World's Largest Boot

World's Largest Boot AG WORLD Ag World 15-5-20 The "world's largest cowboy boot", built outside a boot store in Edmonton, Alberta, is fast becoming a popular tourist attraction. The boot, 39 ft. tall and 14 ft. across at the bottom, was built in perfect scale to a normal size cowboy boot. It's constructed from 35 tons of concrete, steel and fiberglass. The boot's stitching is outlined by flaming red neon lights. Although the exact numbers are not known, it's believed that over 150,000 people have already stopped by to see it. "Western Canada is cowboy country and Edmonton has a reputation for everything big," says Terry Paholek, owner of Western Boot Factory. "We're Canada's largest wholesaler and retailer of Western boots and we have the largest boot store in Canada both in sales and floor area so we had to have the largest boot," he says, noting that the boot cost a quarter of a million dollars to build. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Western Boot Factory, 10007-167 St., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5P 3W3 (ph 403 489-0594).

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