Pine Apple Historic District

Historical marker location:

Pine Apple, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of State Road 10 and Ruthuen Cutoff Road, on the left when traveling west on State Road 10.)

Marker installed: 2005

Pine Apple, Alabama.

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.