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Big John is a 32-foot-tall wooden rocking chair built in 2004 outside Long's Furniture World on US 31 in Franklin, Indiana. It was rebuilt with reinforced supports after collapsing soon after first construction, and was once billed as the world's largest rocking chair.
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Big John giant rocking chair
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Site-level location · 39.4175° N, 86.0021° W
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Free roadside viewing at the furniture store, 4108 S US 31.
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