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The Chickasha Leg Lamp is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 . The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.” (CNHI Photo / The Express-Star)
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 . The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.” (CNHI Photo / The Express-Star)
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The Chickasha Leg Lamp let is erected over a steel beam atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot in Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
CHICKASHA, Okla. — It was a tense 10 minutes as the 40-foot, fiberglass leg found its footing.
On Tuesday, the leg of the Chickasha Leg Lamp was erected over a steel beam, which holds the leg atop a platform at the Rock Island Depot.
The Chickasha Leg Lamp was built by Midwest Cooling Towers of Chickasha. Later this month, the lamp shade will be added and the whole structure will be primed and painted to replicate the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.”
The lamp shade will resemble a product Midwest Cooling Towers already makes.
“Midwest Cooling Towers is known for its fan stack in the cooling tower industry,” said Manish Puri, manufacturing and project lead at Midwest Cooling Towers.
“When we saw the shade, we thought, ‘It looks like a fan stack.’ So we are able to use the same principals we use in a fan stack for a shade and a similar kind of principal for the leg as well.”
Jim Cowan, Chickasha economic director, said Chickasha Community Foundation and EDC were glad to discover a local company to carry out the unique project.
Made of thick fiberglass and bolted down, the Chickasha Leg Lamp is more durable than its predecessor. The inflatable Chickasha Leg Lamp caught national and international attention in November 2020 as well as awards from Oklahoma Travel Association.
After the permanent Chickasha Leg Lamp has been fully installed, crews will work on cleaning up the surrounding area. The whole project is on the right timeline for the Festival of Light’s 30th anniversary. December at the Depot also will return in 2022 with a giant Christmas tree, more decorations, bathrooms and a refreshment area, Cowan said.
A celebration will be held Nov. 5 to commemorate the completion of the project. More details to come.
The Chickasha Leg Lamp is part of Phase 1 of Chickasha’s Downtown Park Project. Chickasha Community Foundation raised $1.4 million in private funds for the first phase. The park will be maintained through donations from local residents and businesses, Cowan said.
Lane writes for the Chickasha Express-Star.
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