"Agricultural Crash" - Norway, Illinois
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N 41° 26.426 W 088° 41.546
16T E 358612 N 4589033
unusual memorial located on E 25th Rd & Highway 71 near the town of Norway, Illinois
Waymark Code: WMMM4B
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2014
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This unusual sign is located in front of a small, 1940s, two-prop passenger plane, burrowed nose down into the ground, a partly smashed and gutted hulk on the corner of E 25th Rd & Highway 71,near the city of Norway, Illinois.
Inscription on the sign:
DEDICATED TO...
ALL FARMERS AND AG RELATED
BUSINESS FOLKS THAT HAVE LIVE
THRU THE "AGRICULTURAL CRASH"
OF THE 1980.
MERVIN & PHILLIS EASTWOLD
NORWEGIAN IMPL. CO
A funny memento of the "Farm-Aid" era, an era which unfortunately wasn't funny at all.
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: the corner of E 25th Rd & Highway 71,near the city of Norway, Illinois.
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