Lowell Heritage State Park

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RISING ABOVE THE WOODED BLUFF OF THE ROCK RIVER VALLEY STANDS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND BEST THE ROCK RIVER VALLEY STANDS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND BEST KNOWN WORKS OF LOREDO TAFT. OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND BEST KNOWN WORKS OF LOREDO TAFT. TODAY THE STATUE IS THE CENTER KNOWN WORKS OF LOREDO TAFT. TODAY THE STATUE IS THE CENTER PIECE OF LADEN STATE PARK. TODAY THE STATUE IS THE CENTER PIECE OF LADEN STATE PARK. BACK IN ~L 1800'S BEFORE THE PIECE OF LADEN STATE PARK. BACK IN ~L 1800'S BEFORE THE STATUE'S CREATION, LAND ALONG BACK IN ~L 1800'S BEFORE THE STATUE'S CREATION, LAND ALONG THE EAGLE COLONY, TAFT WAS A STATUE'S CREATION, LAND ALONG THE EAGLE COLONY, TAFT WAS A MEMBER. THE EAGLE COLONY, TAFT WAS A MEMBER. >>ONE EVENING THEY WERE STANDING MEMBER. >>ONE EVENING THEY WERE STANDING ON BLUFF, OVER LOOKING, THEY >>ONE EVENING THEY WERE STANDING ON BLUFF, OVER LOOKING, THEY WERE STANDING THERE WITH THEIR ON BLUFF, OVER LOOKING, THEY WERE STANDING THERE WITH THEIR ARMS CROSSED, AND THAT'S WHERE WERE STANDING THERE WITH THEIR ARMS CROSSED, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONCEPT OF THE ETERNAL ARMS CROSSED, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONCEPT OF THE ETERNAL INDIAN WAS -- CAME ABOUT. AT THE CONCEPT OF THE ETERNAL INDIAN WAS -- CAME ABOUT. AT THAT POINT, TAFT STARTED WORKING INDIAN WAS -- CAME ABOUT. AT THAT POINT, TAFT STARTED WORKING ON A SMALL MODEL IN HIS STUDIO THAT POINT, TAFT STARTED WORKING ON A SMALL MODEL IN HIS STUDIO WITH A YOUNG SCULPTOR NAMED JOHN ON A SMALL MODEL IN HIS STUDIO WITH A YOUNG SCULPTOR NAMED JOHN PRESION. WITH A YOUNG SCULPTOR NAMED JOHN PRESION. HE WAS EXCELLENT CHOICE SINCE PRESION. HE WAS EXCELLENT CHOICE SINCE TAFT WASN'T IN THE MEDIAN WORLD, HE WAS EXCELLENT CHOICE SINCE TAFT WASN'T IN THE MEDIAN WORLD, WHICH WAS CONCRETE. TAFT WASN'T IN THE MEDIAN WORLD, WHICH WAS CONCRETE. PRESHOIN WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE WHICH WAS CONCRETE. PRESHOIN WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY OF CONCRETE. PRESHOIN WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY OF CONCRETE. TAFT LEFT HIM IN CHARGE OF THE PROPERTY OF CONCRETE. TAFT LEFT HIM IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT. TAFT LEFT HIM IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT. FOR THAT ERA, CREATION OF THIS PROJECT. FOR THAT ERA, CREATION OF THIS STATUE WAS A MASTER PIECE OF FOR THAT ERA, CREATION OF THIS STATUE WAS A MASTER PIECE OF ENGINEERING AND ARTISTRY WHICH STATUE WAS A MASTER PIECE OF ENGINEERING AND ARTISTRY WHICH WOULD BE WRITTEN ABOUT IN ENGINEERING AND ARTISTRY WHICH WOULD BE WRITTEN ABOUT IN SEVERAL RENOWNED PUBLICATIONS. WOULD BE WRITTEN ABOUT IN SEVERAL