About Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
When it was dedicated in 1886, the statue was the color of a brand-new copper pot. In about twenty years, the air and water of the harbor turned it green, and that patina now protects the metal. The internal iron framework came from the drawing board of Gustave Eiffel. Reaching the crown takes 162 steps, with no elevator.
The same ferry stops at Ellis Island, the stop many people skip and shouldn't. Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 million immigrants were processed there, many of them in the registry room with its 56-foot (17-meter) ceiling. Since 1990 the building has housed the National Museum of Immigration.
