Statue of Liberty
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The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty with park police keeping watch at its base. Nearby sits the crane that hoists heavy steel into the statue.
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Very Statuesque
The Statue of Liberty on a sunny day.
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Looking Out
Coin operated binoculars on Liberty Island as a boat filled with visitors sails by the Statue.
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Liberty Island Boat
Visitors disembarking a Statue Cruises ferry onto Liberty Island. In the peak summer months there are up to 18,000 visitors to Liberty Island.
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Looking at Liberty
Visitors take pictures of the Statue of Liberty from the ferry as it pulls up to Liberty Island.
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Steeled Statue
Ironworkers hoist the steel stringers that comprise the new stairway inside the Statue's pedestal into place. These stairs will be wider, allowing more people to get out in an emergency.
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Steel Stringers
The steel stringers that form the sides of the new stairway.
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Careful Construction
The new stairs inside the pedestal will take visitors up seven flights to the base of the statue. These new stairs have been carefully constructed around the original Eiffel beams that form the skeleton of the Statue.
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Hooked Up
The demolition crew are tethered in case the platform gives way.
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Natural Weathering
The Statue of Liberty. The Statue's copper has naturally oxidized to form the outer patina, or green, coating. Upon completion in 1886 it took the copper 30 years to oxidize and form the patina.
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Sky High Steel
A steel stringer, part of the new stairway, is hoisted into the pedestal by crane.
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Ellis Island
Paul Natoli and his father, Joe, and son, John, look for his grandfather's name on the Ellis Island memorial plaques. Paul's company Joseph A. Natoli Construction Corp is in charge of all the safety and security upgrades on the Statue. His great grandfather.
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Fort Walls
Historian, Barry Moreno, and Liberty and Ellis Island Superintendent, Dave Luschinger, take a look at the old walls of Fort Wood. Finished in 1811 Fort Wood was designed as part of a chain of land batteries capable of defending New York Harbor from attack.
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Driving Carefully
A worker directs the cement truck driver off the barge onto Liberty Island. All construction materials are delivered to the island from New Jersey everyday but the rough seas, unpredictable tides and heavy machinery make it very challenging.
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Shape Contouring
The Statue of Liberty's copper skin and armature bars. A total of 1830 armature bars were carefully shaped to match the contour's of the statue's copper skin. They are designed to expand and contract in response to heat or cold.
