On Wednesday, June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived at her home in New York Harbor. Broken into 350 pieces and packed into more than 200 crates, Lady Liberty traveled aboard the Isere, a French navy ship.
It was nearly another year before the pedestal was completed and the sculpture could be erected on Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island). In an era of New York City that pre-dated the skyscraper, the Statue of Liberty would become the tallest statue of its time.