The world's largest spoon

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This is the worlds largest spoon…

It is found in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The giant spoon stretches 52 feet across a small pond shaped like a linden tree seed. Sculpture weighs approximately 7000 lbs and the dimensions are 354 x 618 x 162 inches. A fine stream of water, just enough to make the aluminium cherry gleam, flows over the cherry from the base of the stem. A second stream of water sprays from the top of the stem over the cherry, down into the spoon and the pool below. In winter, snow and ice accumulate on the cherry and the bowl of the spoon, changing the sculpture's character with the seasons. The colossal spoon and cherry required unusual facilities for their construction, and two New England ship-building firms were contracted to build the huge aluminium and steel forms.