Manitowoc, Wisconsin: 12-Foot-Tall Badger
Named "Shipbuilder," the metal-plate badger holds a caulking hammer (used in wooden shipbuilding) and can rotate 360 degrees.
- Address:
- Quay St., Manitowoc, WI
- Directions:
- From US-10 (8th or 10th Sts) downtown, just south of the river bridge, turn east onto Quay St. and drive to the lake. You'll see the badger on the left.
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Shipbuilder is looking good as can be!
[Robert Ottlinger, 08/18/2022]
Darling badger waving at the SS Badger, the last coal-burning car ferry in the country, as well as its only moving National Historic Landmark.
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Named "Shipbuilder," the 12-foot-tall badger holds a caulking hammer (used in wooden shipbuilding) and can rotate 360 degrees. It was welded out of metal plates by Carl Vanderheyden and unveiled in June 2020.