The arm of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was constructed to welcome immigrants to the USA.

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• False

Édouard de Laboulaye paid for the statue with his own money.

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• False

Gustave Eiffel designed the Statue of Liberty before designing the Eiffel Tower.

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• False

Eiffel failed to consider strong winds when designing the Eiffel Tower.

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• False

Three known copies of Eiffel’s plans of the Statue of Liberty exist today.

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• False

Eiffel planned for Liberty to hold her torch more vertically than it is today.

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• False

The new arm design is not as strong as Eiffel’s original design.

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• False

People have not been allowed to climb the arm since 1916.

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• False

In the 1980s, engineers noticed that the arm did not match Eiffel’s plans.

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• False

Eiffel worked with Bartholdi on the construction of the Statue of Liberty.

• True

• False