What people don't realize is that sheetrock and tile over a wood framed wall is NOT considered any more fireproof than beadboard. You can still burn things through a pan or a clay crock, and the flammable material behind tile can still get extremely dry and ignite.
Over the next four months, workers reassembled the statue and mounted it on the pedestal; its height reached 305 feet (or 93 meters), including the pedestal. On October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland officially dedicated the Statue of Liberty in front of thousands of spectators.
The pedestal stands 154 feet tall, making the top of the torch 305 feet above ground level. The statue contains 62,000 pounds of copper and 250,000 pounds of steel. The concrete pedestal weighs 54 million pounds. Winds of 50 miles per hour can cause the statue to sway up to 3 inches and the torch up to 6 inches.