Building the Statue of Liberty - New York, NY
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bluesnote
N 40° 41.317 W 074° 02.672
18T E 580733 N 4504630
One of many plaques around Liberty Island.
Waymark Code: WMRXEY
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2016
Views: 4
The plaque says, "The French sculptor, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty like a giant puzzle. Over 300 thin sheets of copper, most of it from a copper min in Karmoy, Norway, fit together to form the Statue's outer skin. Each copper sheet is 3/32 of an inch thick, about the thickness of two pennies.
The sheets were shaped in Franc using the ancient repousse meths in which metal is hammered and shaped within large wooden and plaster molds. The finished pieces were than shipped to the United States where they were assembled and supported on an ingenious iron framework of armature bars and girders designed by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel."
Group that erected the marker: NPS
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Liberty Island, NY, NY
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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