<P> In Cawker City , Kansas , Frank Stoeber created a ball that had 1.6 million feet ( 490,000 m ) of twine and 11 - foot - diameter ( 3.4 m ) when he died in 1974 . Cawker City built an open - air gazebo over Stoeber 's ball where every August a `` Twine - a-thon '' is held and more twine is added to the ball . By 2006 , the twine ball had reached 17,886 pounds ( 8,111 kg , 8.9 US tons ) , a circumference of 40 feet ( 12 m ) , and a length of 7,801,766 feet ( 2,377,978 m ) . In 2013 , its weight was estimated at 19,973 pounds . In August 2014 , the ball measures 41.42 feet ( 12.62 m ) in circumference , 8.06 feet ( 2.46 m ) in diameter and 10.83 feet ( 3.30 m ) in height , and it still growing . </P>
<P> In Cawker City , Kansas , Frank Stoeber created a ball that had 1.6 million feet ( 490,000 m ) of twine and 11 - foot - diameter ( 3.4 m ) when he died in 1974 . Cawker City built an open - air gazebo over Stoeber 's ball where every August a `` Twine - a-thon '' is held and more twine is added to the ball . By 2006 , the twine ball had reached 17,886 pounds ( 8,111 kg , 8.9 US tons ) , a circumference of 40 feet ( 12 m ) , and a length of 7,801,766 feet ( 2,377,978 m ) . In 2013 , its weight was estimated at 19,973 pounds . In August 2014 , the ball measures 41.42 feet ( 12.62 m ) in circumference , 8.06 feet ( 2.46 m ) in diameter and 10.83 feet ( 3.30 m ) in height , and it still growing . </P>
world 's largest ball of twine in kansas
world 's largest ball of twine in kansas
Cawker City , Kansas
Cawker City , Kansas