Publicomos

Réf.

42060

Type

book section

Titre

Restoring the Statue of Liberty: construction or conservation?

Langues

English

Auteurs

Bellante, E. Lawrence / Cliver, E. Blaine

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS United States

Date

1987

Pages

p. 267-274

Titre de la source

Old cultures in new worlds. 8th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium. Programme report - Compte rendu

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 8th General Assembly: Old Cultures in New Worlds

Lieu de conférence

Washington D.C., United States

Date de conférence

10-15 October 1987

Mots-clés

World Heritage List / historic monuments / conservation of historic monuments / restoration projects

Pays mentionnés

United States

Monuments et sites

Statue of Liberty, USA

N° Patrimoine mondial

307

Résumé en anglais

This paper looks at the recent Statue of Liberty restoration as a projectcombining conservation within a larger construction effort. Because the complexities of the construction portion of the project, i.e. : a compressed
time frame, engineering design considerations, union labor, and the extensivevisitor services and island modifications, meant that most work would be
accomplished by trade contractors, close supervision and tight specificationspertaining to the historic fabric were necessary. In one case, fabricating
the new flame, the contractor was selected on the basis of their ability toperform and not on price. Fortunately, most of the metal conservation was
confined to the exterior skin and was accessible for close supervision.

URL

http://international.icomos.org/publications/wash37.pdf

Document joint

wash37.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)