LEGO Architecture 21042

In  French craftsmen began forging the individual
elementsoftheStatueWhiletheouterdesignandmaterials
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
ftmskeletalcentralpylonuponwhichasymmetrical
girderscouldbeattachedFlatmetalbarswerethenbolted
tothegirderstoholdthecopperskinoftheStatueinplace
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 
andItarrivedamidgreatfanfareinNewYorkaboard
theFrenchNavyshipIséreonthethofJuneOnce
the pedestal was completed in  the  ft  m
tall statuewasquicklyassembled Thelastsection tobe
completedwastheStatueofLiberty’sfacewhichremained
covereduntiltheofficialdedicationonthethofOctober
Rainandfoggyweatherdidnotstopoveronemillion
NewYorkersfromturningouttocheertheunveilingofthe
newStatue
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