Erected on April Fool's Day 2008 outside the US 66 Outpost and General Store. It stands on rockers that are each 31.5 feet long and weigh a ton apiece. It's built of black steel pipe and was lifted into place by two cranes.
The Chair was conceived by Outpost owner Dan Sanazaro as a way to entice customers to his store, which he had opened only two months earlier. It was designed by a local acquaintance with no formal engineering training ("His plans were off only by a fraction of an inch" according to the Chair's press release), and built by the owner of a local welding company. The Chair -- again according to the press release -- is the work of "three men with a dream" and an example of "American ingenuity."
At 42-ft. 4-in. tall, this new Chair eclipses by almost 20 feet the former rocking chair champion in Lipan Texas. It stands 15 feet taller than America's largest chair in Anniston, Alabama, although Anniston's chair is still "larger" in the sense that it's more massive. Even at 46 feet, however, this new American chair falls short of a reported 60-foot-tall titan in Italy.
The Rocking Chair has added a seat platform, but is not available for sitting photo ops except for charity and special events. Sanazaro's store sells a range of items (including taxidermy), but apparently no rocking chairs. Yet.
