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Cristo Redentor


Height: 38m
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Year: 1922
Cristo Redentor

Kennecott Smokestack


Height: 370m
Location: Magna
Year: 1974
Kennecott Smokestack

Kennecott Smokestack vs Cristo Redentor


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Kennecott Smokestack

Kennecott Smokestack

Height

370m
Floors0
Year1974
CityMagna

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Kennecott Utah Copper LLC's Garfield Smelter Stack is a 1,215 Ft (370 m) high smokestack west of Magna, Utah, along with Interstate 80 near the Great Salt Lake.



It was constructed to disperse exhaust gases from the Kennecott Utah Copper smelter at Garfield, Utah.

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Cristo Redentor

Cristo Redentor

Height

38m
Floors0
Year1922
CityRio de Janeiro

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Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [?k?istu ?eden?to?], local pronunciation: [?k?i?t?? xe?den?to?]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French scientist Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of this 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain at the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro. A symbol of Christianity across the world, the statue has also become a cultural symbol of both Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and is recorded as one of the New7Wonders of the World. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.

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