Iron Man (Minnesota statue)
{{short description|American statue of an iron miner}}
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| image_file = Iron Man Statue small.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = The statue in 2009
| title = Iron Man
| artist = Jack E. Anderson
| year = {{Start date|1987}}
| type = Sculpture
| material = Iron
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| coordinates = {{Coord|47.48139|-92.89618|type:landmark_region:US-MN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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The Iron Man statue[https://archive.today/20120730182510/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpbills/2887309273/ photo] is a figure of an iron miner located at the entrance to the Minnesota Discovery Center {{convert|1.28|km}} outside of Chisholm, Minnesota. It is {{convert|85|ft|m|adj=mid|tall}} including the {{convert|36|ft|m|adj=mid|tall figure}}, and was completed in 1987 out of iron ore by Jack E. Anderson. The brass and copper 36' Iron Man is balanced atop a 49' structure of steel and is a tribute to the men who labored in the open pit mines when the mining industry boomed on the Iron Range of northern Minnesota. The work is titled The Emergence of Man Through Steel and is the fifth-largest freestanding statue in the United States.
Sculpture
The statue was created by Jack E. Anderson of Lake Linden, Michigan, who also created a Bishop Baraga sculpture in L'Anse, Michigan.[http://www.lakesuperior.com/online/221/221jrnl.html The model for the statue was an iron miner named Dan Tolonen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201131943/http://www.lakesuperior.com/online/221/221jrnl.html |date=December 1, 2008 }}[https://archive.today/20120731073441/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpbills/2568071933/ photo of Bishop Baraga sculpture] Anderson said that the iron worker's posture represented the weariness of a day spent working in mines.
The Ironman's facial features were taken from the miner Daniel Tolonen, an immigrant from Finland who resided in and is buried in Chisholm MN. Daniel Tolonen was present with five generations of his family on the day the statue was dedicated July 4, 1987, along with Governor Rudy Perpich and U.S. Representative James Oberstar among the day's speakers. It measures {{convert|85|ft}} tall, from the base to the top of the helmet.[http://www.hibbingmn.com/iron-man-memorial-statue/article_0349d924-41c6-11e3-b670-001a4bcf887a.html Unknown]{{Dead link | date=May 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}}
See also
- Vulcan, the world's largest cast iron statue, in Birmingham, Alabama, also known as Iron Man
- Iron: Man, a statue in Birmingham England
- List of tallest statues
- List of the tallest statues in the United States
References
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External links
- [http://www.uslink.com/~0695vs/iron.man.html Chisholm's Iron Man Statue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175738/http://www.uslink.com/~0695vs/iron.man.html |date=2011-07-17 }}
Category:1987 establishments in Minnesota
Category:Colossal statues in the United States
Category:Iron sculptures in the United States
Category:Outdoor sculptures in Minnesota
Category:Sculptures of men in Minnesota
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