LARGEST - Elephant in the World
N 39° 19.247 W 074° 30.694
18S E 542102 N 4352488
Lucy was designed by William Free of Phila. and was constructed in 1881 by J. Mason Kirby, at a cost of $38,000. She is 65 feet tall, with legs 20 feet high and 10 feet in diameter. Her body has a circumference of 80 feet; her head is 58 feet around.
Waymark Code: WM448J
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2008
Views: 92
Her ears are 17 feet long, her tusks 22 feet, her tail 26 feet. The trunk, which was used as an ash chute, is 36 feet. The basic structure is a timber box frame, to which curved wood pieces have been bolted. The whole thing is sheathed with about 12,000 square feet of tin. Lucy has a 60-foot long domed room in her belly, surrounded by smaller rooms and walk-inclosets in her flanks and jowls. The main room is reached by two spiral staircases in her hind legs. Inside her head is a raised platform like a captain's bridge; her eyes are two large portholes. Staircases in Lucy's flanks lead to the howdah, whose floor is a 16-square foot skylight that illuminates the main room. There are also eighteen windows.
I located the superlative information from a website about the worlds largest things. You can find the link here --> (
visit link)
I also saw the reference to the worlds largest elephant at a Roadside America website which can be found here -->http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2162
This is a wonderful attraction and the community is lucky enough concerned citizens rallied around Lucy to save her form the demolition ball. Walking inside her hind legs to the top, exploring and walking down the other legs to the exit is a real good time and highly recommended.