Iron Man - Chisholm, Minnesota - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The official title "The Emergence of Man Through Steel" stands a total of 85 feet tall. The statue was designed by artist Jack Anderson and dedicated in 1987. The iron man himself stand 36 feet tall and is constructed of gleaming brass and copper. The miner is wearing a miners helmet, is holding a pick in his right hand and a shovel in his left. The miner stands on a on sphere constructed of steel beams. Through the sphere is a large stack of steel beams. At the base of the sphere is a pile of ire ore rocks.

In front of the sculpture is a stone plaque with a poem:

 They toiled with purpose. These miners of ours... moving tons of iron ore for massive steel towers.

This devotion to a nation, they adopted as one, makes the heritage of the iron range foremost 'neath the sun.

The legend lives. They were the "Iron Men" who dug the mines and contributed to the building and expansion of this country, during an industrial age. They helped to provide the iron needed when freedom was threatened.

Today, as the industrial age ebbs, and the technological age advances, the Iron Men are honored with a shrine that tells us they will never be forgotten. The magnificent sculpture evokes strength and embodies past history and ensures continued remembrance of the "Iron Men."

Look at the contentment in the chiseled face, and you will see the soul of all the Iron Men who ever were.

This statute, the third largest free-standing memorial in the United States, is a lasting tribute to the Mesabi, Vermilion, Cuyuna and Gogebic ranges' men of steel, who carved out of a sylvan wilderness the iron ore that made America the industrial giant of the world.

TITLE: Iron Man ARTIST(S): Jack Anderson DATE: 1987 MEDIUM: Sculpture: copper, braised with bronze and brass; Base: Cor-Ten steel, iron ore, concrete and stone. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MN000043 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Highway 169 Across from Iron World USA Chisholm, Minnesota DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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