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.
1 Access to the torch has been closed since 1916. 2  Total weight of the Statue of Liberty is 225 tons (or 450,000 pounds). 3  There are 154 steps from the pedestal to the head of the Statue of Liberty.  A tablet held in her left hand measures 23 feet, 7 inches tall and 13 feet 7 inches wide.