Mount Rushmore
LocationUSA
Year1941
TypeMonument
About Mount Rushmore
Features the faces of 4 presidents carved into granite. Each face is 60 feet tall. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum led the project. Over 400 workers used dynamite and jackhammers. 90 percent was carved with dynamite. The original design included the bodies down to the waist. Over 3 million visitors annually.
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