Wheeling, West Virginia: Metal Elephant
Made of melted-down restaurant equipment, "Bobo" pays tribute to a 1954 visit by an elephant-packed circus to Wheeling.
- Address:
- 11th St., Wheeling, WV
- Directions:
- Downtown, at the corner of 11th and Main Sts, a block away from the Capitol Music Hall.
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There's more than just a beautiful elephant. There are other metal animals on the property as well.
[Audra Fetters, 05/27/2025]
There is a life-size elephant sculpture in downtown Wheeling.
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The 800-pound pachyderm, named "Bobo," is made of recycled restaurant equipment. It's a tribute to the time that a line of circus elephants was marched across the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in 1954.