Bedloe's Island
Britishnoun
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In 1885, the torch was transported in crates by ship from France to what was then a military base known as Bedloe’s Island.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2018
In 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal was laid on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2018
The island’s name was changed from Bedloe’s Island to Liberty Island in 1956.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2016
As the four-hundred-and-thirty-foot vessel navigated through New York Harbor, it would have passed Bedloe’s Island, on the port side, where an enormous pedestal was under construction.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2016
Near the coast are quarries of fine granite; the stone for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe’s Island, in New York Harbour, was taken from them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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