Peg Leg Pete - Fernandina, Florida
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macleod1
N 30° 40.294 W 081° 27.907
17R E 455445 N 3393296
This pirate has kept watch over downtown Fernandina for 29 years, first from his post at the riverfront welcome station and later at the corner of Front and Centre streets outside the railway depot.
Waymark Code: WM3TGQ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 05/16/2008
Views: 26
The Fernandina Beach Pirates Club has completed its restoration of "Peg Leg Pete," the wooden pirate statue downtown.
Peg Leg Pete, carved in 1978 from a 12-foot live oak from Charlton County, Ga., was created by master carver Wayne Ervin during the 1978 Shrimp Festival. He used a chain saw to shape the oak into the wooden statue and then applied finishing touches with a wooden mallet.
Info:http://www.fbnewsleader.com/articles/2007/11/12/around_town/00atpegleg.txt
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Peg Leg Pete
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Wayne Ervin
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1978
Materials used: wood
Location: Dock area of Fernandina Beach.
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