The Incredible Story of How Christ the Redeemer Statue Was Installed Atop Corcovado Mountain

Have you ever wondered how the mammoth Christ the Redeemer Statue reached its lofty perch in Rio’s Corcovado Mountain? Learn about the incredible efforts to transport and assemble the statue's pieces atop Corcovado Mountain, and the team effort that spanned continents to achieve this monumental feat. If you’ve visited the Christ the Redeemer statue, you must have ridden the Ferrocarril do Corcovado. What you may not know is that the small cogwheel railroad played a significant role in the statue’s construction. And can you imagine workers having to haul water for construction from a fountain nearly 1,000 feet away? We’ll tell you all about this plus how many soapstone tiles it took to give the statue its smooth, polished appearance.
Here’s what we’ll cover in this video:
00:00 Intro
00:24 Christ the Redeemer Statue Quiz
00:47 The Statue’s original model was made in France
01:15 Transporting the statue’s pieces to Brazil from France
01:23 Transporting the Christ the Redeemer Statue’s pieces to the top of Corcovado Mountain
01: 27 Involvement of the cogwheel railroad, Ferrocarril do Corcovado
01:40 Assembling the Christ the Redeemer Statue’s pieces onsite - a Brazilian and French effort.
01:51 The statue’s metal framework
01:55 Casting the sculpted pieces into concrete
02:14 Hauling water from a fountain 1000 feet away
02:25 Covering the statue with 6 million soapstone tiles for a smooth, polished appearance
02:34 Completion and commissioning of the Christ the Redeemer Statue
02:43 Christ the Redeemer Statue’s significance in Rio
02:50 Outro and the curious story of the Empire State Building in New York
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