Exploding Whale Memorial Park opens near site where that beached whale was blown up in 1970. Named by residents to memorialize the notorious "exploding whale" incident that took place on the Oregon Coast in the 70s, this beautiful wayside park offers sandy beach and views of the Siuslaw River Bridge. Next article. If you are interested in using an image, please use our,Three Days in the Eugene, Cascades & Coast,Employment Services & Business Development,Eugene, Cascades & Coast Visitor Information ›. Our forum rules are detailed in the,according to the City of Florence's website,Amazon offers pork spray to protect from "Muslim rape gangs",Whippit-huffing driver leaps rising drawbridge,UK politicians' bodyguards keep leaving their guns on planes,FogBlock solves the glasses-mask problem with a single spray,These home massagers will get your feet, back, neck and the rest of you loose and pain-free,These 10 fan-favorite gadgets are not only back…they're on sale for an extra 20% off,Terms license. The city planned to unveil the name at its annual Rhody Days celebration – with this year’s theme of Blast from the Past – but the coronavirus closures “blew those plans out of the water.” The new park is located on the north side of the Siuslaw River. Named by residents to memorialize the notorious "exploding whale" incident that took place on the Oregon Coast in the 70s, this beautiful wayside park offers sandy beach and views of the Siuslaw River Bridge. The story is legendary. Another whale explosion occurred on January 29, 2004, in Tainan City, Taiwan. Previous article. Park amenities include a shelter with picnic tables and a nice grassy area to enjoy a picnic on a sunny day. There are no dead whales or sticks of dynamite on hand, although the park does have a smiling sperm whale mascot (whom you can’t blow up). The decision was made to dynamite it but rather than solving the problem, whale blubber came showering down on the beach, parking lot and bystanders.Images on this site may be subject to copyright. This riverfront park provides access to the Siuslaw River in Historic Old Town Florence. Herbert extends COVID-19 State of Emergency,Ex-police chief speaks out on shooting of 13-year-old Linden Cameron,Jordan School District closes Riverton High School Thursday and Friday. In 2020, residents of Florence voted to name a new recreational area "Exploding Whale Memorial Park" in honor of the incident.
of "We asked the community for name suggestions, narrowed those 120-plus names down to nine, and had the community vote on them," said Florence city project manager Megan Messmer.The park offers views of the Siuslaw River and Bridge and the sand dunes on the south side of the river.There are picnic tables and a shelter and a multi-use path, but, sadly, no whale carcasses, exploded or otherwise.Read the rules you agree to by using this website in our.We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising Read about what we do with the data we gather in our,Who will be eaten first? That’s the name a small Oregon town has chosen to memorialize a 45 foot long, 8-ton whale that was blown up on its beaches nearly fifty years ago.Yes, you read that right.
Florence has a new park and it’s named after one of Oregon’s greatest triumphs -- welcome to Exploding Whale Memorial Park. Having A Blast in Oregon’s “Exploding Whale Memorial Park” In November of 1970, a sperm whale washed up on the beach near Florence, Oregon. He says that it had been so long since something like this had happened, that no one remembered what to do.“In selecting its battle plan the Highway Division decided the carcass couldn’t be buried because it might soon be uncovered, and it couldn’t be cut up and then buried because no one wanted to cut it up, and it couldn’t be burned.Authorities hoped that the half-ton of explosives would disintegrate the dead animal and leave manageable pieces for the birds and crabs to take care of it.Unfortunately for all, that wasn’t the case.“The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” Linnman said.While the explosion went off without a hitch it didn’t do what authorities hoped.“The beach erupted in a 100-foot-high column of sand and whale,” Larry Bacon reported in the.Instead of disintegrating, chunks of the whale were blasted in all directions.
of "We asked the community for name suggestions, narrowed those 120-plus names down to nine, and had the community vote on them," said Florence city project manager Megan Messmer.The park offers views of the Siuslaw River and Bridge and the sand dunes on the south side of the river.There are picnic tables and a shelter and a multi-use path, but, sadly, no whale carcasses, exploded or otherwise.Read the rules you agree to by using this website in our.We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising Read about what we do with the data we gather in our,Who will be eaten first? That’s the name a small Oregon town has chosen to memorialize a 45 foot long, 8-ton whale that was blown up on its beaches nearly fifty years ago.Yes, you read that right.
Florence has a new park and it’s named after one of Oregon’s greatest triumphs -- welcome to Exploding Whale Memorial Park. Having A Blast in Oregon’s “Exploding Whale Memorial Park” In November of 1970, a sperm whale washed up on the beach near Florence, Oregon. He says that it had been so long since something like this had happened, that no one remembered what to do.“In selecting its battle plan the Highway Division decided the carcass couldn’t be buried because it might soon be uncovered, and it couldn’t be cut up and then buried because no one wanted to cut it up, and it couldn’t be burned.Authorities hoped that the half-ton of explosives would disintegrate the dead animal and leave manageable pieces for the birds and crabs to take care of it.Unfortunately for all, that wasn’t the case.“The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” Linnman said.While the explosion went off without a hitch it didn’t do what authorities hoped.“The beach erupted in a 100-foot-high column of sand and whale,” Larry Bacon reported in the.Instead of disintegrating, chunks of the whale were blasted in all directions.