Tooele County Chronicle | 1947-07-18 | Page 11 | Statue of Liberty is a New Yorker

statue oi of liberty Is a liew washington although bed loe s island on which the statue of liberty stands Is part of new york state the water surrounding it is part of new jersey upkeep of the statue which is now a national monument is eted at about 60 a year the seven families of national park service employed emp loyes who live on the island vote in new york city weight of the statue is placed at tons including tons of cop per and tons of wrought iron framework the sheet copper which has a green patina from ox 01 dation is three thirty seconds of an inch thick about the thickness of a silver dollar the head of the statue first was wa S exhibited in pans paris and the ri right arm and torch in philadelphia at the centennial of american inde pen dence