Elma
In April 2020, I moved from my 150 year old restored farm house in a very rural location into an apartment in beautifully restored commercial building in the center of town. A major change in life style in a normal time, but this was the beginning to the pandemic lock down. So there would be no travel opportunities for the foreseeable future, which had been one of the reasons for giving up home ownership in favor to the easy life of the lessee. At the time, I started to think about doing a “staycation” post to highlight the interesting sights in my new neighborhood. Now I have finally gotten to do it.
This 12-foot revolving metal badger (we are in Wisconsin after all) sculpture stands at the mouth of the Manitowoc harbor. He is called the Shipbuilder, created by Carl Vanderheyden; and he is holding a caulking hammer, a tool used in building wooden boats. This is in recognition of Manitowoc as a major shipbuilding center, where 26 different firms operated at one time or another, building over 200 ships, including 28 submarines during World War II.
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