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Show Statue of Liberty Is a New Yorker WASHINGTON. Although Bed-loe's 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 budgeted budg-eted at about $60,000 a year. The seven families of National Park service employes, who live on the island, vote in New York City. Weight of the statue is placed at 225 tons, including 100 tons of cop per and 125 tons of wrought-iror framework. The sheet ' copper, which has a green patina from oxidation, oxi-dation, is three-thirty-seconds of ar inch thick, about the thickness of $ silver dollar. The head of the statue first was exhibited in Paris and the righi arm and torch in Philadelphia ai the centennial of American independence. |