https://www.inventionandtech.com/ en https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/statue-liberty <span>Statue of Liberty</span> <div class="field field--name-field-image-site-img field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/landmark_node_/public/landmarks/images/Statue_of_Liberty.jpg?itok=fHnUgjZJ" width="250" height="416" alt="Statue of Liberty" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> <span><span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype=""> (not verified)</span></span> <span>Wed, 07/25/2012 - 03:40</span> <div class="field field--name-field-society field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Society</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/society/asce" hreflang="en">ASCE</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-main-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Main Category</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/main-category/civil" hreflang="en">Civil</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sub-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Sub Category</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/subcategory/buildings" hreflang="en">Buildings</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-era field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Era</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/period/1880-1889" hreflang="en">1880-1889</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-created field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Date Created</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/date-created/1886" hreflang="en">1886</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-location-country field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Location Country</div> <div class="field__item">us</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-coordinates field--type-geolocation field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Coordinates</div> <div class="field__item"><span typeof="Place"> <span property="geo" typeof="GeoCoordinates"> <meta property="latitude" content="40.689167"> <meta property="longitude" content="-74.044444"> </span> <span class="geolocation-latlng">40.689167, -74.044444</span> </span> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-address1 field--type-string-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Address1</div> <div class="field__item">Statue of Liberty National Monument</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-address2 field--type-string-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Address2</div> <div class="field__item">New York Harbor</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-city field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">City</div> <div class="field__item">Brooklyn</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-state field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">State</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/state/ny" hreflang="en">NY</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-country field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Country</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/country/usa" hreflang="en">USA</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-zip field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Zip</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/zip/11231" hreflang="en">11231</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-website field--type-link field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Website</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="http://www.asce.org/Project/Statue-of-Liberty/">http://www.asce.org/Project/Statue-of-Liberty/</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-creator field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Creator</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/inventor/bartholdi-frederic" hreflang="en">Bartholdi, Frédéric </a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/inventor/de-laboulaye-edouard-rene" hreflang="en">de Laboulaye, Edouard René </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi is credited with bringing the concept of the Statue of Liberty to fruition, deriving inspiration from the 19th-century penchance for grandiose monuments. He originally designed the statue for placement at the Suez Canal, but the project was never commissioned. After a promotional trip across America, Bartholdi's ideas finally took hold in 1874, and a Franco-American coalition was formed to fund the project, with the Americans building the base and the French the statue. Bartholdi delivered the statue in pieces: first the arm and torch, then the head, and finally the body.</p> <p>French engineer Gustave Eiffel designed the intricate skeleton for the statue, an iron frame that supports the copper-sheathed exterior. American architect Richard Morris Hunt designed the pedestal.</p> <p><i>Resource</i></p> <ol><li>Mary J. Shapiro,  <i>How They Built the Statue of Liberty</i> , New York: Random House, 1985.</li> </ol></div> <div class="field field--name-field-landmark-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/statue-liberty" hreflang="en">Statue of Liberty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/laboulaye" hreflang="en"> Laboulaye</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/bartholdi" hreflang="en"> Bartholdi</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/eiffel-0" hreflang="en"> Eiffel</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/schneider" hreflang="en"> Schneider</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/charles-stone" hreflang="en"> Charles Stone</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/richard-morris-hunt" hreflang="en"> Richard Morris Hunt</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/new-york-harbor" hreflang="en"> New York Harbor</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/fellah" hreflang="en"> Fellah</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/ellis-island" hreflang="en"> Ellis Island</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/liberty-island" hreflang="en"> Liberty Island</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/category/keyword/liberty-island" hreflang="en"> Liberty Island</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-comment field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Through the aesthetic genius of Frederick Bartholdi and the engineering ingenuity of other French and American engineers, particularly Gustav Eiffel, Charles Stone and Charles C. Schneider, the Statue of Liberty was completed in 1886 and became the world&#039;s symbol of the United States as the land of the free.<br /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-credit field--type-string-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Image Credit</div> <div class="field__item">Public Domain (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field__label">Image Caption</div> <div class="field__item">Statue of Liberty</div> </div> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:40:08 +0000 Anonymous 80393 at https://www.inventionandtech.com