)

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.