Arc-sprayed zinc extends forging god's life.(Of Material Interest)

The world's tallest free-standing cast iron sculpture of Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge, dominates the top of Red Mountain in Vulcan Park, Birmingham, Ala. The 17 m (56 ft) tall, 45 metric ton (50 ton) giant was created by Italian-born sculpture Giuseppe Moretti for display at the 1904 St. Louis, Mo., World's Fair, where it won the grand prize in the Mine & Metallurgy exhibit. The statue has ruled over Vulcan Park since 1938, "as a powerful symbol of the working people who cast it in a local foundry using iron mined from Red Mountain," reports a story in Praxair ...