Morrison Riverfront Park
Weathered Bronze |
By Tom Morandi
Harbor Workers
Location: Morrison Riverfront Park
Morrison Riverfront Park, East entrance is the location of the 20-foot tall, one-and-one-half-ton sculpture, the work of Oregon State University art professor Tom Morandi. A gift to the city from Anderson & Middleton Logging Company, with nearly a century on the Harbor, is a tribute to the logging industry.
The bronze sculpture funded by Anderson & Middleton and the surrounding plaza cost $200,000 and is an Aberdeen landmark. It was unveiled on November 23, 1996. It depicts three men long associated with the logging industry: Robert Sholes, owner of Sholes Logging at North River; Harry Sutton, a stacker-operator for Anderson & Middleton; and Robert Valliere, a 42-year-old from Hoquiam who has spent most of his life in the business. They depict a tree topper, a tree faller and a millworker.
A bronze plaque dedicates the sculpture to “all those who worked in the woods, on the rivers, and in the mills in and around Grays Harbor”.