The Wee'l Turtle was created in 1982 by George Gottbreht and Curt Halvorson and consists of over two thousand tire rims collected over a sixteen year period.
It is arguably the world's largest man-made turtle structure at forty feet long and eighteen feet high.
The one-ton head is mounted on a pivot so, if you've been eating your Wheaties, you'll be able to bob it up and down.
Why a turtle? The sculpture is in honour of the Turtle Mountains which lie just a few miles northward.
One can see the Wee'l Turtle next door to Dale's Diner in Dunseith, North Dakota.
Information courtesy of the World Record Academy.
Photographed on September 16, 2023.
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteSeeing the Wee'l Turtle in person was much more than I expected. Rather majestic in its own way.
DeleteAmazing! Looks like it's made of Lego.
ReplyDeleteIt's even better than Lego!
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