How do workers change the lightbulbs in the torch of the statue

Mike Reavis_2

We have been looking for about an hour and have not found the answer to the question"how do workers change the lightbulbs in the torch of the statue of liberty/" please help and many thanks

Guy_6

Lights

First they go to the really tall ladder store......
Actually, If I remember correctly, tourists used to be able to ride up into the torch, where there was an observtion area. I had heard that it was closed off due to concerns about the structural integrity of Her arm. I would imagine that the newest member of the caretaking crew gets to change the bulbs, kind of an initiation thing.

Tom S.

A google...

search on "Statue of Liberty" and "maintenance", gives this answer:

The right arm, which holds aloft the torch, has been closed to the public for many years. The ladder in this arm is now used by the maintenance staff in replacing the lighting equipment in the torch.

From this website:

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/hh/11/hh11n.htm

Tom

kevin coppinger_4

I thought...

that when they redid the SOL they removed the torch and replacee it with the gold plated flame...there are no light bulbs in it anymore...kpc

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Tom S.

The national park service says...

(same link as above)...

THE TORCH REDESIGNED. In conjunction with the lighting improvement project of 1916, the torch, which was originally copper, was redesigned by using a total of 600 separate pieces of various tinted yellow cathedral glass to enhance and beautify the lighting effects. This work was executed by Gutzon Borglum, well known for his colossal sculptures of the likenesses of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt on the granite face of the mountain at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The torch is now lighted by ten 1,000-watt incandescent lamps, three 200-watt incandescent lamps, and six 400-watt mercury vapor lamps. The entire lighting is equivalent to 2,500 times the effect of full moonlight.

Mike Reavis_2

Many thanks! It seems that a logical place to have

> search on "Statue of Liberty" and "maintenance",

> gives this answer:

>

> The right arm, which holds

> aloft the torch, has been closed to the public

> for many years. The ladder in this arm is now

> used by the maintenance staff in replacing the

> lighting equipment in the torch.

>

> From this

> website:

>

> _a

> href="http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/h

> h/11/hh11n.htm"_http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/onli

> ne_books/hh/11/hh11n.htm_/a_

>

> Tom



> search on "Statue of Liberty" and "maintenance",

> gives this answer:

>

> The right arm, which holds

> aloft the torch, has been closed to the public

> for many years. The ladder in this arm is now

> used by the maintenance staff in replacing the

> lighting equipment in the torch.

>

> From this

> website:

>

> _a

> href="http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/h

> h/11/hh11n.htm"_http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/onli

> ne_books/hh/11/hh11n.htm_/a_

>

> Tom



started would have been the National Park Service. THANKS AGAIN. Mike

(I had my mind on sealing my driveway today--it actually worked in the 48 degree temp. with bright sunshine. I also drained the garden hose. This is of no great consquence except for the fact that if I do remember to do this it is a sure indication of a frigid winter.)

Mike Reavis_2

yup, the National Park Service website would have been

a good, and logical place to start.

Thanks much,

Mike