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WHAT IS IT?

            The first auto lawn sprinkler?  Lawn art?  An old North Korean mortar launching system?

BACKGROUND: The brick building in the background is the revitalized Pilot Textile Mill [ca 1892] that has been reconstructed and rededicated very nicely as an office building.

My suspicion is that this was scavenged from the carcass of the old brick factory.  

Faced with the dilemma of deciding what to do with it I suspect the owners chose to handle it the old-fashioned way: drag it on to the front lawn, hose it down, prop it up, light it up, let it rust further then call a press conference to announce the latest contribution to the outdoor art scene in Raleigh.

Taken in: United States / North Carolina / Raleigh (show map)

Taken on: July 31, 2017

Tags:

ART

RUST

PARK

ANTIQUE

RED

RALEIGH

SCULPTURE

BOILER

JUNK

TEXTILE

PLANT

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Groups appears in: • Raleigh • North Carolina more » • Southern Exposure • Funny • On the Road - taken from your car window • Carolinas • Drive By Shooting! • Nobody is there • Statues • Factories • The Rust Bucket • Because You Love North Carolina • Red Brick Buildings • Banalities • Fun With Photo Editing - Digitally Enhanced Creations Showcase • Quirky Stuff ! • Not a day without my camera (Award 1) • .Southern Photographers - Southern Images • RUSTY STUFF • Reds • QuirkE • I bring my camera everywhere (no 30/60 limit) • Southern decay • It's Not That Serious! • North Carolina Photography • Structures of the South • Camminante · What you see when you walk around · no people • ! Unbelievable and Strange ! • Abandoned, Decayed & Forgotten • Colours Strong • The Royal Society For Putting Things On Top Of Other Things • PBWA - Photography By Wandering About • Travels across North Carolina « less

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