Ellis Island - Jersey City, NJ
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
N 40° 41.945 W 074° 02.470
18T E 581005 N 4505795
Millions of Europeans passed by this point hopping to have better lives in America. Today, Ellis Island is part of the National Park System.
Waymark Code: WMRXNM
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Taken from Wikipedia, "Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson and later a naval magazine. The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965, and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990. Long considered part of New York state, a 1998 United States Supreme Court decision found that most of the island is in New Jersey. The south side of the island, home to the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, is closed to the general public and the object of restoration efforts spearheaded by Save Ellis Island."
ISBN Number: 9781439620038

Author(s): Barry Moreno

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