Statue of liberty
By jordan lewis
The location of the statue of liberty
The fundamentals
To support his colossal sculpture, Bartholdi called upon the structural engineering skills of Gustave Eiffel, who designed the skeleton for its skin of copper. This was sort of a trial run for Eiffel's Tower, which was to come about five years later. ( copper.org)
The head being assembled
The body being built
The torch getting ready to get put on the statue
It's been over a hundred years since the Statue of Liberty found her home in the harbor of New York and it has become an important part of America culture. But would you believe that Lady Liberty was actually a gift from the French?
Building the statue of liberty
The Statue of Liberty was built by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, with the help of tons of workers working ten hour days, seven days a week for nine years! The statue was finally finished in 1884 and presented to America on July 4. It didn't arrive in the United States until many months later though, cuz all 350 individual pieces of the statue had to be packed into 214 crates for the long boat ride from France to New York.
Statue comes to america
It was on Bedloe Island that the Statue of Liberty was reconstructed in America - the island is now called Liberty Island and is only accessible by ferry. Auguste Bartholdi thought that the New York harbor was the perfect setting for his masterpiece because it was "where people get their first view of the New World." The statue was to be a symbol of welcome for all immigrants coming to America, as well as a universal symbol of freedom.