Operation Eagle Claw

Historical marker location:

550 McDonald Street, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

( Memorial is at the intersection of Avenue D and Libby Street on Avenue D.)

Marker installed: 1980

Desert One. 1980.

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.