With the recent attack in NYC & DC I was wondering this:
If these creeps had destroyed additional structures, for example, the Statue of Liberty, which is our nation’s strongest symbol and beacon, does the US Gov’t have the design plans for rebuilding a relatively exact duplicate??
(statement: Nothing is important as the countless lives which were lost, and are beyond the boundaries of defining the value of. May they rest in peace and God bless them all and their families.)
Blueprints for most structures are kept on file with the city or town in which they’re built. For recent constructions, the architectural firm will also have copies. The building owners, especially for larger constructions, will also have blueprints for maintenance purposes or for new construction planning.
Monuments are a bit different, but I don’t know the specifics. In the case of the Statue of Liberty, there are blueprints from the restoration project back in 1986. Heck, you can even buy simplified versions. I believe the original blueprints were destroyed, but I cannot verify that. In any case, there’s enough documentation of the site from restoration projects and historical works, as well as some of Bartholdi’s original models for reconstruction purposes.
Don’t forget there is a smaller version (but still fairly large) of the Statue of Liberty in Paris.