Bayou La Batre

Historical marker location:

13785 South Wintzell Avenue, Bayou La Batre, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of South Wintzell Avenue (Alabama Route 188) and Tapia Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Wintzell Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2012

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.