Okay followers, go get your Guinness World Record books and look up the world's biggest scrap metal sculpture! Yes, that's right; the Forevertron in Baraboo, WI. It is also the subject of today's post. The Forevertron is part of Dr. Evermore's scrap metal park; the Forevertron only the biggest of many whimsical, Victorian inventions and sculptures, all made from scrap metal.
The Forevertron was built to launch the Good Doctor(Dr. Evermore) into heaven in a glass egg using magnetic lightning-force beams launched from the four "Love Guns". On one side of the glass egg is the Royal Tea House, a gazebo for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Albert to watch. On the other side is the Doubting Thomas Telescope, built for Doubting Thomases to see for themselves if the Good Doctor made it. Near by are the Celestial Listening Ears, a device built for two attendees to listen for voices from the heavens to see if Dr. Evermore is okay. Then there's the Graviton, built to cut off the weight of the broad doctor, which will help his trip into the beyond. The Jockey Scale measures this ingenious man before he makes his departure up the spiral staircase. The wrought-iron Overlord Master Control is for controlling this epic flight.
Around the base of the Forevertron are various other sculptures and gazebos to provide entertainment and refreshments(e.g. a steampunk popcorn machine made from an old elevator cage). There is a bird orchestra which will play the music as Dr. Evermore leaves. There is also a bunch of various other sculptures like bugs. There is also some interesting junk: a decontamination chamber from NASA's Apollo project, dynamos from the lab of Thomas Edison, and scrap metal salvaged from an army ammunition plant.
Around the base of the Forevertron are various other sculptures and gazebos to provide entertainment and refreshments(e.g. a steampunk popcorn machine made from an old elevator cage). There is a bird orchestra which will play the music as Dr. Evermore leaves. There is also a bunch of various other sculptures like bugs. There is also some interesting junk: a decontamination chamber from NASA's Apollo project, dynamos from the lab of Thomas Edison, and scrap metal salvaged from an army ammunition plant.
Obviously, "Evermore" is not a real name. Dr. Evermore is really Tom Every, a 70 year old retired industrial wrecking and salvage expert who has spent years collecting old machinery and other mechanical memorabilia. It hurt him to see people melting things like that down just for the price of metal. He started building with his collection in 1980 and started building the Forevertron in 1983. He no longer stays at the park to greet visitors, but he is still making more creations with his son, Thayer. I bet you didn't think that junk could make world records!
No comments:
Post a Comment