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(Largest Pickax in the United States), (sculpture). Artist:  Moran Ironworks, founder. Moran, Tom, sculptor. Moran, Joan, sculptor. Title:  (Largest Pickax in the United States), (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted steel and wood; Base: steel. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 36 ft. x 10 ft. x 13 in. x Diam. 12 in.; Base: approx. 19 ft. x 95 in. x 133 in. (2,500 lbs.). Inscription:  (On plaque in front:) Largest Pickax/in the/United States/GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS/BUILT IN ONAWAY, IN 1990/BY MORAN IRONWORKS INC./36 FEET LONG 2,500 POUNDS/DONATED TO/CHEBOYGAN COUNTY FAIR/BY/MORAN IRONWORKS INC./TOM & JOAN MORAN unsigned Description:  Giant pickaxe mounted diagonally on a cradle base of steel tubes. The axe is red with a silver blade. Subject:  Object -- Tool -- Axe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Cheboygan Billboard Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Cheboygan County Fair Commission, Cheboygan, Michigan Located Cheboygan Fairgrounds, Lincoln Street, Cheboygan, Michigan Remarks:  Gift of Tom and Joan Moran of Moran Ironworks. The wooden handle may have previously been a telephone pole. The pickaxe is moved to the center of the midway during the fair. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MI000572   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000572 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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