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Purdue at the Farm Progress Show Just a squiggle! The Boiler Mazer Just a squiggle! The Maze on Display
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Let your feet do the walking! The Maze Design Let your feet do the walking! The Maze Cam Let your feet do the walking!The Maze Diary Let your feet do the walking!The Maze Maker Let your feet do the walking! FPS Images

Let your feet do the walking!Farm Progress Show Images

The Farm Progress Show finally arrived on September 25. The Boiler Mazer proved to be a popular stop for visitors to the show. Our crack team of counters estimated that nearly 10,000 men, women and children walked the maze during the three-day event.

The images illustrate some of the goings on of the Boiler Mazer during the Show. The images are in approximate chronological order, but otherwise rather randomly presented.

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Final preparations for the maze opening.
Purdue blimp and Old Glory
The Purdue blimp and Old Glory flying above the Site-Specific Management Center tent.
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Erecting scaffold
Erecting scaffold tower for maze spotters.
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Scaffold erectors
Maze masters & tower
Scaffold erectors
Maze masters & tower.
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A scaffold tower for maze spotters
Scaffold tower for maze spotters.
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Scavenger hunt station
Installing a scavenger hunt stamp station.
Scavenger hunt station
A scavenger hunt stamp station.
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Boilermaker Special
The inspiration for the Boiler Mazer: the Boilermaker Special.
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Ready for business
Cheerful Maze Workers ready for business.
Wonderful aerial photography by Purdue's own Tom Campbell (Ag. Communications), taken from the vantage point of an Indiana State Police helicopter.
Aerial view, 9/26/01
Aerial view of maze (9/26/01)
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Closer aerial view, 9/26/01
Closer aerial view, note the people in the maze (9/26/01)
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Tent city
Aerial view of 'Tent City' (9/27/01)
The Official Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Boiler Mazer, 25 Sep 2001. In attendance were Lt. Governor Joe Kernan and Vic Lechtenberg, Dean of Purdue's School of Agriculture; as well as many of the twentytwo Maze Masters who worked long and hard on the Boiler Mazer since late last winter.
Maze Opening Ceremony
Dean Lechtenberg, Lt. Governor Kernan, and the Maze Masters.
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Lechtenberg and Kernan
Dean Lechtenberg and Lt. Governor Kernan.
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Lechtenberg and Kernan
Dean Lechtenberg, Lt. Governor Kernan, and the Maze Masters.
Nielsen, Lechtenberg and Kernan
Maze Master Bob Nielsen, Dean Lechtenberg and Lt. Governor Kernan.
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Maze Masters introduction
Maze Master Nielsen introducing his fellow Maze Masters.
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Maze Masters
Maze Masters Sam Parsons and Rick Bradley anxiously awaiting another Golden Kernel award.
Kernan and Nielsen
Lt. Governor Kernan listening to Maze Master Nielsen describe how they will cut the corn stalks to which the ribbons are tied, rather than the ribbons themselves.
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Maze Master Nielsen reassuring the Lt. Governor that he is certified in the use of machetes.
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Preparing to cut the ribbon
Maze Master Nielsen and Lt. Governor Kernan preparing each other for the event.
Cutting the corn stalks
Lt. Governor Kernan watching Maze Master Nielsen cutting a corn stalk.
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The ribbon is down
Maze Master Nielsen and Lt. Governor Kernan successfully open the Boiler Mazer to the public.
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Nielsen and Kernan
Maze Master Bob Nielsen and Lt. Governor Joe Kernan.
Selected images taken during the three day Farm Progress Show.
Maze Master Wilson
Maze Master Jackie Wilson with Trimble GPS unit and Compaq Ipaq handheld computer, ready to navigate the Boiler Mazer.
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Family on trail
A family on a stroll in the maze.
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Main entrance
The main entrance to the Boiler Mazer.
Exit master
Maze Master Thom ready to hand out Boiler Mazer stickers for those successfully exiting the maze.
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Fun for all ages
The Boiler Mazer was fun for all ages.
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A breach in the defenses
Some folks insisted on cutting through the corn, so we had to ribbon off some of the breaches in the 'wall'.
Scavenger Hunt location #2
These scavenger hunter players successfully located Stop #2.
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Maze walkers
Folks strolling down a maze path.
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South Avenue
Folks strolling down 'South Avenue'.
Making a decision
Walking a maze means making decisions.
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View from tower
A view from atop a watch tower looking across the maze at some of the Purdue tents
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Folks down in the maze
Some of the trails seemed a bit narrow.
Lost in maze
Maze travelers viewed from a tower.
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Crops ruler
Maze travelers could check their own height with that of crops and machinery.
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Main entrance
The main entrance being prepared for business.
Scavenger Hunt location #5
Getting the answer to the question at Scavenger Hunt location #5.
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Maze walkers
Folks strolling down a maze path.
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Maze worker on tower
Maze Worker Goetz on top of a scaffold tower watching for lost travelers.
Baby in little red wagon
Fortunately, the weather was dry and the maze paths firm and smooth enough for little red wagons.
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Caution ribbon
More caution ribbon tied across breaches in the maze walls.
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Mother and child in stroller
Out for a morning stroll.
Maze Master on tower
Maze Master Ross directing traffic from the NE tower.
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Maze main entrance
A view of the main entrance of the maze, looking across the historical display of soybean varieties.
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Baby and wagon
What a way to travel through the maze!
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For More Information....

Purdue Site Specific Management CenterFor more information about geospatial technologies for crop production, take a look at Purdue's Site-Specific Management Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.purdue.edu/ssmc

KingCorn.orgFor more information about corn, take a look at the Corn Growers Guidebook on the World Wide Web at http://www.kingcorn.org. For more information about corn mazes, check out the Corny Mazes section of KingCorn.org.


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