@historyninjas: How the Statue of Liberty was built, then shipped across an ocean The statue was built and first assembled in Paris, then taken apart and shipped to New York in crates. It took about 120,000 donors, most giving $1 or less, to finish the pedestal before the dedication on October 28, 1886, 140 years ago next week. How much do you think a dollar bought in 1885? Photos, public domain: Albert Fernique (1, 5; slide 1 via Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet, CC0), Pierre Petit (4), unidentified photographers (3, 6), Centennial Photographic Co. (2), B. J. Falk (7), H. O'Neil (8). Via Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress and NYPL. #StatueOfLiberty #NewYork #History #Engineering #NYC

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