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Our knowledgeable and friendly staff is happy to speak with you about any questions you may have. Vulcan is the Roman god of fire and forge a forge is a shop with a furnace where metal is heated and hammered out into useful items.
City leaders wanted to advertise Birmingham and Alabama at the St. The red light signaled that there had been a traffic fatality in Birmingham; the green light shone to demonstrate there had not been a fatality. The torch was removed in during the renovation of Vulcan. The actual torch can be seen in Vulcan Center Museum.
He created an eight-foot clay prototype of his vision, and in January , he and 16 assistants began work on full-sized plaster casts, which were transported to Birmingham by train, the last section arriving on March 8. During the casting and molding process, members of the Commercial Club's Vulcan Committee raised funds by assembling the plaster cast.
It was the first time Vulcan was raised in its entirety, and the club charged 10 cents to view it and sold inch bronze replicas. Another promotion took place when the minor-league Birmingham Barons baseball team hosted the New York Giants for three exhibition games. The third game fell on what was coined "Vulcan Day," a fundraising effort in which the Barons took on the name "the Iron Men" for the day and Giants star pitcher Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity thrilled the crowd.
Vulcan in St. Louis The first sections of the metal statue began their journey to St. Louis on April 18, but the final piece did not arrive until mid-May. Nevertheless, the partially constructed Vulcan was a crowd favorite. It was fully assembled and dedicated on June 7 and christened with Cahaba River water in place of champagne. The figure won a grand prize in September, and Moretti, McWane, and MacKnight were awarded silver medals for their efforts.
City officials from St. Louis and San Francisco sought to purchase the colossus, the latter intent on employing it as a West Coast version of the Statue of Liberty. It is at the top of the pedestal on which he stands — feet above the ground — and is a wonderful place from which to view the city. Local Iron — although Vulcan was sculpted by an Italian artist — Guiseppe Moretti — he was cast from local Birmingham iron. He was removed and repaired thanks to private contributions and public donations, and is now back to his former glory.
The head itself weighs some 11, lbs and is — like all the sections — bolted together internally, a feature that was added by the local craftsmen as the statue was originally designed to be self-supporting. Full Weight — the statue of Vulcan himself weighs in at , lbs. However, with his anvil, block and hammer added — all essentials where a depiction of Vulcan is concerned — an extra 20, lbs is added.
This magnificent and quite spectacular statue was transported in its various pieces by rail, and put together on site. Rather sadly, it was then left in pieces beside the railroad awaiting the payment of freight costs! Eventually Vulcan was reassembled on a site at the Alabama State Fairgrounds, which also featured an auto and harness racing speedway and a fairground, although with his arms incorrectly fitted and missing his spear, which had been lost between St Louis and Birmingham on the return trip.
Photo by Robert Karma.
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