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In , the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was complete. She stood feet and 6 inches tall and weighed about tons. The entire statue was shipped by boat from France to New York. Lady Liberty was broken down into pieces and packed up into wooden crates. She was shipped in the French Warship Isere. It took a grand total of four months from shore to shore to transport her.
While all this designing and building in France was happening, there was a lot of work going on in the US to prepare for the project. As the actual statue was being built in France, people in New York were working to get the space ready to build the monument on. Fundraising efforts, including contests, benefits and exhibitions were held in the US to raise money for the construction of the pedestal that Liberty would be placed upon.
It fell to American Architect Richard Morris Hunt to find a place to build the pedestal and begin designing it. In fact, this name was only given to the island in It was used as a harbor defense system to help protect New York City from the British.
The fort was made of stone walls in a star-like pattern — long of which has begun flailing apart and seemed useless. In the eyes of an architect, however, this symbol seemed like the perfect place to start building a home worth of Lady Liberty. Originally, Hunt wanted to model the pedestal after the Lighthouse of Alexandria — one of the 7 Wonders of the World. But a lighthouse is different from a statue of a woman and the pedestal needed to reflect the actual structure and not what Hunt wished or hoped for.
He was inspired to create a pedestal that would not steal the show itself but highlight the beauty and wonder of Liberty. In the end he designed a pedestal that reached feet high and an even higher budget. Costs demanded that Hunt reduce the size of the pedestal. He settled on an foot tall structure with a granite facade to hide the concrete and steel that supports the colossal woman.
It took three years to complete the pedestal itself. Construction took place from October, to April, The foundation took 10 months to build before construction of the actual pedestal itself began. The story goes that in the project ran out of money. As anyone in construction can attest to, money can make or break a project. For the pedestal, Public interest had died. It took Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of The New York World and namesake of the Pulitzer Prize, taking an interest and writing about it in his paper to kickstart another round of interest and support.
Construction picked up again and they were able to finish it in time for the arrival of the Liberty into New York City. After the pedestal was complete and the wooden crates arrived, it took four months for crews to rebuild the statue.
In total, the height of the statue and pedestal reached just over feet — or 93 meters. On October 28, , President Grover Cleveland officially opened and dedicated the statue in front of thousands of New Yorkers and spectators. In , a federal immigration station was opened on Ellis Island, right near the Statue of Liberty.
Between opening day and closing in , they say that over 12 million immigrants were processed through that station. During — — the peak years of the Ellis Island Immigration Station — between 5, and 10, people were processed every single day. Genealogy Tips. Educational Resources. Oral History Project. Famous Names in the Ellis Island Database. Explore the Flag of Faces. Become a Member. Make a Donation. Wall of Honor - Join and Explore. Founders Registry - Join and Explore. Conceptualizing Liberty.
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