Editing Vulcan statue (section)

===Construction===
Commissioned by the Commercial Club of Birmingham, Italian-born [[sculpture|sculptor]] [[Giuseppe Moretti]] began designing the monumental figure in 1903, using a {{convert|6|ft|cm|0|adj=on}} 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.<ref name=times/>

Moretti received an artist's fee of $6,000, which would be about ${{Inflation|US|6000|1904|fmt=c|r=-4}} in {{inflation-year|US}} dollars. The Commercial Club of Birmingham held art shows, concerts, baseball games, and many more activities to raise the estimated $15,000 (${{Inflation|US|15000|1904|fmt=c|r=-4}} in {{inflation-year|US}} dollars) it would cost to build and transport the statue. It is also noted that pot metal statuettes of ''Vulcan'' were sold at both the St. Louis World's Fair and in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] for two dollars apiece to help in the accumulated costs it took to create the statue.<ref>Billmeier, Katherine Estes, Philip A. Morris, and J. Scott Howell, eds. Vulcan and Vulcan Park: Celebrating 100 Years of Birmingham's Colossal Icon. Birmingham, AL: Vulcan Park Foundation, 2004.</ref>

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 {{convert|11000|lb|kg|0}}. 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 {{convert|100000|lb|kg|0}}.  When Vulcan's [[anvil]], block, hammer, and spearpoint are added, the statue weighs a total of {{convert|120000|lb|kg|0}} and it stands on a {{convert|123|ft|m|0|adj=mid|tall}} pedestal.  The statue has a chest circumference of {{convert|22|ft|6|in|m|0}} and a waist circumference of {{convert|18|ft|3|in|m|0}}.