"Vulcan", largest iron man in the world and second largest statue in America, is 53 feet tall and mounted on a 120-foot pedestal atop Red Mountain overlooking Birmingham. It typifies the natural resources of the district, the only place, in the world where coal, iron and limestone, the three essentials for making steel are found together in large deposits.

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