| Iron Man | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Iron_Man_Statue_small.jpg) The statue in 2009 | |
| Artist | Jack E. Anderson |
| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Iron |
| Location | Chisholm, Minnesota |
| 47°28′53″N 92°53′46″W / 47.48139°N 92.89618°W | |
The Iron Man statue[1] is a figure of an iron miner located at the entrance to the Minnesota Discovery Center 1.28 kilometres (0.80 mi) outside of Chisholm, Minnesota. It is 85-foot tall (26 m) including the 36-foot tall figure (11 m), 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 it is the fifth largest free-standing statue in the United States.