With a diameter of 1,776 feet the giant piece of ice estimated at 146,000 tons moved slowly like a Lazy Susan, and it was greeted by hoots, hollers and high fives by the volunteers who carved it out.
In this Jan. 23, 2019 file photo, a naturally occurring, slowly spinning ice disk the width of a football field floats in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine.
With a diameter of 1,776 feet the giant piece of ice estimated at 146,000 tons moved slowly like a Lazy Susan to hoots, hollers and high fives on Saturday. It's a laborious-but-fun way to provide entertainment during the long, cold winter, and it has turned into something of a rivalry in places like Finland, Minnesota and Maine. There's even aOn Saturday, it took a herculean effort to get the giant disk moving with 10 outboard boat engines, farm equipment driving oversized propellers, and a couple of wheeled vehicles, too, he said.
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