Mutungamiri Franklin Roosevelt akarayira kuti chifananidzo ichi chiendeswe kuNational Park Service (NPS) muna 1933. Muna 1937, NPS yakawana masimba pamusoro pezvimwe zvikamu zveBedloe's Island. Nekubva kweHondo, hurumende yeNPS yakatanga kushandura chitsuwa ichi kuita paki. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) yakaparadza zvivakwa zvakawanda zvekare, yakadzokorora nekugadzirisa magumo ekumabvazuva kwechitsuwa, uye yakavaka matanho egranite ekupinda mutsva kune chifananidzo kubva kumashure kwayo. WPA yakaitawo basa rekudzorera mukati mechifananidzo, ichibvisa kwenguva pfupi mwaranzi kubva pamufananidzo kuitira kuti zvitsigiso zvavo zvakaora zvigone kutsiviwa. Matanho esimbi akaora mu pedestal akatsiviwa nemamwe matsva akasimbiswa; zvikamu zvepamusoro zvechifananidzo che kongiri zvakatsiviwa mukati mematanho emwenje emhangura, sezvo iye akaiswa mukati meCopper Island.
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