Mount Rushmore national Memorial
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| Situation:</td> | South Dakota, the USA< /td>< /tr> }} {{#if: | |
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| Next city:</td> | Rapidly town center (South Dakota)< /td>< /tr> }} {{#if: 5 km ²| |
| Surface:</td> | 5 km ²< /td>< /tr> }} {{#if:3. March, 1925| |
| Establishment:</td> | 3. March, 1925< /td>< /tr> }} {{#if: 2.037.820| |
| Visitor:</td> | 2.037.820 {{#if: 2004| (2004)
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the Mount Rushmore is a mountain in the Black Hills, South Dakota, the USA.
The mountain range owes its names New Yorker lawyer Charles the Rushmore, thatoriginally had acquired the gold prospecting licenses for the area.
The Mount Rushmore national Memorial is a memorial place, which consists of monumental haven guessing heads of four meaning and symbol-pregnant US presidents. Everyone haven-guessed/advised is 60 foot (18.3 m) highly. Explained from left to right the presidents are George Washington (Commencement of construction 1930), Thomas Jefferson (1936), Theodore Roosevelt (1939) and Abraham Lincoln (1937).
The Monument was blown up by John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (1867 - 1941) in 14 summers between 1927 and 1941 into the granite of the Mount Rushmore, gehauen and in accordance with ice ELT. Helpfulit thereby nearly 400 workers and aid were. Gutzon deceased 7 months before completion of the work of art. His son Lincoln completed finally the work.
The Monument is in close proximity to rapidly town center (South Dakota) and becomes with the pertinent museum of national the park serviceadministered.
The president heads, which are exposed to wind and weather since their completion, were settled with the time by lichens, algae and Moosen. They prepare the way for penetrating water. In connection with frost leads to a slow destruction of the surface. In the context of a Kultursponsoringsa German specialty firm (Kärcher) in co-operation with that cleaned national park service in the time of 4. July to 1. August 2005 the president heads.
Three teams to five each men cleaned those hanging on ropes without chemistry with high pressure cleaners and cooking hot waterSculptures. The necessary equipment was brought with helicopters on the Mount Rushmore. Over the heads in 1745 m height a basin was put on, to which the fire-brigade pumped the daily necessary quantity of approximately 7,000 litres water for the enterprise of the high pressure cleaners. The ropefor the safety device of the crews were embodied on the president heads.
Not only the surface of the Monuments was visibly lightened by this action secured, but also and the optical cleanliness of the heads, as it notices the viewer of the prospect platform, was improved clearly.
About 25 km southwestfrom Mount Rushmore is the Crazy Horse Monument.
The Lakota - Indians regard the Monument as Entweihung of their holy mountain.
In Alfreds Hitchcocks classical thriller invisible third of 1959 are the president heads of the Mount Rushmore scene of the breath-robbing final.
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coordinates: 43,878979° N, 103,459829° W
