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Ellis Island officially opened as an immigration station on January 1, 1892. Seventeen-year-old Annie Moore, from County Cork, Ireland was the first immigrant to be processed at the new federal immigration depot.
Ellis Island officially opened in 1892 as an immigration station and it was only a two storey structure with several rooms to house immigrants at that time. During the years of 1892 to 1954, America had a constant influx of immigrants from all over the world.