THE FIN PROJECT:
FROM SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES
by Artist John T.
Young 1998
Magnuson Park
Seattle, WA
This work is an environmentally scaled
sculpture created using the actual diving-plane fins from decommissioned United
States Navy attack submarines built in the 1960s. The fins are arranged to simulate
the dorsal fins of a large Orca whale pod or a school of salmon. This artwork
represents the ultimate in recycling...."From Swords into Plowshares".
The fins are composed of high tensile
steel and are used intact. Since they are virtually indestructible (they were
designed to withstand depth charge attacks!), they are maintenance free. They
are completely safe and inert; in other words, they are completely devoid of
radioactivity or toxic substances. All the fins are structurally supported by
hidden, reinforced concrete footings buried below grade. These footings were
designed by the late John Skilling, Seattle's most renowned structural engineer,
to ensure the safety of the work and the public.
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