词条 | Biggest ball of twine |
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There are multiple claims to the world's biggest ball of twine record in the United States. As of 2014, the ball of twine with the largest circumference is located in Cawker City, Kansas.[1] Largest ball of sisal twine built by a communityIn Cawker City, Kansas, Frank Stoeber created a ball that had 1.6 million feet (490,000 m) of twine and {{convert|11|ft|m|adj=mid|-diameter}} when he died in 1974. Cawker City built an open-air gazebo over Stoeber's ball where every August a "Twine-a-thon" is held and more twine is added to the ball. By 2006, the twine ball had reached 17,886 pounds (8,111 kg, 8.9 US tons), a circumference of {{convert|40|ft|m}}, and a length of {{convert|7801766|ft|km mi}}.[2][3] In 2013, its weight was estimated at 19,973 pounds. In August 2014, the ball measures {{convert|41.42|ft|m}} in circumference, {{convert|8.06|ft|m}} in diameter and {{convert|10.83|ft|m}} in height, and is still growing.[3][4] Largest ball of sisal twine built by a single personDarwin, Minnesota, is the home of a ball of baler twine rolled by Francis A. Johnson. It is {{convert|12|ft|m}} in diameter and weighs {{convert|17,400|lb|kg ST}}. Johnson began rolling the twine in March 1950, and wrapped four hours every day for 29 years. It is currently housed in an enclosed gazebo across from the town park on Main Street at ({{coord|45.096332|-94.410276|type:landmark_region:US-MN_scale:500}}) to prevent the public from touching it. The town celebrates "Twine Ball Day" on the second Saturday in August every year. An adjacent volunteer-run, free to visit museum and gift shop has information on the history of the ball, as well as selling a variety of souvenirs.[5][6][7][8] It was the long-standing holder of the "biggest ball of twine" title in the Guinness Book of World Records, holding the title from its completion in 1979 until 1994, and was referenced by "Weird Al" Yankovic in his 1989 song "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota."[4]Heaviest twine ballIn Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, James Frank Kotera claims to have made the heaviest ball of twine ever built. He started it in 1979 and is still working. Kotera estimates, by measuring the weight of each bag of twine that he winds on, that the ball weighs 8,770 kg (19,336 pounds), making it the heaviest ball of twine ever built. The ball is housed in an open-air enclosure in Kotera's lawn. The ball has a smaller companion, "Junior", that is made of string.[8][9] Largest nylon twine ballIn Branson, Missouri, a ball of nylon twine built by J. C. Payne of Valley View, Texas, is on display in Ripley's Believe It or Not museum. The ball, which measures 41.5 feet (12.6 m) in circumference, was certified as the world's largest ball of twine by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1993. It is, however, the lightest of the four contenders, weighing 12,000 pounds.[5][10][11] Cultural references
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References1. ^[https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/twisted-the-battle-to-be-the-worlds-largest-ball-of-twine/379828/?single_page=true The Battle to Be the World's Largest Ball of Twine; The Atlantic Magazine, September 2014.] 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/8543 |title=World's Largest Ball of Twine |publisher=RoadsideAmerica.com |accessdate=January 27, 2013}} 3. ^Cawker City wins the ball game with massive sphere of twine; The Wichita Eagle; September 28, 2014. 4. ^1 [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/09/twisted-the-battle-to-be-the-worlds-largest-ball-of-twine/379828/?single_page=true Twisted: The Battle to Be the World's Largest Ball of Twine; The Atlantic; September 9, 2014.] 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Balls of String|work=ABC Evening News|date=1993-12-28|author=Charles Murphy|publisher=Vanderbilt Television News Archive |url=http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=145726}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=World's Largest Twine balls|publisher=RoadsideAmerica.com|date=|author1=Doug Kirby |author2=Ken Smith |author3=Mike Wilkins |last-author-amp=yes |url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MNDARtwine.html|accessdate=January 27, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=Darwin's Twine Ball Museum |url=http://www.dasselenterprisedispatch.com/twine-ball-darwin.html |publisher=Dassel-Cotako Enterprise Dispatch |accessdate=January 27, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107005243/http://www.dasselenterprisedispatch.com/twine-ball-darwin.html |archivedate=January 7, 2013 |df= }} 8. ^1 {{cite web|title=Eye To Eye: On The Road Again|work=CBS|date=2008-11-12|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4597446n}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10970 |title=JFK's Twine Ball: World's Largest? |publisher=RoadsideAmerica.com |accessdate=January 27, 2013}} 10. ^{{subscription required}} {{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F2231E0A85F7B73&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title= Texans have a ball, but unraveled twine king unimpressed |work=San Antonio Express |date=December 4, 1993}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/23134 |title=World's Largest Ball of Twine, Branson, Missouri |publisher=RoadsideAmerica.com |accessdate=January 27, 2013}} 12. ^Trudeau, Garry. Doonesbury. July 16, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2013. 13. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085995/quotes National Lampoon's Vacation (IMDB)]. Retrieved January 27, 2016. External links{{Commons category multi|sisal|twine}}
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