Statue of Liberty New York

Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty, is a statue given by France to the United States in 1885,during french revolution.It is the symbol of the friendship between two nations.The statue is located in the Hudson River at Liberty Island. The sculptor of the staue was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and the designer was Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. The choice of copper was done by the Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

The statue illustrates a standing woman, dressed in a flowing robe and a crown. The woman holds a flaming torch high in her right hand and a stone tablet in her left hand. The statue is made of copper and the flame was coated in gold leaf. In the interior of the pedestal the poem is written by Emma Lazarus. There are 25 windows in the crown. The seven rays coming from the Statue's crown represent the seven seas and continents of the world. The total weight of copper in the Statue is 62,000 pounds (31 tons) and of steel is 250,000 pounds (125 tons) and of concrete foundation is 54 million pounds (27,000 tons). the statue was completed on June 1884.

Statue Statistics

Ground to tip of torch	305'1"	92.99m
Height from top of base to torch	151'1"	46.05m
Hand's Length	16'5"	5.00m
Heel to top of head	111'1"	33.86m
Head from chin to cranium	17'3"	5.26m
Index finger	8'0"	2.44m
Distance across the eye	2'6"	.76m
From ear to ear head thickness	10'0"	3.05m
Nose length	4'6"	1.37m
Right arm's Length	42'0"	12.80m
Right arm's Thickness	12'0"	3.66m
Width of mouth	3'0"	.91m
Tablet Length	23'7"	7.19m
Tablet Width	13'7"	4.14m
Tablet Thickness	2'0"	.61m
Waist's Thickness	35'0"	10.67m
Ground to top of pedestal	154'0"	46.94m

Visiting Hours

The visiting Hours of the island are from 8:30am to 6:00pm. There is no entrance fee to visit the park. You must buy a ferry ticket to get there. The tickets will be between $4.50(for children) and $11.50(for adults). The tickets can also be purchased online or through internet with some extra charges.