RENOWNED PUBLICATIONS. NEXT STEP IN CREATING THE STATUE SEVERAL RENOWNED PUBLICATIONS. NEXT STEP IN CREATING THE STATUE WAS TO ERECT A LIFE SIZE MOLD NEXT STEP IN CREATING THE STATUE WAS TO ERECT A LIFE SIZE MOLD INTO WHICH THE CONCRETE WOULD BE WAS TO ERECT A LIFE SIZE MOLD INTO WHICH THE CONCRETE WOULD BE POURED. INTO WHICH THE CONCRETE WOULD BE POURED. >>THE FRAMEWORK WAS CONSTRUCTED POURED. >>THE FRAMEWORK WAS CONSTRUCTED USING LARGE TIMBERS FROM THE >>THE FRAMEWORK WAS CONSTRUCTED USING LARGE TIMBERS FROM THE OVER ALL HEIGHT AND SHAPE OF THE USING LARGE TIMBERS FROM THE OVER ALL HEIGHT AND SHAPE OF THE WOODEN FRAME WAS COVERED WITH OVER ALL HEIGHT AND SHAPE OF THE WOODEN FRAME WAS COVERED WITH CHICKEN WIRE, SOME BURLAP AND WOODEN FRAME WAS COVERED WITH CHICKEN WIRE, SOME BURLAP AND PLASTER OF PARIS. CHICKEN WIRE, SOME BURLAP AND PLASTER OF PARIS. BY DECEMBER OF 1910, THE MOLD PLASTER OF PARIS. BY DECEMBER OF 1910, THE MOLD WAS READY, AND THE POURING OF BY DECEMBER OF 1910, THE MOLD WAS READY, AND THE POURING OF CONCRETE BEGAN. WAS READY, AND THE POURING OF CONCRETE BEGAN. IT WAS AN OPERATION COMPLETED BY CONCRETE BEGAN. IT WAS AN OPERATION COMPLETED BY WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY, OVER TEN IT WAS AN OPERATION COMPLETED BY WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY, OVER TEN DAYS WHILE ENDURING FREEZING WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY, OVER TEN DAYS WHILE ENDURING FREEZING TEMPERATURES. DAYS WHILE ENDURING FREEZING TEMPERATURES. >> 65,000 GALLONS OF WATER WERE TEMPERATURES. >> 65,000 GALLONS OF WATER WERE PUMPED TO THE SITE FROM THE >> 65,000 GALLONS OF WATER WERE PUMPED TO THE SITE FROM THE RIVER BELOW AND WAS USED TO PUMPED TO THE SITE FROM THE RIVER BELOW AND WAS USED TO MAINTAIN TWO STEAM ENGINES AND RIVER BELOW AND WAS USED TO MAINTAIN TWO STEAM ENGINES AND ALSO FOR THE MAKING OF THE MAINTAIN TWO STEAM ENGINES AND ALSO FOR THE MAKING OF THE CEMENT. ALSO FOR THE MAKING OF THE CEMENT. >> IT WAS ALSO A 5,000-GALLON CEMENT. >> IT WAS ALSO A 5,000-GALLON TANK PLUS BOILERS TO HEAT THE >> IT WAS ALSO A 5,000-GALLON TANK PLUS BOILERS TO HEAT THE WATER. TANK PLUS BOILERS TO HEAT THE WATER. IN THE END, 238 YARDS OF WATER. IN THE END, 238 YARDS OF CONCRETE WAS USED, ALONG WITH IN THE END, 238 YARDS OF CONCRETE WAS USED, ALONG WITH 38, ONE INCH STEEL REINFORCING CONCRETE WAS USED, ALONG WITH 38, ONE INCH STEEL REINFORCING BARS PLUS 20 TONS OF PINK 38, ONE INCH STEEL REINFORCING BARS PLUS 20 TONS OF PINK GRANITE CHIPS TO GIFT FINISHED BARS PLUS 20 TONS OF PINK GRANITE CHIPS TO GIFT FINISHED STATUE AN ADDED LUSTER. GRANITE CHIPS TO GIFT FINISHED STATUE AN ADDED LUSTER. >>270 TONS WITH THE HEAD ALONE STATUE AN ADDED LUSTER. >>270 TONS WITH THE HEAD ALONE TOPPING THE SCALES AT 30 TONS. >>270 TONS WITH THE HEAD ALONE TOPPING THE SCALES AT 30 TONS. THE STATUE STANDS 448 FEET, FOUR TOPPING THE SCALES AT 30 TONS. THE STATUE STANDS 448 FEET, FOUR INCH TALL AND SITS ATOP 14-FOOT, THE STATUE STANDS 448 FEET, FOUR INCH TALL AND SITS ATOP 14-FOOT, 8-INCH PEDESTAL ONLY WHICH FIVE INCH TALL AND SITS ATOP 14-FOOT, 8-INCH PEDESTAL ONLY WHICH FIVE IS EXPOSED. 