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The Mound in Platteville, Wisconsin

 





The "Big M" in Platteville

The Platte Mound is the world's largest 'M." The Platteville Mound is one mile long and about one-half mile wide, 150 feet high, 

It is maintained by he University of Wisconsin-Platteville Society of Automotive Engineers. The "M" stands for "Miners" of the Wisconsin Institute of Technology.

The engineers at the Wisconsin Mining School finished construction of the "M" on May 19, 1937.

The "M" was featured in an issue of Life Magazine on May 23, 1949, and by MTV in 1987.

Learn more fun trivia about the "Big M" at https://www.uwplatt.edu/platteville-mound-or-m.







My son in law, granddaughter climbing the M.










The Firefighters said they do the stairs several times to simulate what the firefighters had to do on 9/11,








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