Moore Academy

Historical marker location:

Pine Apple, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 10 and Adams Street on State Highway 10.)

Marker installed: 1996

<i>"A Great Adventure of the Mind"</i>.

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.