
The Iron Zoo
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Welcome to the one zoo where animals are always out to play, no matter the time of day. A collection of oil pumping jacks decorated as animals, insects, and people, the zoo was created by local artist Jean Dakessian in the early ‘70s as a way to lure people off of Interstate 5 and into the small town of Coalinga. It slowly became a community project, growing to include more than 150 pump jacks and being featured in various television shows and magazine articles.
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The Iron Zoo
The Iron Zoo

The Iron Zoo
The Iron Zoo
The rhino

The Iron Zoo
The Iron Zoo

The Iron Zoo
The Iron Zoo
Only 2 “animal” rigs left.

The Iron Zoo
The Iron Zoo
