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2006-10-07 21:37:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Other - Education

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In Liberty Island, New York, USA

2006-10-07 21:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by ♡ Choc ♡ 5 · 0 0

On Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Despite the fact that the island is only some 1000 feet from Jersey City, the island is technically part of the City of New York... The island and statue are reachable by ferry from Manhattan and New Jersey.

2006-10-08 05:32:52 · answer #2 · answered by Chester C 3 · 0 0

Hudson River, Liberty Island, New York, USA

2006-10-08 04:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Liberty Enlightening the World (La Liberté Éclairant Le Monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations. The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the Repoussé technique. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the U.S. worldwide,[1] and, in a more general sense, represents liberty and escape from oppression. The Statue of Liberty was, from 1886 until the Jet age, often the first glimpse of the United States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe. In terms of visual impact, the Statue of Liberty appears to draw inspiration from il Sancarlone or the Colossus of Rhodes.

Description
The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island in New York harbor, about 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southwest of the southern tip of Manhattan. The island was officially called "Bedloe's Island" until it was renamed in 1956, but was popularly called "Liberty Island" much earlier; [2] The Decatur Daily Republican in an article October 29th 1886 describing the unveiling of the statue a day earlier mentions a naval parade in the waters off New York: "The vessels presented a beautiful sight as they steamed down the Hudson. On reaching Liberty Island, they passed astern of the man-of-war anchored below the island then up between them and the island, till they came abreast of the statue head on tide, where they remained at anchor until the end of the ceremonies at that point". O. Henry refers to it by that name in a 1911 story.[3]

Liberty holds a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left. The tablet shows the inscription JULY IV MDCCLXXVI—July 4, 1776, the date of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

One of her feet stands on chains, symbolizing the acquired freedom. The USIA states that the seven spikes in the crown represent the seven seas and seven continents.[4]

The height from ground to the top of the torch is 305 feet (93 m); this includes the foundation and the pedestal. The height of the statue itself, from the top of the base to the torch, is 151 feet (46 m). The statue weighs 204 tons and the pedestal weighs 24,500 tons.[5][6]

The statue was built from thin copper plates hammered into wooden forms through a process known as repoussé.[7][8] The formed plates were then mounted onto a steel skeleton. The pedestal is built from stone and Rosendale natural cement.

A museum on the second floor of the pedestal, presents the history of the statue.[9] Inside the statue, a spiral stairway with rest seats at every third turn winds up to the observation deck in the crown. Before 1916, the ladder in the right arm holding the torch was open to the public, but it has for many years been restricted to staff use, for maintaining the lighting equipment in the torch. The interior of the statue has been closed to the public since 2001 (see below).

The poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus was engraved on a bronze plaque in 1903, after Lazarus' death, and 20 years after it was written. The plaque is located on a wall of the museum, which is in the base of the statue. (It has never been engraved on the monument itself, despite such depictions in editorial cartoons[10]).

Liberty Island is closer to New Jersey than to New York, and its physical location is within the borders of Hudson County, New Jersey. However, Liberty Island has been part of New York since the 1664 issuance of the colonial charter that created New Jersey (charter text). Portions of nearby Ellis Island that were formed by subsequent landfilling are, under a Supreme Court decision, part of New Jersey, but that decision had no effect on Liberty Island. The island is owned by the federal government and is administered by the National Park Service. (For additional details, see Liberty Island).

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2006-10-08 04:47:34 · answer #4 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0 0

The statue is actually in New Jersey, not New York as is commonly believed.

2006-10-08 04:46:35 · answer #5 · answered by maigen_obx 7 · 0 1

New York City in the USA.

2006-10-08 04:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

New York Harbor

2006-10-08 04:40:56 · answer #7 · answered by easinclair 4 · 1 0

Antarctica

2006-10-08 04:42:16 · answer #8 · answered by Pauline 5 · 0 1

New York which is North of Winnetka California 91306-3871.

2006-10-08 05:01:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

New York Harbour in USA

2006-10-08 04:42:10 · answer #10 · answered by dickwettingtown 2 · 0 0

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