Interesting Facts about Statue of Liberty

#15 Interesting Facts about Statue of Liberty #
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> 1.The Statue of Liberty is located at Liberty Island Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
> 2. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel.
> 3. The Statue was completed in France in July 1884 and arrived in New York Harbor on 17 June, 1885 onboard the French frigate "Isere."
> 4. In transit, the Statue was divided into 350 pieces and packed in 214 crates. When the pieces of this statue reached in America, it took 4 months to re-assemble all the parts.
> 5. On October 28, 1886, President ‘Grover Cleveland’ oversaw the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in front of thousands of spectators.
> 6. Its height from the base of the pedestal foundation to the torch is 305 feet, 6 inches.
> 7. Height of the Statue from her heel to the top of her head is 111 feet, 6 inches.
> 8. The Statue of Liberty weighted around 225 tons.
> 9. During the restoration completed in 1986, the new torch was carefully covered with thin sheets of 24k gold.
> 10. There are 7 rays on her crown, representing the 7 continents of the world. The length of each ray is 9 feet and weight around150 pounds.
> 11. A person has to walk 354 steps from the pedestal to the head of the Statue of Liberty. There is way inside the statue to reach upto its head.
> 12. A tablet held  by the statue in her left hand measures 23' 7" tall and 13' 7" wide inscribed with the date JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776).
> 13. At the feet of the Statue lie broken shackles of oppression and tyranny.
> 14. French and American people collected 2,250,000 francs ($250,000 U.S. dollars) to arrange fund for the construction of this statue.
> 15. UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site in 1984.
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> Main Physical characteristics of statue of Liberty are as:
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Feature
Measurement
 > Height of copper statue- 151 ft 1 in
 > Foundation of pedestal (ground level) to tip of torch- 305 ft 1 in
 > Heel to top of head-111 ft 1 in
 > Height of hand-16 ft 5 in
> Index finger-8 ft 1 in
 > Distance across the eye-2 ft 6 in
> Length of nose-4 ft 6 in
 > Right arm length- 42 ft 0 in
 > Thickness of waist-35 ft 0 in
 > Width of mouth- 3 ft 0 in
 > Tablet, length-23 ft 7 in
> Tablet, width-13 ft 7 in
> Tablet, thickness-2 ft 0 in
 > Height of pedestal- 89 ft 0 in
 > Height of foundation-65 ft 0 in
 >Weight of copper used in statue-27.22 tonnes
 > Weight of steel used in statue-113.4 tonnes
> Total weight of statue-225 tonnes
 > Thickness of copper sheeting-2.4 mm
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