8-INCH PEDESTAL ONLY WHICH FIVE IS EXPOSED. HEAD WAS POURED SEPARATELY, AND IS EXPOSED. HEAD WAS POURED SEPARATELY, AND HOISTED BY A DERICK AND PUT IN HEAD WAS POURED SEPARATELY, AND HOISTED BY A DERICK AND PUT IN PLACE. HOISTED BY A DERICK AND PUT IN PLACE. THE POURING OPERATION WAS PLACE. THE POURING OPERATION WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 20, 1910, THE POURING OPERATION WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 20, 1910, AND THE STATUE WAS LEFT TO CURE COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 20, 1910, AND THE STATUE WAS LEFT TO CURE UNTIL SPRING. AND THE STATUE WAS LEFT TO CURE UNTIL SPRING. THEN IN WARMER WEATHER, WORKERS UNTIL SPRING. THEN IN WARMER WEATHER, WORKERS BEGAN TO CHIP AWAY THE MOLD AND THEN IN WARMER WEATHER, WORKERS BEGAN TO CHIP AWAY THE MOLD AND UNCOVER THE FINISHED PIECE. BEGAN TO CHIP AWAY THE MOLD AND UNCOVER THE FINISHED PIECE. IT WAS A COLOSSAL SUCCESS AND UNCOVER THE FINISHED PIECE. IT WAS A COLOSSAL SUCCESS AND HAS REMAINED PART OF THE IT WAS A COLOSSAL SUCCESS AND HAS REMAINED PART OF THE LANDSCAPE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. HAS REMAINED PART OF THE LANDSCAPE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. IT IS NOW BELIEVED TO BE THE LANDSCAPE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. IT IS NOW BELIEVED TO BE THE SECOND TALLEST MONOLITHIC STATUE IT IS NOW BELIEVED TO BE THE SECOND TALLEST MONOLITHIC STATUE IN THE WORLD, AND MISTAKENLY SECOND TALLEST MONOLITHIC STATUE IN THE WORLD, AND MISTAKENLY NAMED. IN THE WORLD, AND MISTAKENLY NAMED. THROUGHOUT THE DECADES, VISITORS NAMED. THROUGHOUT THE DECADES, VISITORS HAVE REFERRED TO THE STATUE AS THROUGHOUT THE DECADES, VISITORS HAVE REFERRED TO THE STATUE AS BLACKHAWK, BUT IN REALITY, TAFT HAVE REFERRED TO THE STATUE AS BLACKHAWK, BUT IN REALITY, TAFT NEVER TITLED THIS PIECE. BLACKHAWK, BUT IN REALITY, TAFT NEVER TITLED THIS PIECE. HE LATER SAID HE HAD STUDIED NEVER TITLED THIS PIECE. HE LATER SAID HE HAD STUDIED SEVERAL TRIBES WHILE COMPOSING HE LATER SAID HE HAD STUDIED SEVERAL TRIBES WHILE COMPOSING THIS STATUE, AND IT WAS A SEVERAL TRIBES WHILE COMPOSING THIS STATUE, AND IT WAS A COMPOSITE OF ALL THE TRIBES. THIS STATUE, AND IT WAS A COMPOSITE OF ALL THE TRIBES. GENERATIONS HAVE COME TO VIEW COMPOSITE OF ALL THE TRIBES. GENERATIONS HAVE COME TO VIEW THIS WORK WHICH, AFTER HUNDREDS GENERATIONS HAVE COME TO VIEW THIS WORK WHICH, AFTER HUNDREDS OF YEARS, IS SHOWING SIGNS OF THIS WORK WHICH, AFTER HUNDREDS OF YEARS, IS SHOWING SIGNS OF ITS AGE. OF YEARS, IS SHOWING SIGNS OF ITS