In French craftsmen began forging the individual
elementsoftheStatueWhiletheouterdesignandmaterials
were given the real challenge lay in the Statue’s internal
construction
Bartholdi turned to the French architect and structural
engineer Gustave Eiffel and he proposed creating a
ftmskeletalcentralpylonuponwhichasymmetrical
girderscouldbeattachedFlatmetalbarswerethenbolted
tothegirderstoholdthecopperskinoftheStatueinplace
Eiffel would go on to use the same pylon construction
method in his famous Eiffel Tower which was completed
in
The entire Statue was completed in Paris between
andItarrivedamidgreatfanfareinNewYorkaboard
theFrenchNavyshipIséreonthethofJuneOnce
the pedestal was completed in the ft m
tall statuewasquicklyassembled Thelastsection tobe
completedwastheStatueofLiberty’sfacewhichremained
covereduntiltheofficialdedicationonthethofOctober
Rainandfoggyweatherdidnotstopoveronemillion
NewYorkersfromturningouttocheertheunveilingofthe
newStatue
FromDreamtoReality