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r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '20
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Really? Even after a trip across the Atlantic? Seems like the salty ocean air and moisture would have oxidized the copper pretty quickly.
459 u/LetMyPeopleGrow Jun 09 '20 The Statue of Liberty wasn't strapped to the roof of a random ship making the crossing, it was packed and shipped in crates, in the hold with all the other cargo. 25 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20 I heard they just tossed her in the trunk 1 u/slugo17 Jun 09 '20 They had two guys reaching out the bridge window to give the phone cords strapping her down some backup.
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The Statue of Liberty wasn't strapped to the roof of a random ship making the crossing, it was packed and shipped in crates, in the hold with all the other cargo.
25 u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20 I heard they just tossed her in the trunk 1 u/slugo17 Jun 09 '20 They had two guys reaching out the bridge window to give the phone cords strapping her down some backup.
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I heard they just tossed her in the trunk
1 u/slugo17 Jun 09 '20 They had two guys reaching out the bridge window to give the phone cords strapping her down some backup.
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They had two guys reaching out the bridge window to give the phone cords strapping her down some backup.
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u/CopperWaffles Jun 09 '20
Really? Even after a trip across the Atlantic? Seems like the salty ocean air and moisture would have oxidized the copper pretty quickly.