Three Notch Road

Historical marker location:

70 Court Square, Troy, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of South 3 Notch Street (U.S. 29) and East Church Street, on the right when traveling north on South 3 Notch Street.)

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.