For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty ... NEW WORLD HER TORCH STRETCHING 305 FEET ABOVE THE HARBOR-- TALLER EVEN THAN THE RECENTLY COMPLETED BROOKLYN BRIDGE. SHE WAS HAND-BUILT BY ...

Made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, in collaboration with Gustave Eiffel (who was responsible for the steel framework), this towering monument to liberty was a gift from France on the ...