"It's been used hundreds of times for photo ops, weddings, anniversaries, and it's been visits like that the whole time," Tim O'Callaghan, who is one of the originators of the world's largest covered porch swing said, the 1011Now reports. The porch swing was originally in a park in southern Hebron, but it's moved to Roosevelt park in central Hebron.

The World's Largest covered porch swing "has a seat 32 feet long and was constructed from a section of a center pivot irrigation frame (from Reinke Manufacturing in Deshler) which forms the top girder," the Nebraska Passport reports.

"The swing is said to be long enough for 24 children or 18 adults. It was originally built in 1985 and moved to its present site in 1991 in Hebron's Roosevelt Park."

"Notoriety for the swing came in a proclamation signed by Gov. Pete Ricketts at the State Capitol. Hebron is now "Nebraska's Porch Swing Capital."

History

"Davis was the engineer at Reinke's Manufacturing in the early 1980s when Tim O'Callaghan needed a favor. O'Callaghan was trying to figure out how to support a seat that could hold 32 people, the Hebron, Nebraska reports.

 In other words, the world's largest porch swing was about to sway for family, wedding and high school reunion photos, visitors from out of state and even a Model A club from Denver en route to New York City. O'Callaghan said they were trying to unseat Seward as the Fourth of July City. Seward has held the state title since 1976. A national accolade came 3 years later from Congress.

"Our goal was to bring in more people," O'Callaghan said. "They have a real nice celebration and crowds. Our goal was to step ours up."

"We stopped by, and a man from the senior housing across the street came and gave us a pin with a picture of the swing on it. He told us a little about it, and there's an informational sign, too.

"The swing itself was a fun place to take pictures -- from one end to the next, lying down, all into one frame, etc. It's very well made and looks like someone keeps it clean, and since it has a roof over it, there weren't any bird droppings to wipe off before sitting down,"says JBJ from Wichita on Trip Advisor.

The GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the longest bench swing measures 18.28 m (59 ft 98 in) long, with the seating area measuring 18.05 m (59 ft 23 in) long, and was achieved by Christopher Cruze (USA) in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA, on 19 March 2013.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS also recognized the world record for the longest swing set; it measures 163.35 m (535 ft 11 in), and was achieved by City of Kitakyushu (Japan) in Fukuoka, Japan, on 11 May 2019.