Joe Roughneck - Kilgore, TX
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N 32° 23.445 W 094° 52.160
15S E 324170 N 3585285
Joe Roughneck has become the symbol of determination of the American petroleum industry worker, reaffirming the indomitable spirit of Chief Roughnecks the world over, past, present and future. This is the third rendition of this bust.
Waymark Code: WMPZAR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2015
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These busts are on display at three historic oil locations. The original resides outside the Gaston Museum near Joinerville, TX. The second is in Conroe, TX. There the bust rests in Candy Cane Park at the Heritage Museum of Montgomery County. This third bust is displayed in Sesquicentennial Plaza. During the East Texas boom in the 30s, Kilgore had the densest number of wells in the world. Today’s
World’s Richest Acre Park displays a pumping unit and the city has restored dozens of derricks from Kilgore’s boomtown era.
The Joe Roughneck bust wears a hard hat and has a band-aid on his proper left cheek. The bust is mounted on a tall, rectangular, gray granite pedestal.
TITLE: Joe Roughneck
ARTIST(S): Torg Thompson
DATE: Dedicated March 2, 1986
MEDIUM: Head: metal; Base: gray granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000039
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Sesquicentennial Plaza,
909 North Kilgore,
Kilgore, Texas 75662
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