A cubic yard is any volume of material that is 3 feet long by 3 feet wide by three feet deep, or 3â² X 3â² X 3â². To find how many cubic yards you will need multiply the length times the width times the depth and divide by 27.
Photo courtesy of the National Park Service, Statue of Liberty National Monument. Pedestal construction began with the pouring of 54,000,000 pounds of concreteâsaid to be the largest concrete foundation of its time. The concrete walls were designed to be up to 20 feet thick, with blocks of granite to finish the facade.
Work in France, however, progressed more rapidly than in America. By 1881 the statue was erected in Paris and ready for shipment to the United States. The American Committee, at that point, had not collected sufficient money to permit construction of the pedestal to commence.