Crew spent 7 years restoring Wilson whirligigs
OF THE WHIRLIGIGS.>>
>>> YOU SET YOUR SIGHTS ON A
DREAM.
YOU REACH HIGH AND SURE, IT MAY
SEEM LIKE ONLY A FANTASY UNTIL
THE WHEELS BEGAN TO SPIN.
>> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
CONNECTICUT STRUCTURES THAT
MOVE WITH THE WIND.
>> Reporter: AND ALL AT ONE
PLACE.
THE WHIRLIGIG PARK IN PRISON.
>> THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THE
WAY THEY MOVE.
I ALSO THINK OF THEM AS
HISTORICAL.
>> Reporter: THE WHIRLIGIGS
REFLECT THE HISTORY OF A MAN,
VOLLIS SIMPSON.
HE MADE THESE OUT OF SCRAP
METAL AND ERECTED THEM ON HIS
LAND.
>> AS VOLLIS GOT OLDER THEY
BEGAN TO GO INTO DISREPAIR.
>> THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF WORK.
IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PROJECT
OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.>>
Reporter: SEVEN YEARS RESTORING
THE WHIRLIGIGS.
>> WE ARE NOT REBUILDING FROM
SCRATCH BUT ALL OF THE MAJOR
PARTS HAD TO BE WORKED ON.
>> WHAT DID VOLLIS THINK ABOUT
YOU RESTORING HIS WORK?
>> I THINK HE APPRECIATED IT.>>
Reporter: VOLLIS DIED IN 2013.
AND HIS WHIRLIGIGS BECAME KNOWN
WORLDWIDE.
>> HE HAS PIECES IN RUSSIA.
>> Reporter: AND THERE IS A
PIECE OF HIM IN EVERY PIECE.>>
THERE IS A LOT OF BLUE AND THAT
IS TIED TO HIS EARS IN SERVICE.
>> THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF
LITTLE PEOPLE MOVING.
HE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THESE.
>> Reporter: THE IDEA OF
RESTORING 31 PIECES OF HIS
SCULPTURES IS REALLY WONDERFUL.
>> Reporter: AND OTHER RESTORED
WHIRLIGIGS ARE MOVING IN THE
WIND IN THE PARK AT THE VOLLIS
SIMPSON WHIRLIGIG PARK.
THERE ARE 31 TOWERS.
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD COMING.>> I HOPE IT
IS A VERY BUSY.
PLACE.
>> Reporter: IT IS BUSY AROUND
THE PLACE.
>> THERE IS AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX BEING OUT.
>> Reporter: IT IS CALLED
WHIRLIGIG STATION.
>> AND THE BREWERY ACROSS THE
STREET AS A BIG PART OF THIS.>>
Reporter: IT IS A CARNIVAL OF
COLOR.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SIT OUT IN
THE PARK AND SEE THEM MOVE AND
REFLECT.
>> Reporter: PERHAPS THEY WILL
REFLECT ON VOLLIS SIMPSON, HIS
TALENT, HIS WHIMSY, AND HIS
WHIRLIGIGS.
>> I THINK THERE IS A PIECE OF
ALL OF THAT IN THESE.