The story of the statue of Liberty and her island has
changed over the past years. Lady Liberty´s significance has grown as an
inspiration to immigrants who sailed passed on their way to the famous America
in search of the American Dream. The Statue was placed upon a granite pedestal
inside the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood. A Presidential Proclamation declared
Fort Wood and therefore Statue of Liverty a National Monument on October 15,
1924.
The Statue of Liberty was a shared effort between
France and the United States during the American Revolution, which intended to honour
the friendship between the two nations. The French sculpture Frederic Auguste
Bartholdi created the statue out of copper, although the inner part was done by
Gustav Eiffel. The statue was then given to the United States and placed on a
small island in New York. Today it remains a symbol of freedom, democracy and
freedom, which is the American Dream.
The Statue of Liberty looks very small when viewed
from Brooklyn Bridge; however, when you look at it closely, it is an impressive
figure in the New York Harbour. From the pedestal to the tip the statue is 305
feet tall and there are 154 steps from the pedestal to the head. The Statue has
a green colour due to the weather´s effect on cooper. I 1986, the cooper torch
was replaced by a torch overlaid with 24 carat golf. The 25 windows in the
crown represent gemstones or natural minerals of the Earth. Lady Liberty´s
dress represents 4000 square yards of fabric, and her shoe size, according to measurements
her shoe size is 879.
Top of base to torch
|
151'1"
|
46.05m
|
Ground to tip of torch
|
305'1"
|
92.99m
|
Heel to top of head
|
111'1"
|
33.86m
|
Length
of hand
|
16'5"
|
5.00m
|
Index
finger
|
8'0"
|
2.44m
|
Head
- Chin to cranium
|
17'3"
|
5.26m
|
Width
of head
|
10'0"
|
3.05m
|
Width
of eye
|
2'6"
|
0.76m
|
4'6"
|
1.37m
|
|
Length
of right arm
|
42'0"
|
12.80m
|
Width
of right arm
|
12'0"
|
3.66m
|
Width
of waist
|
35'0"
|
10.67m
|
Width
of mouth .
|
3'0"
|
0.91m
|
Length
of tablet
|
23'7"
|
7.19m
|
Width
of tablet
|
13'7"
|
4.14m
|
Thickness
of tablet
|
2'0"
|
0.61m
|
Ground
to pedestal
|
154'0"
|
46.94m
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