By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
The castings for Vulcan, the largest cast iron statue in the world, arrived in St. Louis on April 22, 1904, for the 1904 World’s Fair. The statue was cast in Birmingham and then shipped to Missouri to be assembled and put on display. After the expo ended, the statue was dismantled and returned to its hometown. After Vulcan spent about three decades at the Alabama State Fairgrounds, the statue was moved to a pedestal built on Red Mountain and Vulcan Park was dedicated in May 1939.
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