AGE. >>IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT ITS AGE. >>IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT SCULPTOR OR STATUE, CAN YOU SEE >>IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT SCULPTOR OR STATUE, CAN YOU SEE THE ARMS ARE BAD, THE AREAS ARE SCULPTOR OR STATUE, CAN YOU SEE THE ARMS ARE BAD, THE AREAS ARE START TO GO DISINTEGRATE. THE ARMS ARE BAD, THE AREAS ARE START TO GO DISINTEGRATE. THE MAIN BOYD OF THE STATUE IS START TO GO DISINTEGRATE. THE MAIN BOYD OF THE STATUE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE MAIN BOYD OF THE STATUE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THERE ARE HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THERE ARE HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THE HEAD. WE HAD A STUDY DONE ABOUT THERE ARE HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THE HEAD. WE HAD A STUDY DONE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TO HAVE THE -- GET HEAD. WE HAD A STUDY DONE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TO HAVE THE -- GET AN ESTIMATE WHAT IT WOULD COST TWO YEARS AGO TO HAVE THE -- GET AN ESTIMATE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE. AN ESTIMATE WHAT IT WOULD COST TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE. AT THAT POINT AND TIME, THE TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE. AT THAT POINT AND TIME, THE REPAIR COST WAS 400 TO $450,000. AT THAT POINT AND TIME, THE REPAIR COST WAS 400 TO $450,000. >> RECENT LIT STATUE WAS ADDED REPAIR COST WAS 400 TO $450,000. >> RECENT LIT STATUE WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF >> RECENT LIT STATUE WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, AND EFFORTS ARE TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, AND EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO GATHER THE FUNDS HISTORIC PLACES, AND EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO GATHER THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO ENSURE ITS UNDERWAY TO GATHER THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO ENSURE ITS SURVIVAL. NECESSARY TO ENSURE ITS SURVIVAL. TODAY THE WORK OF BOTH TAFT AND SURVIVAL. TODAY THE WORK OF BOTH TAFT AND PRESHION STANDS TO TRIBUTE TO TODAY THE WORK OF BOTH TAFT AND PRESHION STANDS TO TRIBUTE TO TWO PAST ENTITIES. PRESHION STANDS TO TRIBUTE TO TWO PAST ENTITIES. IT IS A MAJESTIC REMINDER OF TWO PAST ENTITIES. IT IS A MAJESTIC REMINDER OF THOSE WHO PRECEDED EUROPEANS AND IT IS A MAJESTIC REMINDER OF THOSE WHO PRECEDED EUROPEANS AND FIRST GAZED ON THE RIVER VALLEY THOSE WHO PRECEDED EUROPEANS AND FIRST GAZED ON THE RIVER VALLEY IT IS THE ONLY PERMANENT MARKER FIRST GAZED ON THE RIVER VALLEY IT IS THE ONLY PERMANENT MARKER OF ART COLONY THAT ONCE THRIVED IT IS THE ONLY PERMANENT MARKER OF ART COLONY THAT ONCE THRIVED ON THESE BLUFFS. TO CONTACT LOWDEN STATE PARK (815) 732-6828