Dinah the Pink Dinosaur (sometimes referred to as Dinah the Dinosaur) is a 40-foot (12 m) tall anthropomorphized statue of a dinosaur, located in just off Main Street (US-40) in Vernal, Utah, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.[1]
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| Year | 1958 |
| Medium | Fiberglass |
| Subject | Dinosaur |
| Dimensions | 12 m (40 ft) |
| Weight | 4,200 pounds (1,900 kg) |
| Location | Vernal, Utah, United States |
| 40°27′22.3″N 109°30′40.3″W / 40.456194°N 109.511194°W | |
| Owner | City of Vernal, Utah |
Background
editThe statue weighs 4200lbs and is composed of pink steel. It was originally built in 1958 to hold a sign for the Dine-A-Ville Motel[2] and served this purpose until the motel went out of business and was demolished.[3] It was later moved to a city park in the eastern part of town and now holds a sign welcoming visitors that reads "Vernal—Utah's Dinosaur Land".[4]
References
edit- ^ "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 11/13/2023 THROUGH 11/17/2023". National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ^ "Dinah the dino moves to new Vernal home Pink dinosaur has been a landmark in town for 40 years". Deseret News. Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. The Associated Press. 10 Oct 1999. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved 11 Jan 2017.
- ^ Wood, Andrew F.; Wood, Jenny L. (2004). Motel America: A State-by-state Tour Guide to Nostalgic Stopovers. Portland, Oregon: Collectors Press, Inc. p. 97. ISBN 1-888054-91-3.
- ^ Bahr, Jeff (2009). Amazing and Unusual America. Chicago: Publications International, Ltd. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4127-1683-3.
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