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118: “The Island of Hope and Tears:” Ellis Island
History That Doesn't Suck
New York's Ellips Island
In april 18 90, congress appropriated 75 thousand dollars to convert ellis island from an old arsenal into the nation's first federal emigration station. The main building is designed to handle up to 15 thousand immigrants in a single day. It's where immigrants will be processed, undergo medical inspections and if found not to fall in an exclusionary category, permitted to procure train tickets to some distant state or territory. With castle garden closed andEllis island under construction, immigrants are processed almost next door at the barge office on the battery.
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