Over time, the flame portion of the Statue of Liberty leaked and water ran down inside the arm, which caused major structural failures due to the rusting process, Brown explained. In the 1980s, a ...

On the statue’s island, neglect was visible everywhere—rickety steps, a single uncertain plank leading from the wharf onto Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island) and even nasty rust patches on ...

A century-old Statue of Liberty replica has called the St. Louis region – specifically Sauget, Illinois – home for nearly two ...

“There’s the Statue of Liberty,” he said ... about $50,000 of work to restore the inside structure and repair the rust that has begun to grow over Little Liberty’s feet.