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Elba, New York: Big Onion (Gone)

Prominent on the lawn of a business, the onion was a yellow sphere with green shoots sprouting above. Gone as of August 2023.

Directions:
Transit Rd/Rt 42, south of intersection with N Byron Rd/Rt 7.
Hours:
Summer 2023: gone.
Status:
Gone

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Big onion.

Big Onion

A big metal onion sculpture sits outside a local business, representing both the business itself, and the little town of Elba's status as the Onion Capital of the World.

[Sid, 08/16/2018]

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