Vulcan Statue in Birmingham, Alabama

Located in Birmingham, Alabama, the Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world. Symbolic of the city's roots in the iron and steel industry, it was originally built as Birmingham's entry into the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. After a few decades of uncertainty and mixed uses, the Vulcan statue eventually found a permanent home at the top of Red Mountain, an urban park overlooking downtown Birmingham, in 1936 (dedicated in 1939).

The Vulcan statue sits at the top of a 126 foot pedestal where visitors can view the surrounding area from an open air observation platform. It was also a great precursor for exploring Birmingham's historic Sloss Furnaces the following day. The Vulcan statue derives its name from the God of fire, metalworking, and the forge in Ancient Roman mythology. 

Vulcan statue buns of steel (or cast iron technically).