JF Ptak Science Books LLC Post 217
In the continuing thread of Empty and Blank and Missing People we find perhaps the largest and heaviest of all Blank People--the superstructure of the Statue of Liberty. This woodcut appeared in the 13 June 1885 issue of The Scientific American, and shows the empty nest for Auguste Bartholdi's "Liberty Enlightening the World". For an empty thing it weighed quite a lot, over 400,000 pounds of iron plate and the awaited repousse copper skin. It was the tallest free-standing statue in history, but since (and only recently) has been eclipsed (see below for a short list of the tallest modern statues). 
The tallest statues in the world and their completion dates:
Vairocana Buddha Lushan, Henan China 420 ft It ,2002
Laykyun Setkyar - standing Buddha, Monywa, Myanmar 380f 2005
Ushiku Daibutsu- Amitabha Buddha Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan 110 328 ft, 1995
Nanshan Haishang Guanyin Kannon Sanya, Hainan China 354 ft , 2005
Emperors Yan and Huang Henan , China 348 ft 2007
Sendai Daikannon Kannon Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Japan 328 ft
Peter the Great Statue, Moscow, Russia 315 ft 1997
Grand Buddha at Ling Shan Jiangsu Province China 289 ft 1996
Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako park Kannon Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō Japan 88 289 ft. 1989
Rodina-Mat' Zovyot! (Mother Motherland Calls) Mamayev Kurgan; Volgograd, Russia 279 ft, 1967
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