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At almost 40
feet tall and weighing five tons, this "tilted-by-design"
sculpture does not provide a single drop to fight fires. It is often
called the "Busted Plug Plaza". It is the
largest of three contenders for the biggest hydrant title according
to Roadsideamerica.com Report. The artist's son provided information
to set the record straight on the big fire hydrant, larger than competitors
in Beaumont, Texas (24.5 ft.) and Elm Creek, Manitoba (29.5 ft.). (Records
are always subject to change as time passes) |
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Below: Notice
the warning sign with a diagonal line across it telling dogs NOT to
hike its leg. But Karen CAN! Ha Ha! (Karen Duquette also
wonders how many dogs can read the sign) |
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The hydrant is
in an attached parking lot to the Tunnelvision Mural. The secondary
parking lot had lots of cars so the fire hydrant and mural could not
be gotten in one photo. Warren Edward Johnson also created the Tunnelvision
mural. Karen Duquette had to walk from the "pay-to-park"
parking lot over to the gated adjacent parking lot to photograph the
mural. Lee Duquette did not choose to get out of the car, so unfortunately
they did not get a picture of themselves in front of the mural, which
would have been amazing. Notice the glowing sunset in the
amazing mural. |
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Below: Then Karen
Duquette noticed another building on the other side of the parking lot
depicting the life of a farmer and hay bales. The tree blocked the middle
of the mural. At least this mural was raised a bit so that the parked
cars did not block the mural too. |
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Below: Two
close-up photos of the mural shown above. |
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If
you like oddities, 
