The Mindoro Cut
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frankhj
N 43° 54.762 W 091° 04.555
15T E 654488 N 4863976
Sign commemorating and hand-hewn road cut.
Waymark Code: WMB2B6
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2011
Views: 4
The cut, located at the highest point on state highway 108 between Mindoro and West Salem, is 74 feet deep and 25 feet wide. It was hand-hewn out of hard rock in 1907-08. All work was completed with only horse-drawn equipment and hand tools. As far as known it is the second largest hand-hewn cut in the nation.
Group that erected the marker: Mindoro 4-H Club, 1970
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
WI 108, bet. Mindoro and West Salem
Mindoro, WI United States
54644
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