Red Mountain (Birmingham)
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Red Mountain is a long ridge running southwest-northeast and dividing Jones Valley from Shades Valley south of Birmingham, Alabama. It is part of the Ridge-and-Valley region of the Appalachian Mountai
Birmingham as viewed from the highest point along Red Mountain.
a portion of the Red Mountain Cut
Vulcan statue
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The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot tall stat
Red Mountain (Birmingham)
…Mine off Highway 150 near Bessemer and was operated by the Woodward Iron Company. In 1938, the giant cast-iron statue of the Roman god of the forge, Vulcan, which represented Birmingham in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was put on display atop a sandstone tower built by the Works Progress Administration…
Vulcan
Photograph of Vulcan dated to January 1990. The photograph shows how the statue looked prior to the 1999–2004 restoration.
Vulcan on its restored pedestal with new elevator tower
Vulcan Center at the top of Red Mountain