Hard Hat
A construction-themed horse carrying a block plane, handsaw and a carpenter, with brickwork on its straps. Its adoptive family worked in construction for four generations.
- Category
- Horses
- Carver
- Steve Weiler
- Sponsor
- Pew Construction Co.
A Carousel for Missoula inventory.
Role: Permanent pony.
Entire figure carved by Steve Weiler.
Design: John Thompson. Sanding: Gregg Dalton, Ione Briedlander. Painting: Kathy Lynch.
Video reading: seat 12C in footage dated June 29, 2024. View this section. This is a source-era best reading, not a verified current placement.
Historical description and credits: https://carousels.org/psp/Missoula/Hard%20Hat.html
The NCA gallery includes photographs dated April 2004; current placement is not established by these captions.