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ConocoPhillips & the World’s Largest Jack-O-Lantern

by Mary Jo Manzanares on October 20th, 2006

Here’s a quick Halloween stop off!

For 54 years, ConocoPhillips (yes, the Petrochemical company) has turned out the World’s Largest Jack-O-Lantern:  a 3-million gallon storage tank, located at the ConocoPhillips Los Angeles refinery, all dressed up like a pumpkin.

To get the pumpkin ready for public viewing takes more than 100 gallons of paint.  And refinery engineers estimate a real pumpkin of this size would be make 26,800,000 pies.

The refinery is located at 1660 West Anaheim Street, Wilmington, California.

The Jack-O-Lantern is open to the public on October 30th-31st, from 6-9 pm.

Via Neatorama

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