L'Arbre de Pau

Historical marker location:

104 Theatre Street, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Theatre Street and South Royal Street, on the right when traveling west on Theatre Street.)

Marker installed: 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.