Historical Marker
Central High School/Central Junior High School
Historical marker location:
990 Ryland Pike, Ryland, Alabama
( Marker is on Ryland Pike east of Moontown Road, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2017
1917-1931/1931-1981.
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.