Eiffel and others worked in Paris to produce a strong iron support system for the statue.
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The illusion is only broken when you see behind the wood panelling the ironsupport structure, embossed with the initials of the London Passenger Transport Board, from whom parts of Tube tunnel were borrowed to build the complex.
In Chesterfield veterans of the striking miners wives' support group, calling themselves The Real Iron Ladies, picketed the local cinema on its release in January.