for the designer of the statue, but Werner put himself forward and convinced the League to skip that and appoint him. This was not without rancor, including that architect and league member John Engan, who initially worked with Werner, declined to work with him after Werner ignored Engan's structural advice and an early model of the statue collapsed. Werner also feuded with the league over who should do the casting; he ultimately won that battle, and the bronze was cast by Franco Vianello and Spero Anargyros in Berkeley, California, rather than in New York or Oslo. The City expressed concern over the possibility of city parks becoming "overrun" with statues sponsored by cultural and civic clubs, and the Municipal Art Commission had doubts about the aesthetics of the statue, but once the Shilshole location was negotiated (on Port land rather than City land) the Arts Commission approved that plan unanimously. The Port Commmission was also unanimous in voting a go-ahead on February 27, 1962. The statue was moved within the marina in 2007; the current pedestal dates from that year, as do the 14 "runestones" and the longboat-shaped plaza. The runic carvings on the stones are by Jay Haavik. Besides the names of people directly involved in the initial project, beginning in 2007 more than 2,300 additional names of Scandinavian immigrants have been inscribed either on the statue's base or on one of the "runestones". There are three later copies of the statue, also in bronze, located elsewhere in the world: Trondheim, Norway (1997); Brattahlid, Greenland (2000); and L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland (2013). References External links Marinas in Washington (state) Puget Sound Water transport in Seattle