The University of Georgia is mostly remaining quiet on why the Iron Horse statue fell off its base on Feb. 16 when high winds knocked the 2-ton metal sculpture down.

High winds knocked over the 12-foot Iron Horse statue in Greene County on Sunday. The statue, recently refurbished and reinstalled in December, suffered minimal damage.

The statue is synonymous with UGA from its beginning. The Iron Horse was originally created in 1954 by a visiting artist-in-residence named Abbott Pattison, and it is made up of welded pieces of ...

The Iron Horse, a popular sculpture located in Watkinsville, Georgia, is pictured fallen off its platform on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo/Lily Kate Akins; @lilykatea_photos) ...

Iron Horse Statue Drone Aerials Drone aerials of the Iron Horse Statue among sunflowers at sunrise on the Iron Horse Plant Sciences Farm off Highway 15 in Greene County.

A view of Pegasus Without Wings, also known as the “Iron Horse” sculpture, on Greensboro Highway, between Watkinsville and Greensboro, on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

The Iron Horse statue, an Athens staple, has been reinstated at its home along Highway 15 following extensive renovations that began on May 13 of this year. The restoration project on the 12-foot ...