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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. VULCA5_161109_011.JPG: Birmingham's Revitalization and Five Points South
2. VULCA5_161109_013.JPG: The town of Highland 1887-1893
3. VULCA5_161109_017.JPG: Street Cars Mule-Drawn Street Car
4. VULCA5_161109_022.JPG: Five Points Established
5. VULCA5_161109_023.JPG: Dummy Line Electric Line
6. VULCA5_161109_025.JPG: Early Five Points Circle Early Five Points Business District
7. VULCA5_161109_028.JPG: Early Five Points Residential Design
8. VULCA5_161109_033.JPG: Victorian Style
9. VULCA5_161109_035.JPG: Queen Anne
10. VULCA5_161109_037.JPG: Craftsman
11. VULCA5_161109_041.JPG: Fire Insurance Map
12. VULCA5_161109_044.JPG: The Great Depression and WWII (1930s-1950s) Steady Decline (1960s-1970s)
13. VULCA5_161109_047.JPG: Red Mountain Expressway University of Alabama in Birmingham
14. VULCA5_161109_049.JPG: Barber Signs: These Barber signs are typical examples of what would be displayed in stored in Five Points South carrying Barber dairy products.
15. VULCA5_161109_056.JPG: "Ram Man" Sculpture The focal point of Frank Fleming's Storyteller Fountain, this mythical creature is displayed as telling stories to the smaller forest animals. The Ram Man, along with the five pointed star created by the smaller animals, conjured up a misinterpretation of a pagan symbol. Fleming denies any such association and refers to the Ram Man as having a gentle and peaceful attitude.
16. VULCA5_161109_060.JPG: Five Points Neighborhood Association
17. VULCA5_161109_062.JPG: Controversy Compromise
18. VULCA5_161109_065.JPG: The Spanish Stores
19. VULCA5_161109_068.JPG: Studio Arts Building Shepherd-Sloss Building
20. VULCA5_161109_074.JPG: Terrace Court Apartments Hotel Highland
21. VULCA5_161109_079.JPG: James "Brother" Bryan
22. VULCA5_161109_085.JPG: Storyteller Fountain
23. VULCA5_161109_088.JPG: Five Points South
24. VULCA5_161109_095.JPG: Cobb Lane Restaurant
25. VULCA5_161109_096.JPG: Five Points South Cuisine
26. VULCA5_161109_098.JPG: Birmingham Apothecary Five Points Theater
27. VULCA5_161109_101.JPG: Churches and Temples Highlands United Methodist Church
28. VULCA5_161109_103.JPG: St. Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church South Highland Presbyterian Church
29. VULCA5_161109_105.JPG: Southside Baptist Church Third Presbyterian Church
30. VULCA5_161109_107.JPG: Temple Beth-El Temple Emanu-El
31. VULCA5_161109_109.JPG: Homes in Five Points South
32. VULCA5_161109_117.JPG: Quinlan Castle Morris-Adler House
33. VULCA5_161109_120.JPG: Robertson-Johnson House
34. VULCA5_161109_123.JPG: Hugh Martin House
35. VULCA5_161109_126.JPG: Dwyer House Hassinger-Daniels House
36. VULCA5_161109_129.JPG: Five Points South Today
37. VULCA5_161109_132.JPG: Other Revitalization Efforts in Birmingham
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Wikipedia Description: 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, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair) in St. Louis, Missouri. The statue is the world's largest iron-ore statue, and among the nation's tallest.

History

Construction

Commissioned by the Commercial Club of Birmingham, Italian-born sculptor Giuseppe Moretti began designing the monumental figure in 1903, using a 6-foot (183 cm) tall model to study the form. He next sculpted a clay master model in an unfinished church in Passaic, New Jersey, and this was then divided into sections and transported by railroad to the Birmingham Steel and Iron Company for the preparation of casting molds for the iron.

The Vulcan statue consists of 29 cast-iron components with connecting flanges that are bolted together internally. The heaviest section is his whole head, which weighs 11,000 pounds (4,990 kg). Iron forgemen designed and executed the connection details for the statue, which originally had no internal framework and was self-supporting. The grey iron castings were made in Birmingham entirely from locally produced iron.

The completed weight of the god Vulcan's figure alone is 100,000 pounds (45,359 kg). When Vulcan's anvil, block, hammer, and spearpoint are added, the statue weighs a total of 120,000 pounds (54,431 kg) and it stands on a pedestal that is 123-foot tall (37 m). The statue has a chest circumference of 22 feet 6 inches (7 m) and a waist circumference of 18 feet 3 inches (6 m).

1904 World's Fair

The statue was shipped to St. Louis as Birmingham's entry into the 1904 World's Fair. Vulcan dramatically demonstrated the mineral riches and manufacturing capabilities of the Birmingham area whil ...More...
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