Birmingham, Birmingham, AlabamaAlabama

VulcanVulcan

Vulcan was the Vulcan was the Roman god of the Roman god of the Forge. A forge is a Forge. A forge is a shop with a furnace shop with a furnace where metal is where metal is heated and heated and hammered out into hammered out into useful items.useful items.

Vulcan & BirminghamVulcan & Birmingham Birmingham was Birmingham was

founded in 1871. The founded in 1871. The area where the city area where the city grew is very special grew is very special because it contains coal, because it contains coal, iron ore, and limestone, iron ore, and limestone, the raw materials for the raw materials for making iron and steel. making iron and steel. Birmingham's founders Birmingham's founders knew this would be a knew this would be a good place to build an good place to build an industrial city. By 1900, industrial city. By 1900, Birmingham was called Birmingham was called the "Magic City" the "Magic City" because it grew so because it grew so quickly.quickly.

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Giuseppe Moretti, Giuseppe Moretti, an Italian an Italian immigrant, built immigrant, built the Vulcan in 6 the Vulcan in 6 weeks. It was weeks. It was displayed at the displayed at the Worlds fair to Worlds fair to promote area's promote area's growing industrial growing industrial abilities. abilities.

Vulcan ParkVulcan Park

Vulcan Park Vulcan Park Foundation was Foundation was formed in 1999 to formed in 1999 to raise money to raise money to restore Vulcan to restore Vulcan to his original glory. his original glory.

Vulcan ParkVulcan Park

Click on the link below and watch a Click on the link below and watch a video of Vulcan State Parkvideo of Vulcan State Park

Vulcan State ParkVulcan State Park

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Birmingham Civil Rights Birmingham Civil Rights InstituteInstitute

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a group of black and white Birmingham citizens had a dream: to take the lessons learned and victories gained during Alabama’s Civil Rights Movement and create an educational and research center that would influence the struggle for human rights all over the world. 

Birmingham Civil RightsBirmingham Civil Rights

The Institute’s mission is to promote The Institute’s mission is to promote civil and human rights worldwide civil and human rights worldwide through education. BCRI serves as a through education. BCRI serves as a national center for education and national center for education and professional development on the professional development on the American Civil Rights Movement and American Civil Rights Movement and is one of the country’s top heritage-is one of the country’s top heritage-tourism sites. tourism sites.

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Birmingham HistoryBirmingham History

Sloss Furnaces produced iron since Sloss Furnaces produced iron since 1880, which gave rise to the city of 1880, which gave rise to the city of Birmingham. Now recognized as a Birmingham. Now recognized as a National Historic Landmark, Sloss National Historic Landmark, Sloss Furnaces with its web of pipes and tall Furnaces with its web of pipes and tall smokestacks offers us a glimpse into the smokestacks offers us a glimpse into the great industrial past of the South and great industrial past of the South and our nation. our nation.

Col. James Whithers SlossCol. James Whithers Sloss

Colonel Sloss played an important Colonel Sloss played an important role in the founding of the city by role in the founding of the city by convincing the L&N Railroad to convincing the L&N Railroad to capitalize completion of the South capitalize completion of the South and North rail line through Jones and North rail line through Jones Valley, the site of the new town Valley, the site of the new town (Birmingham). (Birmingham).

National Historic LandmarkNational Historic Landmark

Sloss received National Sloss received National Historic Landmark Historic Landmark designation in 1981 and designation in 1981 and opened its gates in opened its gates in September 1983, as a September 1983, as a museum of the City of museum of the City of Birmingham. Its collection Birmingham. Its collection consists of two 400-ton consists of two 400-ton blast furnaces and some blast furnaces and some forty other buildings.forty other buildings.

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