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Vermontasaurus is a , folk art representation of a dinosaur at the Post Mills Airport in the town of Thetford, Vermont. It is the creation of retired teacher and experimental balloon pilot, Brian Boland, together with a crew of volunteers, who used scrap lumber obtained from a collapsed portion of Boland's private museum and hot-air balloon manufacturing facility to build the sculpture, starting in June, 2010. Boland adopted the name, "Vermontasaurus," from the comment of an onlooker.〔 〕 As of July, 2010 the State of Vermont and the town of Thetford had weighed in on whether the Vermontasaurus was a work of art or a structure that requires a permit. The state ( Division of Fire Safety ) prohibited people from being allowed underneath the sculpture, pending the approval of a structural engineer to attest that it was safe to do so. Subsequently, Vermont District Environmental Commission No. 3 granted a permit for the wooden dinosaur, ruling that it had no negative environmental impact under Vermont's Act 250.〔 〕 Despite an initial assertion that the structure would require a building permit, the town of Thetford waived the requirement, ruling that the structure is a work of art.〔 〕〔 〕 The sculpture received confirmation as a permitted use from Thetford's Development Review Board in an August, 2010 meeting attended by more than 50 people. The decision was controversial because such a large sculpture was not a use envisioned in the town's ordinances.〔 〕 In October, 2011, three months after the State of Vermont ruled that the sculpture could remain in place, the tourist attraction's midsection sagged to the ground.〔 〕 In June, 2012 Boland organized approximately 50 volunteers from as far away as Maine to transform the collapsed portion of the sculpture into a revised representation of a dinosaur. In addition, volunteers built a "baby Vermontasaurus", alongside.〔 〕 According to the ''Valley News'', the sculpture is part of an eclectic collection of old cars, improvised vehicles connected with hot-air ballooning, and other curiosities that Boland has assembled at the Post Mills Airport.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vermontasaurus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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