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KIRO Newsradio historian Feliks Banel delivers his All Over The Map feature Friday mornings on Seattle's Morning News

All Over The Map

A giant red wrench sits atop a motorcycle repair shop on Aurora Avenue just north of the Aurora Bridge. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio) Rooftop view of the giant red wrench at Vallantine Motor Works along Aurora Avenue. (Courtesy Dana Marshall) Dana Marshall, co-owner of Vallantine Motor Works, fabricated the giant wrench from styrofoam sheets about a decade ago. (Courtesy Dana Marshall) Dana Marshall's "assistant" - his young daughter - sticks her head through the wrench when it was under construction a decade ago. (Courtesy Dana Marshall) Vintage map shows approximate location of the giant red wrench along Aurora Avenue just north of the Aurora Bridge at North 39th Street. (Feliks Banel)
Getting a grip on the history of Aurora’s big red wrench