The French engineer Gustave Eiffel’s plan sketch was found to have been changed to help the statue withstand weather like high winds and salty air.

The Statue of Liberty is famous for her torch-bearing arm, but newly discovered blueprints reveal that this arm was revised to be more slender at the last minute, changing the plans of the French ...

Forgotten Blueprints Reveal a Late Tweak to the Statue of Liberty’s Torch Arm Sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi tweaked a design element proposed by Gustave Eiffel, changing the manner in ...

The original Statue of Liberty torch — 3,600 pounds of copper and glass, and 16 feet tall — is being moved to the other side of Liberty Island. In advance of the crane’s arrival, we took 675 ...

NEW YORK — The Statue of Liberty's original torch, which has been housed in the base of the statue since a replica replaced it in the 1980s, was moved across Liberty Island on Thursday to its ...

The Statue of Liberty’s original torch, stored in the pedestal of the statue, is getting a new home. It will be displayed in a new museum on Liberty Island.

The original torch was housed in the base of the Statue of Liberty. It's being moved so more of the public can see it.

The original torch was housed in the base of the Statue of Liberty. It's being moved so more of the public can see it.

According to the auction catalog, the papers included blueprints for the Statue of Liberty, ... (7.6 centimeters) and the torch up to 6 inches (15.2 cm) in 50 mph (80 km/h) ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Statue of Liberty's original torch now has a new home. The original torch was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. It was removed in 1984 and ...