Postcard Birmingham Vulcan

Vulcan - The Traffic Safety Light
From 1946 -1999 Vulcan played a traffic safety role. A neon torch glowed green when no traffic fatality had occurred. A fatality turned it red for 24 hours.

Vulcan 1904 - Renovated 2004

The end of 1999 saw Vulcan laying in pieces at Vulcan Park, removed by crane before rust, deterioration, and gravity could bring him down from his tower perch occupied since 1938. Vulcan, sculpted in iron by Giuseppe Moretti, was cast for display at The St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. He was an ambitious, appropriate symbol for representing Birmingham's "Magic City" growth as the iron and steel capital of the south. Refurbished Vulcan was put back in June, 2003.

Vulcan Removed from Tower 1999 Vulcan at Birmingham Museum of Art, 2001 Page Two Vulcan Post Cards

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What Birmingham scene is the subject of the most different postcards ?
Postcard Birmingham is a random look at Birmingham, Alabama history
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Vulcan - The Traffic Safety Light
From 1946 -1999 Vulcan played a traffic safety role. A neon torch glowed green when no traffic fatality had occurred. A fatality turned it red for 24 hours.

Vulcan 1904 - Renovated 2004

The end of 1999 saw Vulcan laying in pieces at Vulcan Park, removed by crane before rust, deterioration, and gravity could bring him down from his tower perch occupied since 1938. Vulcan, sculpted in iron by Giuseppe Moretti, was cast for display at The St. Louis World's Fair of 1904. He was an ambitious, appropriate symbol for representing Birmingham's "Magic City" growth as the iron and steel capital of the south. Refurbished Vulcan was put back in June, 2003.

Vulcan Removed from Tower 1999 Vulcan at Birmingham Museum of Art, 2001 Page Two Vulcan Post Cards