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Modern restrooms arrive at W. S. Gibbs Memorial Park
It may not be the party in the U. S. A. that Miley Cyrus sang about, but the arrival of modern restrooms in the W. S. G. is enough to make you want to put your hands up, noddin’ your head like, yeah.
The pre-cast solid concrete restrooms were made by CXT in Spokane Valley, Washington, transported to the park on three semis, and hoisted into place by a massive crane.
At the park’ s playground, you’ ll find the 44,400-pound CXT Denali, which has two separate restrooms and a drinking fountain. It is the same model that users of the Vandalia Trail will find in Coatesville and Amo.
In the central area of the park, the fourrestroom CXT Arapahoe tips the scales at 162,000 pounds. That’ s 81 tons – or roughly the weight of 14 adult African elephants – if you’ re scoring at home. It, too, has a drinking fountain.
Why the focus on their solid concrete construction and their weight? Because if Mother Nature sneaks up on you while you’ re in the park, these bad boys become a great place to take emergency shelter in a storm.
You want some more good news? These restrooms will be open year-round! Unlike the CXT Denalis on the Vandalia Trail that must be closed and winterized every year from November until April to prevent pipes from bursting in the cold, the
Gibbs restrooms are built to withstand the elements all year long!
And the cherry on top is that 50 % of these concrete beasts’ cost was covered by a federal Land & Water Conservation Fund grant that is administered by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The other half was paid for with taxes collected from visitors who stay in Hendricks County hotels.
Total amount funded by Hendricks County residents’ property taxes and income taxes: $ 0.
It may seem strange that we’ re so excited about these restrooms, but to us, it’ s a potty in the W. S. G.! We hope you agree!
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