The American Statue of Liberty today celebrated its 125th anniversary (WEB real-time video)

The statue of Liberty, the symbol of America and democracy, acquired recently new accessories: torch were mounted five Webcams that allow Internet users to look at new York and vicinity from an unexpected angle on the side of the harbour.

People living in any corner of the planet can watch online the skyscrapers of Manhattan, the panorama of Brooklyn and neighboring new Jersey, to see the Liberty island where the statue and read the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence carved on the tablets in her hand.




Broadcast on the Internet will be available from all five cameras.




Get started these wide-angle cameras are scheduled from today, October 28, and dedicated to the 125th anniversary from the day when the world famous sculpture was presented to America by French citizens to the centenary of the American revolution.





The opening ceremony, which was attended by the who at that time was President of the United States Grover Cleveland, was held here on October 28, 1886.


Created in 1875 by the sculptor Frederic Bartholdi statue, whose height from the base of the pedestal to the top of the flame of the torch is 92 meters, was delivered in new York on the steamer, disassembled into 350 pieces. The total weight of the structure is 225 tons, its manufacturing has left 125 tons of steel and about 30 tons of copper. In the first years of his life on Liberty island, the statue was the tallest building in new York. Initially it acted normal beacon that helped ships navigate in new York Harbor. And just over the years, the statue has become a tourist attraction, which oversees the national Park service of the United States.

The statue of Liberty in figures

Height from ground to the tip of the torch 92, 99 m

The height of the statue 33, 86 m

The length of the wrist 5, 00 m

The length of the index finger 2, 44 m

Head from the crown to chin 5, 26 m

Face width 3, 05 m

The eye length is 0, 76 m

The length of the nose 1, 37 m

The length of the right arm 12, 80 m

The thickness of the right hand 3, 66 m

The thickness of the waist 10, 67 m

The width of the mouth 0, 91 m

The height of the plates 7, 19 m

The width of the plates 4, 14 m

The thickness of the plates 0, 61 m

Height from ground to the top of the pedestal 46, 94 m

View of the statue of Liberty in real-time using web cameras installed directly in front of the harbour of new York at Cornell Paper and Box Company, Inc in Brooklyn

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www.itar-tass.com

www.wikipedia.org

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