# Statue of Liberty question

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/21 "2008-01-31T17:48:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Rico]  
Don’t forget the [Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas](http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=statueofliberty-lasvegas-nv-usa)!  
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Neener-neener, post #11😉

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**Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/22 "2008-01-31T19:28:54Z")

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There’s actually a [roughly 1/5 scale Lady Liberty](http://www.crownover.com/2007-09-03-susquehanna-river-trip-72a.jpg) on an island in the Susquehanna River, just north of Harrisburg, PA. It’s 25 feet high. And it looks MUCH better from the distance of the Rte. 322…

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**Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/23 "2008-01-31T20:33:39Z")

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[QUOTE=jayjay]  
There’s actually a [roughly 1/5 scale Lady Liberty](http://www.crownover.com/2007-09-03-susquehanna-river-trip-72a.jpg) on an island in the Susquehanna River, just north of Harrisburg, PA. It’s 25 feet high. And it looks MUCH better from the distance of the Rte. 322…  
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Here’s more from Wikipedia:

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> … sits on an abandoned Marysville [railroad] bridge platform in the Dauphin Narrows of Susquehanna River at Harrisburg. The replica was built by a local activist Gene Stilp on July 2, 1986; it was made of venetian blinds and stood 18 feet (5.5 m) tall. Six years later, after it was destroyed in a windstorm, it was rebuilt by Stilp and other local citizens, of wood, metal, glass and fiberglass, to a height of 25 feet (7.6 m).

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**Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/24 "2008-01-31T22:32:27Z")

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Here are photos (all on one page) of 101 of them in the USA, prepared by Troop 101 of the Boy Scouts of America of Cheyenne, Wyoming (and a listing of them and perhaps more of the 200 they claim exist)  
Photos of Statue of Liberty replicas

[http://troop101.thescouts.com/liberty/](http://troop101.thescouts.com/liberty/)

And here is a photo of the one in the front yard of the Wilmington NC city hall. I used to live in that town. There is also one on the tip of the \*Ile de la Cite \* in the Seine River beside tNotre Dame Cathedral. I can’t find my photo of it right now. (I must organize my pix.)

Photo of Wilmington NC statue

> **[Statue of Liberty Replica - Wilmington, North Carolina - Exact Replicas on...](https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2GY8)**
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> Waymarking.com is a way to mark unique locations on the planet and give them a voice. While GPS technology allows us to pinpoint any location on the planet, mark the location, and share it with others, Waymarking is the toolset for categorizing and...

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**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/25 "2008-02-01T03:04:43Z")

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> Here are photos (all on one page) of 101 of them in the USA, prepared by Troop 101 of the Boy Scouts of America of Cheyenne, Wyoming (and a listing of them and perhaps more of the 200 they claim exist)

There’s three more at the [Liberty Building](http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM180F) in Buffalo, NY.

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**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statue-of-liberty-question/435553/26 "2008-02-01T11:51:16Z")

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The Statue of Liberty in Budapest is 14 metres tall.

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