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Mt. Rushmore National Memorial is a huge
mountain sculpture of four US President, located near keystone, in the black
hills of south Dakota. The president depicted are; George Washington , Thomas
Jefferson, Theodore teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The work was designed
by the sculptor john glutton Borglum (March 25, 1871-March 6,1941).
The Mount Rushmore national memorial is
a sculpture carved in to the granite face of mount Rushmore near keystone,
south Dakota in the united states.
Mount Rushmore features 60-feot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of
four united states presidents. George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1859-1919)and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). The
entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.171 cm) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m)
above sea level.
Sculptures
of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln (left
to right) represent the first 130 years of the history of the united states.
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- 43’2’44.21’’N 103 27’35.37’’ W.
- History=
The purpose of the memorial is to
communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the
united states with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and
Theodore Roosevelt.
Originally known to the Latoya Sioux as
six grand fathers, the mountain was renamed after Charles E. Rushmore, a
prominent New York lawyer, during an expenditure in 1885. At first, the project
of carving Rushmore was undertaken to increase tourism in the black hills
region of congressional delegation and president Calvin Coolidge. The project
received in 1927, and ended in 1914 with no fatalities.
- Area=
- 1,278,45 acres (5.17 km).
- Established=
- March 3,1925.
- Visitors=
- Nearly 3 million (in 2012).
- Governing body=
- National park service.
- Conservation=
The ongoing conservation of the site is overseen by the US
national park service.
In 1998, electronic monitoring devices were
in stalled to track movement in the topology of the sculpture to an accuracy of
3 mm. the site has been subsequently digitally recorded using a terrestrial
laser scanning methodology in 2009 as
part of the international Scottish ten project, providing a record of unprecedented
resolution and accuracy to inform the conservation of the site.
