European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To separate the two metals. The deterioration of this insulation however facilitated the corrosion of about l so percent of the Iron bars which Are vital to the skin s support. 1 to Correct the problem engineers replaced the Iron armature bars with customized bars of stainless steel and insulated the new armature from the Copper skin with Teflon tape. Because each piece of the armature is important to the support of the Lalue s skin no More than four of lha 1,800 bars were removed at one time. Cohen said the outer Frame of the statue probably never matched the Skeleton. Although no one knows i Tor sure Why the statue s head and shoulder were misaligned this mismatching of skin and Skeleton could i have put the connections Lor the Arm and head out of b  . Albacete. An associate director of the Canton Art inst Lute and an expert of the statue Ollo Liberty traces the mishap to the statue s first Engineer. Once the renovation ii completed Liberty Totch will rejoin if Millie a of other lights illuminating new Yark t nocturnal Skyline. A Frenchman named Eugene Viollet to our who was noted Lor his architectural Resl orations. The French sculptor August Frederic Bartholdi. Who conceived and designed the statue hired Violelle Duclo design a support for it. Violet Leduc designed the Arm and head that were displayed Al the 1876 Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia and the 1678 exhibition in Paris but to died before his plans for the rest of the statue could be carried out. Then Bartholdi hired Eiffel who had not yet begun work on the Tower in Paris thai was to become his most famous legacy. Eiffel s design for the statue s support differed Greally from Viollette Ducs which proposed fhe use of a Copper skin bul with an Interior of Many Sand filled Chambers in order to secure the Salue to its Pedestal. Eiffel s design according to Asba Eele called or a Central Pylon of four wrought Iron Angle columns held together by horizontal struts and Diagonal Cross bracing to form a rectangular basis Lor Liberty s body. From this Central Pylon a secondary Frame of lighter truss work assumes the irregular Chape of the statue. Old photographs indicate that the defects existed Al the reassembly of the statue in Paris Albacete said. It is at that time a believe they realized the two designs did not Malch and decided to alter  he said. The problems Are in the areas where Viollet be due did the Arm and the head and Eiffel took Over what could be More obvious the positions of the Arm and head will remain unchanged off Center. They re going to remain that Way because the exterior of the statue is Correct. The problem is that the Skeleton Ana the skin Don t lit Cohen said. But much of the statue s Interior is being reconstructed. In the original concept no consideration was Given to visitors to the Interior of the statue Cohen said. The lighting is very poor there is no ventilation and Only a rudimentary Healing system work is under Way to make the statue More accommodating to Tho millions of tourists expected to visit the Monument in the coming year. The status receives As Many As 8,500 visitors a Day and the Wail Lor the elevator from the base to the top of the pedals Al was often 45 minutes with additional waiting time to begin the 154-Slep climb to the Crown. The greatest obstacle to visitation occurred in the Crown ils Oll where temperatures often reached 120 degrees fahrenheit during the summer and Feli below freezing in the Winter. In add lion the Carbon dioxide Levels were unacceptable. I be heard Sporles of people becoming dizzy and Lal Ling Cohen said. To alleviate these problems engineers Are installing a new spiral staircase two new elevators and new vent Lalion and heating systems. A Hole has been Cut in the Central column of the statue through which air will be blown to the Crown area. To Aid in the future maintenance Al tools the american solely of civil engineers is donating a set of three dimensional computer drawings of the statue of Liberty to the National Park service. The compiler drawings known As cad for computer added design will replace the original drawings of the statue that were Deal Rayed in a fire in Paris at the turn of the Century. Scaffold of an nothing new to lady Liberty current renovation far left 1884 photo in the sue de Chapel left in Torii shows Itegue during original alterable. 1986 the stars and stripes Page is