“Damn the Torpedoes!”

Historical marker location:

51 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from Bienville Boulevard east of Albatross Street, on the right when traveling east.)

The Battle of Mobile Bay:. Stop D.

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.