Bartholdi akakurudzira gilding chifananidzo kuwedzera kukwanisa kwayo kuratidza chiedza, asi izvi zvakaratidza kuva zvinodhura. The United States Lighthouse Board akatora pamusoro Statue of Liberty muna 1887 uye akavimbisa kuisa midziyo kuvandudza chiedza chiedza; pasinei nokuedza kwayo, chifananidzo akaramba chaizvoizvo asingaoneki usiku. Apo Bartholdi akadzokera kuUnited States muna 1893, akaita mamwe mazano, zvose zvakaratidza kubudirira. Akaita zvinobudirira lobbying kuti kuvandudza chiedza mukati chifananidzo, kubvumira nani kuona Eiffel. muna 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt, nhengo Army Design, akaramba aripo kusvikira 1923, sezvo chifananidzo rakanga rakanyorwa sezvo chiedza chiratidzo.
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