+++++++++++++++++++ 07-19-02, 08:58 PM trixkala Total weight of Statue: 450,000 pounds (225 tons)
Weight of copper used in Statue: 179,200 pounds (81,300 kilograms) Weight of steel used in Statue: 250,000 pounds (113,400 kilograms)
07-19-02, 09:28 PM mahal Good answer, trixkala. Now for a bonus, can you tell me who modeled for the statue? wink
07-19-02, 10:42 PM trixkala Drawing his inspiration from the Colossus of Rhodes and a 76-foot statue of St. Charles Borromoe standing in Arona, Italy. Some said its features were based on those of Bartholdi's cherished mother, a speculation he neither denied nor affirmed.
07-20-02, 02:23 PM mahal Smarty! Okay, I'll submit a recommendation for your prize to the site administrator if you can tell me what's written on a plaque inside the statue?
07-20-02, 09:15 PM trixkala With strong faith in America as the refuge of the oppressed, she wrote
"The New Colossus," which is inscribed on a tablet inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch whose flame is imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands your storied pomp!" cries she with silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
07-22-02, 01:10 AM mahal Trixkala got it.
And now for your prize: a life-time subscription to my poetry and anecdotes. big grin
07-22-02, 09:25 PM trixkala A very useful prize. I shall eagerly look forward to my installments.
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