Was the Statue of Liberty ever the tallest?

It is the tallest metal statue ever constructed, and, at the time it was completed, the tallest building in New York, 22 stories high. It stands 151 feet high and weighs 225 tons.



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The French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi created the statue itself out of sheets of hammered copper, while Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, the man behind the famed Eiffel Tower, designed the statue's steel framework.

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The below graphic shows the width of the Titanic, compared to the height of the Statue of Liberty. If the Titanic was stood end to end, she would only reach about 1/3rd of the way up the Statue of Liberty.

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Called Hyperion and located in the United States, this wonder stands at 115 metres high (21 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty): Source: http://famousredwoods.com/ Hyperion, tallest tree in the world Hyperion's big trunk Source: http://famousredwoods.com/ West side Hyperion's...

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5 Things You May Not Know About the Statue of Liberty
  • The statue represents a Roman Goddess. ...
  • The crown's spikes represent the oceans and continents. ...
  • Lady Liberty is struck by lightning 600 times every year. ...
  • Gustave Eiffel helped to build it. ...
  • Lady Liberty's face is modelled on the artist's mother.


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