Mgbe ọnwa ise nke oku kwa ụbọchị iji nye onyinye na ego nke ihe oyiyi ahụ, na August 11, 1885, World kwupụtara na $ 102,000 ka e welitere site na ndị na-enye onyinye 120,000, na pasent 80 nke ngụkọta ahụ natara na ego nke ihe na-erughị otu dollar. Ọbụna na ihe ịga nke ọma nke ego ahụ, a rụchabeghị pedestal ahụ ruo n'April 1886. Ozugbo nke ahụ gasịrị, a maliteghachiri iwughachi ihe oyiyi ahụ. A na-agbakọta etiti ígwè nke Eiffel n'ime ihe oyiyi ahụ ma tinye ihe nkedo. Ozugbo emere nke a, ndị New York gosipụtara ịnụ ọkụ n'obi ha maka ihe oyiyi ahụ.
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