Town of Leamington,
Ontario
Tomato
Designer:
Engineering Department
at local Heinz plant
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When Built:
1961
Dimensions:
Height: 14 Feet (4.3 Metres)
Width: 20 Feet (6.1 Metres)
Construction Materials:
Wooden form, covered by metal lathing, cement, plaster, two
layers of fibreglass and resin
Location:
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Reason for Building:
Leamington is the Tomato Capital of Canada and this is its summer
tourist information booth. There is also a tomato festival on the
third weekend in August.
Additional Information:
Red colouring was added to the fibreglass, when it was being built,
to provide a coloured surface which then was also painted red.
It took three weeks to build the tomato.
Leamington has the highest concentration of greenhouses in North
America.
The Municipality of Leamington's Website is:
www.town.leamington.on.ca
Information Sources:
Chris Chopchik from the
Leamington Chamber of Commerce
Pictures Sources:
Meredith Maywood from the
Leamington Chamber of Commerce
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Created By
DMY
on April 28, 1999
Last Updated: August 31, 2001
