How do you go about moving and
restoring a six-story-high, 90-ton elephant?
Very carefully. . .
The Save Lucy Committee of Margate,
N.J., has worked for over 15
years to preserve and restore this giant
pachyderm. During this time they
have battled odds that even the nearby
Atlantic City casino owners
wouldn't bet on, and they have turned
doubters into elephant believers. In
the meantime, they have become
experts on the "care and feeding" of
historic elephants.
Surprisingly, Lucy the Elephant is
not one-of-a-kind. At one time there
were three giant elephants built in the
U.S. The Light-of-Asia elephant was
a 40-foot wooden beast in South Cape
May, N.J.; she was demolished and the
"remains cremated" in 1900. Lucy's
other cousin