Here is another great outdoor metal sculpture by local artist Greg Congleton. This sculpture depicts a team of draft horses pulling a log. Thousands of draft horses were imported from Western Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century to help with logging, farming, and moving freight and passengers.
Here is the sign nearby that lists some of the parts used to make this sculpture. Can you find any of them?
Note that this sculpture was donated by Penny and Phil Knight. Phil is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of a company named Nike. Perhaps you have heard of it.
Here is a video of Belgian draft horses at work dragging logs. They are pretty impressive.
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Gorgeous animals! I was amazed to see them walk across the piled logs to get the right angle. Oh, by the way, I like the sculptures, too.
janet
Yeah, I noticed that part in the video as well. I would think they would slip more.
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Great find for this week’s challenge!
Thanks! At first I couldn’t think of anything then I remembered that beautiful sculpture.
Those horses are amazing!