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The French engineer Gustave Eiffel’s plan sketch was found to have been changed to help the statue withstand weather like high winds and salty air.
Visitors can walk around the museum’s centerpiece: the original Statue of Liberty torch, with its delicate, stained-glass top. Removed in 1986 during the statue’s restoration, ...
After weathering New York Harbor for decades, Lady Liberty was in need of major upgrades ahead of her 100th birthday. Here’s ...
The original Lady Liberty The Statue of Liberty was first proposed in 1865 by French historian Édouard de Laboulaye as a gift to the newly reunified United States following the Civil War.
The original Statue of Liberty torch — 3,600 pounds of copper and glass, and 16 feet tall — is being moved to the other side of Liberty Island. In advance of the crane’s arrival, we took 675 ...
Memes or clickbait articles that claim to show color pictures of the Statue of Liberty as it existed when it was first constructed (in the pre-color photography era of 1886) are typically ...
The original torch then took a foray to Pasadena, California where it was featured in the 1985 Rose Bowl Parade to create awareness about the Statue of Liberty’s centennial awareness campaign.
The original was put on display inside the statue’s pedestal, where it could be seen by ticketed guests. Now, following an ambitious relocation plan, Lady Liberty’s flame has been moved once ...
A century-old Statue of Liberty replica has called the St. Louis region – specifically Sauget, Illinois – home for nearly two years. But unlike the original in New York, the statue in S… ...
The original Statue of Liberty torch — 3,600 pounds of copper and glass, and 16 feet tall — is being moved to the other side of Liberty Island. In advance of the crane’s arrival, ...
Lady Liberty’s original torch has a new home. The Statue of Liberty’s 3,600-pound torch has been on display inside her pedestal since it was swapped out for a replica during a centennia… ...