LARGEST - Pitchfork - Casey, IL
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paulspaper
N 39° 18.926 W 087° 58.730
16S E 415618 N 4352237
The World's Largest Pitchfork Tee is 60 feet long and located at the Richards Farm Restaurant in Casey, Illinois. It weighs 1940 pounds.
Waymark Code: WM15NQT
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2022
Views: 6
The city of Casey, Illinois is known for have large objects. It's motto is "Big Things, Small Town".
This is from their website: "The World's Largest Pitchfork was created to be placed at Richards Farm Restaurant. Jim Bolin and his crew started on the Pitchfork in 2014. With this project, Jim had no previous record to beat. When a World's Largest is the first of its kind, the record book requires you to make an item 10 times larger than the typical sized model. The Pitchfork handle is made of reclaimed Western Red Cedar and the metal portion was created primarily from parts of old streetlight illuminator arms. The Pitchfork received the title of "World's Largest" on October 20, 2015."
Type of documentation of superlative status: website
Location of coordinates: Right next to pitchfork
Web Site: [Web Link]
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