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| Water Animal Statues (page 2) |
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| Salty the Seahorse Mattapoisett, MA |
Seahorse [gone] Thomasville, NC |
Seahorse La Jolla, CA |
Seahorse Seaside, CA |
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Salty the Seahorse was built around 1950. The Sea Horse Gift Shop it promoted is long gone. It is supposedly built of plywood and stands 38 feet tall. Several years after it was built, it was coated with fiberglass to protect it from the elements. At night, the seahorse's blue eye (it's only a one-sided figure) lights up. The Seahorse was restored in 2000. It wears a Santa hat during the Christmas season. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]
I'm highly suspicious that this photo of a seahorse built by International Fiberglass might be the one in Mattapoisett. Or the one in Mattapoisett might have another statue produced from the same mold. [photo from Terry Nelson] The Seahorse in Thomasville was part of the sign for the Sea Horse Nail Spa. When this photo was taken in 2010, the business was gone but this sign was still there. By 2014, the statue was gone. The Seahorse in La Jolla is installed on top of a mailbox in front of a residence. It was built in the early 1990s by the house's owner and a friend. The statue is made from rebar, chicken wire, plaster, and concrete. It is repainted every other year. [map] The Seahorse in Seaside is installed at the south entrance to town. It has been there since at least 2008. [map] |
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More Seahorses:
Greenville, TX |
| Conch Shell Islamorada, FL |
Conch Shell Key Largo, FL |
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The Conch Shell in Islamorada is installed in a fountain at The Theater of the Sea. [map]
The Conch Shell in Key Largo is located at the northbound entrance of the Shell World gift shop. It has been there since at least 2008. [map] |
| Conch Shell Key West, FL |
Conch Shell Key West, FL |
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The first Conch Shell shown above was built by students at Key West High School in 1987. The school's sports teams are known as the Fighting Conchs. The metal sculpture is 15 feet tall. [map]
The second Conch Shell shown above has been installed at a Shell gas station since at least 2008. [map] |
| Conch Shell [gone?] Panama City Beach, FL |
Conch Shell Panama City Beach, FL |
Conch Shell Marathon, FL |
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The first Conch Shell in Panama City Beach stood next to a gift shop when this photo was taken in 2005. I couldn't find it in 2009 and I suspect that it's gone. Maybe it was actually in another nearby city or it was destroyed by a hurricane.
The second Conch Shell in Panama City Beach at Shell Port doesn't seem to be the same shape as the first one. Maybe it was replaced and the fencing and real shells on the ground have been added since then. Shell Port has been around since 1977 and I don't know of any other shell souvenir places in town. This photo is from 2019. [map] The Conch Shell in Marathon has been located at Fred's Beds since at least 2011. [map] |
| Conch Shell & Clam Shell Port St. Lucie, FL |
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| The Conch Shell & Clam Shell were installed in front of the Shell Bazaar in 1955. [map] |
| Shell Islamorada, FL |
Shells [gone] North Fort Myers, FL |
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The Shell in Islamorada has been installed in front of Ocean Gardens since at least 2015. [map]
Both of these Shells in North Fort Myers were located at the Shell Factory. The Shell in the second and third photos were located under the sign. In 2024, the Shell Factory closed and everything was auctioned off. |
| Shells & Seahorses Port Isabel, TX |
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| These Shells and Seahorses are located in front of the Harris Sea Castle gift shop. This business is or was owned by U.S. Shell which is also responsible for the larger store in Los Fresnos, TX with even larger shells and other sculptures. [map] |
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More Shells:
Conch Shell (Sanibel, FL) [gone] Oyster Shell (Taree, AU) |
| Oyster South Bend, WA |
Spitting Clam Long Beach, WA |
Clam Toms River, NJ |
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This Oyster, supposedly the world's largest, is made of concrete. South Bend is known as the Oyster Capital of the World. [map]
The Spitting Clam is about five feet tall and appears to be made of driftwood. It squirts water on the hour. For more, see this website. [map] The Clam in Toms River stands next to the Maritime Museum. It was one of 25 installed in Ocean County in 2011. After being hit by a car, it was restored in 2021. It was reinstalled further back from the road. [map] |
| Pismo Clams Pismo Beach, CA 2013: |
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| There are three concrete Clams in Pismo Beach. Two of them are painted and decorated for different holidays. These photos were taken in 2013 soon after the Fourth of July. In December 2023, the Clams were decorated for Christmas with Santa, Rudolph, and a sunset with Santa and his reindeer in the sky. The first Clam shown above is located at the entrance to town. The second one is at Pismo Coast Village RV Resort. The third is located at the Visitors Center. Does anyone know when these were built? For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. [Welcome Clam map], [Visitors Center map]; [RV park map] |
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More Clams:
Cassidy's Fish Market (Barnegat Light, NJ) |
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