Home of the Pet Doorbell Mat Login to your Account Pet Doorbell Pet Doorbell Mat System Great Artist Paintings Vermont covererd bridges About the Pet Doorbell Mat About Vermont Country Store Bar Stools Netshops Vermont Country Store Vermont Photographs-Pet Doorbell Vermont Teddy Bear Computer Geeks Knives Smart Bargains-Bargins-Pet Doorbell World Trade Center 09/10/01 Lighthouse Photographs Chess Sets-Netshops Doghouse -Pet Doorbell Globes-Netshops Adirondack Chair Bakers Racks Benches Bocce Ball-Netshops Clocks FIREPIT SHOP Firepits-Netshops Netshop-Stores Fireplace-Netshops Armoire Gallery-Netshops Bird Bath and Feeders-Pet Doorbell Hickory Farms Photography Tips-Kaplan Search Site Map Check Out Log Out View Cart Login to my account Statue of Liberty $55.00 STATUE of LIBERTY FACTS Date Construction of the Statue began in France: 1875 Title of Statue: "Liberty Enlightening the World" Sculptor: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Bartholdi's Military Rank: Quartermaster to a force of five thousand soldiers Bartholdi's Commander at Autun during Franco-Prussian War in 1870: Giuseppe Garibaldi (FS1986) Structural Engineer: Gustave Eiffel Method of Fabrication: Repousse Process Statue completed in Paris: June 1884 Statue presented to America by the people of France: July 4, 1884 Statue dismantled and shipped to US: Early 1885 1885 Transport Ship: French frigate "Isere" Number of individual pieces shipped to US: 350 Number of crates required: 214 Location of Statue: Liberty Island, formerly Bedloe's Island and Fort Wood (fortress for protection of New York Harbor 1811) Architect of the pedestal: Richard Morris Hunt (in 1877) Champion Fundraiser for the Pedestal: Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian immigrant, Publisher of the New York World. Treaurer of The American Committee for the Statue of Liberty: Henry A. Spauldi "New York" Quarter, 2001 1883 Dime found in Gary L. McAuliffe' Garden Date the cornerstone was laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor: 5 August 1884 Source of Granite for the Pedestal: Leete's Island, Connecticut Source of Lime for Cement for the Pedestal - Widow Jane Mine 688 Route 213, Rosendale, NY 12472, (845) 658-9900. Tours Available. Also on the web at: The Centuryhouse Historical Society Date of Final Assembly of statue & pedestal: 1886 Official accepting Statue on behalf of US: President Grover Cleveland Date of Acceptance by President: October 28, 1886 Part of Acceptance Statement by President Cleveland: "We will not forget that liberty here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected". Date designated a National Monument: October 15, 1924 Date arm closed to visitors: 1916 On July 30, 1916, during World War I, German saboteurs blew up a cache of dynamite at nearby Black Tom Wharf in New Jersey. The explosion did extensive structural damage to the buildings on Ellis Isalnd, and popped some bolts out of the Statue of Liberty's right arm. Officials closed the monument for about a week. When the monument re-opened, and ever since, the arm has been off limits to tourists. For further reading: The Black Tom Wharf Explosion H.R. Balkhage and A.A. Hahling The American Legion Magazine August 1964 Wind speed at which Statue sways 3 inches (7.62 cm): 50 mph Torch sway in 50 mph wind: 5 inches (12.7 cm). Number of windows in the crown: 25 Number of spikes in the crown: Seven rays of the diadem (7 oceans of the World) Hand with which Statue holds tablet: Left Inscription on tablet: "July 4, 1776" (in Roman numerals) Day of America's Independence from Britain: July 4, 1776 Height from base to torch (Bartholdi's design): 151' 1" (46.50m) Height from base to torch (1984 Survey): 152' 2" (46.84m) Foundation of pedestal to torch (Bartholdi's design): 305' 1" (92.99m) Foundation of pedestal to torch (1984 Survey): 306' 8" (93.47m) Heel to top of head: 111' 1" (33.86m) Length of hand: 16' 5" (5.00m)

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