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Roadside Attraction

World's Largest Pencil

City Museum
701 North 15th Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103

(314) 231-2489

www.citymuseum.org

Some facts from the museum's web site:

1. The Pencil contains 4,000 lbs of Pennsylvania graphite.

2. It took 3 weeks, and over 7,000 man-hours to complete.

3. This Pencil is the equivalent of 1,900,000 regular pencils.

4. The Eraser is rubber (yes it erases) and weighs in at 250 lbs.

THE BIGGEST PENCIL
THE BIGGEST PENCIL by kendrak, on Flickr.

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