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Where the River Runs East to West...
           Quad Cities
                      Illinois and Iowa


RAPIDS SCULPTURE
Rapids Home Page East Moline, Illinois
History of the Project
The Artist The Artist:  Ted McElhiney
 

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Drawing of the Rapids.

The design of the project was developed in a series of community meetings held in East Moline in 1998.
Directions
to the Site

The design of this metal sculpture represents the Rock Island Rapids that characterized this stretch of the River and made navigation difficult.

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Site Map The sculpture is made of rolled aluminum with river boulders placed on either side.  It is currently sited in downtown East Moline and will eventually be moved to the riverfront.
River Actionwww.riveraction.org Quad City Arts:
www.qconline.com

  

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