immigrants entered new york from castle clinton before ellis island.
immigrants entered new york from castle clinton before ellis island.
where did immigrants enter new york before ellis island?
castle clinton
the army had unsuccessfully attempted to use ellis island "for the convalescence for immigrants" as early as 1847. across new york harbor, castle clinton had been used as an immigration station since 1855, processing more than eight million immigrants during that time. the individual states had their own varying immigration laws until 1875, but the federal government regarded castle clinton as having "varied charges of mismanagement, abuse of immigrants, and evasion of the laws", and as such, wanted it to be completely replaced. the federal government assumed control of immigration in early 1890 and commissioned a study to determine the best place for the new immigration station in new york harbor. among members of the united states congress, there were disputes about whether to build the station on ellis, governors, or liberty islands. initially, liberty island was selected as the site for the immigration station, but due to opposition for immigration stations on both liberty and governors islands, the committee eventually decided to build the station on ellis island. since castle clinton's lease was about to expire, congress approved a bill to build an immigration station on ellis island.
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ellis island is a former immigrant processing station in new york harbor.









































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bullet::::- "ellis island" (miniseries), 1984 british miniseries









































bullet::::- "ellis island" (1936 film), a 1936 american crime film









































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bullet::::- "", a 2002 work for actors and orchestra by american composer peter boyer









































bullet::::- "ellis island", a 2001 album by the irish tenors









































bullet::::- ellis island sound, instrumental band from london, england









































bullet::::- "ellis island", a 2015 song by the corrs ("white light" album)









































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bullet::::- "ellis island" (novel), 1983 historical novel by fred mustard stewart









































section::::places.
ellis island (disambiguation)