# Statue of Liberty question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 30, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553 "2008-01-30T04:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![petew83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@petew83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petew83)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/1 "2008-01-30T04:57:09Z")
Is the one in New York the largest, or are there others of the same size? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/2 "2008-01-30T05:08:24Z")
Do you mean, compared to similar Marianne/Columbia/Mother Russia type statues around the world? OTTOMH, there’s a whopper of a triumphant lady statue in Russia… [Mother Russia statue, Volgograd.](http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Mother+Russia+statue&btnG=Search+Images) Of course, a sword-wielding “Mother Russia” isn’t exactly a beacon of universal liberty; she’s more likely to be driving Jews (to pick but one group) out of her lands than inviting them in, but as she’s holding a mighty big weapon, I should probably curtail my comments. [grin] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/3 "2008-01-30T05:13:48Z")
Re. size comparisons, both for Liberty vs. Russia and for various Ladies Liberty throughout the world,[here ya go](http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/statues.htm). Mother Russia is indeed much bigger than Lady Liberty, but I’ll take our torch-bearing girl, any day. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/4 "2008-01-30T05:20:57Z")
The OP is probably thinking of the one on the Seine in Paris, depicted in the recent Nicholas Cage movie. I don’t have the exact numbers, but I believe the one in Paris is significantly smaller. [Pic here](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Paris.seine.liberty.500pix.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/5 "2008-01-30T07:16:42Z")
[QUOTE=Randy Seltzer] The OP is probably thinking of the one on the Seine in Paris, depicted in the recent Nicholas Cage movie. I don’t have the exact numbers, but I believe the one in Paris is significantly smaller. [Pic here](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Paris.seine.liberty.500pix.jpg) [/QUOTE] The one in New York is over 151 feet high. The one in Paris is only 35 feet high. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/6 "2008-01-30T08:31:44Z")
There’s one in [Brooklyn](http://neiljmurphy.blogspot.com/2007/12/afternoon-in-brooklyn.html) that’s about thirty feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/7 "2008-01-30T08:38:55Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Do you mean, compared to similar Marianne/Columbia/Mother Russia type statues around the world? OTTOMH, there’s a whopper of a triumphant lady statue in Russia… [Mother Russia statue, Volgograd.](http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Mother+Russia+statue&btnG=Search+Images) Of course, a sword-wielding “Mother Russia” isn’t exactly a beacon of universal liberty; she’s more likely to be driving Jews (to pick but one group) out of her lands than inviting them in, but as she’s holding a mighty big weapon, I should probably curtail my comments. [grin] [/QUOTE] Motherland is one scary bitch. Lady Liberty has that blank expression, so you can take her as being indifferent or aloof… but Motherland is pissed and ready to slash somebody with that big ass breadknife! I believe she’s concrete, and there have been concerns about her upkeep after the fall of the Soviet Union. Presumably a piece of her fell off at one point! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/8 "2008-01-30T12:18:08Z")
One comparison that’s often missed is that the Statue of Liberty itself very much resembles the ancient **Colossus of Rhodes**. Both statues were made of interior scaffolds with a relatively thin “skin” of copper or bronze, depicting a large figure holding one hand aloft and with “rays” projecting from the head. Both statues stood at a harbor entrance (although the Colossus did not bestride the harbor, as often depicted. That _would_ have been beyond the engineering of the time)). The statues were similar in height. The Colosus about 100 feet to Liberty’s 150. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ryle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/9 "2008-01-30T12:23:08Z")
There is a 20-meter, 60-foot [replica](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Odaiba_Statue_of_Liberty.jpg) in Tokyo. New York’s is 151 ft., pedestal and base adding another 154. I’m not sure if Tokyo’s 60 ft. includes pedestal and base, but from the picture I would say it does. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > In Japan, the French Statue of Liberty came to Odaiba, the beach area of Tokyo since [sic] April 1998 until May 1999 in commemoration of “The French year in Japan”. Because of its popularity, in 2000, a replica of the French Statue of Liberty was erected at the same place … ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/10 "2008-01-30T12:23:39Z")
I saw 2 statues of Liberty’s on a street corner yesterday, they were pushing a tax preperation service. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/11 "2008-01-30T16:19:59Z")
There are[hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicas_of_the_Statue_of_Liberty) located around the world, including a [half-scale replica at the New York/New York hotel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NewYork-NewYork19.jpg) in Las Vegas, Nevada. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/12 "2008-01-30T16:27:58Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] I saw 2 statues of Liberty’s on a street corner yesterday, they were pushing a tax preperation service. [/QUOTE] Dammit, **racer72**! This is **GQ** , dude. How _tall_ were they? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/13 "2008-01-30T16:37:58Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] but as she’s holding a mighty big weapon, I should probably curtail my comments. [grin] [/QUOTE] Is that a [hockey stick?](http://www.worth1000.com/entries/126000/126220PUxt_w.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/14 "2008-01-30T17:18:48Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Is that a [hockey stick?](http://www.worth1000.com/entries/126000/126220PUxt_w.jpg) [/QUOTE] Ah, the wonderful world of Photoshop humor contests. That statue would probably be called, “Glorious Spirit of Red Army Olympic Hockey Team, 1964-1976” or somesuch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/15 "2008-01-30T17:50:32Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Ah, the wonderful world of Photoshop humor contests. [/QUOTE] I have been given to understand that the Russian infantryman of WWI had some unusual armament, so WTH. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/16 "2008-01-31T00:37:48Z")
Hmm wouldn’t the Crazy Horse memorial trump them all? ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/17 "2008-01-31T00:47:20Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Is that a [hockey stick?](http://www.worth1000.com/entries/126000/126220PUxt_w.jpg) [/QUOTE] We here in Canada need one of those. ---
**Author:** ![WoodenTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@WoodenTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WoodenTaco)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/18 "2008-01-31T00:47:31Z")
It’s hard to beat [this Statue of Liberty](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb2ntCDZz0w). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/19 "2008-01-31T02:43:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmm wouldn’t the Crazy Horse memorial trump them all? Pretty much. Crazy Horse is planned to be 563 feet tall at completion. The Statue of Liberty is 151 feet tall (305 feet with its base). Mother Russia is 270 feet tall. The only statue that compares to Crazy Horse in size is another proposed one, the [Spirit of Houston](http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/spirit/spirit.htm), which is planned to be 555 feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/20 "2008-01-31T17:31:46Z")
Don’t forget the [Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas](http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=statueofliberty-lasvegas-nv-usa)! 1/2 scale. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553.md?page=2)