Steel Dinosaurs
G J Oliver’s Industrial Steel factory has a collection of unusual pets in the back garden; giant Steel Dinosaurs. Under the order of Mr Oliver himself the prehistoric creatures are created in spare moments by company employee Woody Hauser, who bases the design on rubber dinosaurs provided by his boss.
So far the collection is made up of a T-Rex to the East, a Apatosaurus (the correct name for what we like to call Brontosauruses) to the West and between them, just a little to the North, a caveman. (These ground level photos also show a Triceratops somewhere in the area, but I can’t spot it in the satellite pic).
The models take about 6-9 months each to design and build yet Mr. Hauser is expecting to continue production for as long as there’s slow days at work.
Thanks: Alex
Don’t forget Rex and Dinny, the giant dinosaurs in Cabazon, California:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Apparently the venue has been purchased by fundamentalist Christians who use it to teach visitors that the earth is 6,000 years old and that dinosaurs co-existed with man and even were on Noah’s ark.
http://www.cabazondinosaurs.com/
I’m pretty sure that this [ Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth ] is your stegosaurus, based on the background of the photo.
Hmm, looks right even though there is no sign of the dinosaur. He IS under two trees in the photo.
Now, um, when were these made? I ask ‘cuz that’s a pretty out-of-date image of a tyrannosaurus. Anyone who saw Walking With Dinosaurs would know what I mean. Best thing to come out of the UK in recent years!
ahh - that’d be a Triceratops, not a Stegosaurus and I think you’ll find it’s Placemark: over here / Google Earth, based on the configuration of the roof in the background of the ground shot.
What was I thinking? Thanks woowoowoo, It’s clearly a Triceratops, my Dinosaur identifying skills must be lacking!
Now that I think about it, is that really a Brontosaurus? Could it be a Diplodocus or a Brachiosaurus?
hmmm, i was thinking the triceratops was right here:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
on the edge of the parking lot, between two trees.
I reckon pooms has got it…
Yes, ‘pooms’ has got it. In Google Earth it’s quite clear the Triceratops is by the parking lot. The two telephone poles in the ground-level photograph confirm it.
Hi, guys, I found a strange dinosaur image from google earth. You can find the image at http://www.ericxwang.com/photos.aspx and the original google earth file at http://www.ericxwang.com/Documents/Dinosaur%20Image.kmz
i know excatly where they are. i used to go to them all the time as a kid. there pretty neat. there in alpha nj. right near phillipsburg nj. its about 30 min east of allentown pa