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This guy and his collections are amazing. Only took us 5 years of living here to find out this man and his treasures were here. Definitely worth a trip. We're going back again soon.
[cdavid, 04/20/2011]Marvin Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Directions:
- Northeast edge of the city. I-90 exit 283. North on Freya St., which turns into Greene St. and then merges north into Market St. North on Market about a mile, then turn right onto Wellesley Ave. Second left onto Freya St., then five blocks north. On the left.
- Hours:
- Marvin died, museum was closed, contents were auctioned off.
- Status:
- Gone
Eclectic collection of the valuable and the ridiculous. Includes Jackie Gleason's car, taxidermied hunting trophies, and a manic frog music machine built by Marvin.
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- Spokane, Washington - Carr's One of a Kind Museum
An eclectic collection of vintage cars, antique furniture, smoking paraphernalia, kooky stulptures, a Chinese junk made from 27,500 matchsticks, and other intriguing items. Marvin Carr usually gives the tours himself. Fun.
[Chris Wilson, 08/06/2006] While in Spokane, my buddy Vern and I had to check it out. It's near the office entrance of the Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility. The sewage tank collapse victim has a nice statue dedicated to him.
[Roman, 09/04/2010]Statue of Victim of Sewage Tank Collapse:- Address:
- 4401 N. Aubrey L. White Parkway, Spokane, WA
- Directions:
- Near the office entrance of the Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility. I-90 exit 280. North on Walnut St., which turns into Maple St. Cross the river, and in about ten blocks turn left onto Maxwell Ave. Maxwell bends right and turns into Pettet Drive, then turns into Downriver Drive as it follows the river, then turns into the Aubrey L. White Parkway. The sewage treatment plant will be on the left.
Statue Honors Man Who Fell Into Sewage Tank
On September 27, a sculpture was unveiled in Spokane, Washington, honoring Mike Cmos Jr, who died two years ago when he fell into a sewage tank.
The accident occurred on May 10, 2004 when Cmos, a maintenance man, investigated a malfunctioning digester tank at the Spokane Wastewater Treatment Plant. Cmos had climbed atop the 40-foot-tall tank when its roof collapsed, dropping him into umpteen-million gallons of sludge. His body was found, near the bottom, two days later.
The tank collapse ejected a wave of 200,000 gallons of sewage, some of which made its way into the nearby Spokane River, and for which the city was eventually fined $6,000, or roughly 33 cents a gallon.
The sculpture, made out of copper tubing by a nun, is named "Fish On" and remembers Cmos in happier times. It shows him and his daughter seated on rocks. The figure is holding a pole as if fishing in a river not contaminated with partially digested sewage.
[10/01/2006]
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