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Grantsburg, Wisconsin: Big Gust: Giant Policeman

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Address:
416 S. Pine St., Grantsburg, WI
Directions:
South side of town, on the east side of Hwy F/S. Pine St. just north of its intersection with E. St. George Ave.
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Big Gust: Giant Policeman

Big Gust was once America's largest policeman, standing 7.5 feet tall. He's immortalized with a life-size, glass-enclosed, full-color outdoor wooden statue, sculpted by Alf Manley Olson in 1980.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [06/19/2020]

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Big Gust: Giant Policeman

Big Gust is down for maintenance...possibly back 2022.

[TheKGB, 03/08/2021]

The sign says "removed for repair and touch-ups. He will return as soon as possible."


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