The Statue of Liberty

by : Whitetia


If Indonesia has a National Monument (Monument Nasional : Monas, red) as a symbol of independence country, America has Liberty Statue as a monument that was presented to the United States of America by the people of France in 1886 to celebrate its centennial.
The Statue of Liberty is located in New York Harbor standing on Liberty Island, it welcomes for visitors and immigrants. Who sculpted and obtained a U.S patent of the statue is Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. The statue it self is a robed woman which holding a torch and made of a sheeting of pure copper, hung on a framework of steel (originally puddle iron) with the exception of the flame of the torch. It stands on a rectangular stonework pedestal with a foundation in the shape of an irregular eleven pointed star. The statue is 151 ft (46m) tall, but with the pedestal and foundation, it is 305 ft (93m) tall. Before the statue was built in October 28, 1886, the first model was built in 1870 on a small scale and it located in Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris and the uniquely of Liberty Statue is it was built in France after that it broke out become 200 pieces of big packages and shipped to America. Cause of package process take a long time, The Liberty Statue can be launched after ten years Independent day of United States.
Miss Liberty or Lady Liberty statue is a symbol of liberty and freedom. Her torch signifies enlightenment, the tablet in her hand represents knowledge and shows the date of the United States Declaration of Independence day which written in roman numerals July IV, MDCCLXXVI. In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was added to the list of World Heritage Sites until 2007 it was one of 20 finalists in a competition to name the New Seven Wonders of the World.
The Statue of Liberty was engineered to withstand heavy winds. Winds of 50 miles per hour cause the Statue to sway 3 inches (7.62 cm) and the torch to sway 5 inches (12.7 cm). This allows the Statue to move rather than break in high wind load conditions.
Feature Imperial Metric
Height from base to torch 151 ft 1 in 46 m
Foundation of pedestal to torch 305 ft 1 in 93 m
Feature Imperial Metric
Heel to top of head 111 ft 1 in 34 m
Length of hand 16 ft 5 in 5 m
Index finger 8 ft 0 in 2.44 m
Circumference at second joint 3 ft 6 in 1.07 m
Head from chin to cranium 17 ft 3 in 5.26 m
Head thickness from ear to ear 10 ft 0 in 3.05 m
Distance across the eye 2 ft 6 in 0.76 m
Length of nose 4 ft 6 in 1.48 m
Right arm length 42 ft 0 in 12.8 m
Right arm greatest thickness 12 ft 0 in 3.66 m
Thickness of waist 35 ft 0 in 10.67 m
Width of mouth 3 ft 0 in 0.91 m
Tablet, length 23 ft 7 in 7.19 m
Tablet, width 13 ft 7 in 4.14 m
Tablet, thickness 2 ft 0 in 0.61 m
Height of granite pedestal 89 ft 0 in 27.13 m
Feature Imperial Metric
Height of foundation 65 ft 0 in 19.81 m
Weight of copper used in Statue 60,000 pounds 27.22 metric tonnes
Weight of steel used in Statue 250,000 pounds 113.4 metric tonnes
Total weight used in Statue 450,000 pounds 204.1 metric tonnes
Thickness of copper sheeting 3/32 of an inch 2.4 mm


(table source from Wikipedia)

I suggest you to visit the United States for your holiday, especially to see the Liberty Statue.