Largest Ball Of Yarn Route 66
Most known for the iconic giant soda bottle it stands 66 feet high and weighs over four tons.
Largest ball of yarn route 66. At night led lights illuminate the bottle giving it a neon glow beckoning travelers to stop and sample one of the 500 varieties of soda found at the diner. Ethan prater cc by 2 0 the giant ball of twine is the quintessential roadside attraction both impressive and a bit silly. It s a micro size geocache with difficulty of 2 terrain of 2. Route 66 isn t what it used to be but the roadside town of holbrook maintains some of the highway s magic appeal thanks to its unexpected collection of cement dinosaurs outside the rainbow.
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Route 66 world s largest ball of sisal twine gc733y3 was created by the g men s on 4 1 2017. Payne of valley view texas usa between 1989 and 1992. Route 66 includes a wealth of these kitschy sights and we plan to visit many of them including a visit to at least one of the wig wag hotels each room is a cement teepee. By 1957 his twine ball weighed 2 5 tons and stood eight feet tall.
Built in 1924 the bottle also known as the nehi inn was one of the first world s largest roadside attractions. The largest ball of string on record is one 4 03m 13ft 2 5in in diameter and 12 65m 41ft 6in in circumference amassed by j c. Despite the attraction itself being destroyed by fire in 1933 the community of the bottle alabama still bears the name of its famous attraction. But over the years instead of re using or disposing of the twine frank kept rolling.
By 1961 when he turned it over to the town stoeber had over 1 600 000 feet of twine rolled into a sphere 11 feet in diameter. Finley s ball is probably the largest ball of string as opposed to rope or yarn or plastic cord in the world distinguishing it from the creations of compulsive twine winders such as james kotera or frank stoeber or francis johnson.