The Statue of Liberty then and now

The forearm and torch of the Statue of Liberty on display at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876. In order to raise funds for the completion of the statue and its pedestal members of the public could pay fifty cents to climb to the balcony of the torch. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

circa 1880: French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832 - 1923), who cast Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty and constructed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1884: The left hand of the Statue of Liberty under construction. Sixty men have worked for almost ten years on the various parts of the statue, not including its designer Frederic Bartholdi and his assistants. Original Publication: From The Strand Magazine. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

FILE--The pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, during its construction March 6, 1886. Long before Morris Hunt designed the pedestal and others for statues in Washington, he learned something about stonework as one of the first Americans nearly 150 years ago to view the ruins of ancient Egypt. (AP Photo/AIP)

circa 1935: Military aircraft fly over the Statue of Liberty, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

26th September 1938: Steeplejacks removing the spiked crown from the head of the Statue of Liberty, New York, for renovation work before the World's Fair. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Fireworks explode around the Statue of Liberty duiring the American Bicentennial celebration, New York City, July 4, 1976. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Small sailing ships and pleasure boats are moored near the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, Thursday, July 3, 1986. The vessels will leave the area during the Statue of Liberty rededication ceremonies. (AP Photo/Mario Cabrera)

** FOR USE AS DESIRED IN CONECTION WITH SEPT. 11 ANNIVERSARY--FILE **The Statue of Liberty is seen at first light, in this view from Jersey City, N.J., against a smoke-filled backdrop of the lower Manhattan skyline, in this Sept. 15, 2001 file photo. (AP Photo/Dan Loh, File)

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 28: The Statue of Liberty is lit up at the Moet & Chandon Fabulous Fete on Liberty Island on September 28, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Moet & Chandon)

A journalist ascends the spiral staircase to the crown inside the Statue of Liberty in New York, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The Statue of Liberty's crown, with its exhilarating view of New York's skyscrapers, bridges and seaport, is reopening on Independence Day for the first time since terrorists leveled the World Trade Center just across the harbor. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NEW YORK - MAY 08: The original torch from the Statue of Liberty sits in a lobby at the entrance to the monument May 8, 2009 on Liberty Island in New York City. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the crown of the famous statue, which was closed to the public after the September 11 terrorist attacks, will be open again on July 4 of this year to a limited number of visitors a day. Dedicated in 1886, the statue remained mostly unchanged until an extensive mid-1980s repair, which updated the steel and copper infrastructure but kept the basic framework designed in association with Gustave Eiffel in place. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

epa01782951 Visitors to the Statue of Liberty take in the view from aboard a ferry in New York, New York, USA, on 4 July 2009. The statue's crown was reopened to a limited number of visitors today, the American Independence Day, after being closed for security reasons after September 11, 2001. EPA/JEFF ZELEVANSKY

Downtown Manhattan is seen in the background in a view from the crown of the Statue of Liberty in New York, Saturday July 4, 2009. The first visitors were allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown Saturday in nearly eight years after it was closed to the public after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The base, pedestal and outdoor observation deck were reopened in 2004, but the crown remained off-limits. (AP Photos/David Goldman POOL)

NEW YORK - JULY 04: Frederick Sciulli, 54, of Norfolk, Virginia yells down to the crowd below as he sticks his head out of a window of the crown of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2009 in New York City. The crown of the famous statue, which was closed to the public after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was opened again on the nation's Independence Day for a limited number of visitors each day. The base, pedestal and outdoor observation deck were reopened in 2004, but the crown remained off-limits. (Photo by David Goldman-Pool/Getty Images)