Correction for the weight of The Statue of Liberty
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How heavy is 13,000,000 pounds?
It's about one-fourth as heavy as The Statue of Liberty
The weight of The Statue of Liberty is about 54,300,000 pounds.
(a.k.a. Liberty Enlightening the World, a.k.a. La Liberté éclairant le monde) (total weight, including foundation)
The total weight of the Statue of Liberty, including her base is roughly 54,200,000 pounds. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.