Ellis Island. The gateway to America 1892-1954.

Some nice video footage i took on Ellis Island in 2001.

Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States. It was the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with landfill 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. A 1998 United States Supreme Court decision found most of the island to be part of New Jersey.

Ellis Island is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and is situated in the Upper New York Bay east of Liberty State Park and north of Liberty Island.[4] The island has a land area of 27.5 acres (11.1 ha), most of which was created through land reclamation. The original portion of the island is 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) and is an exclave of New York City, while reclaimed areas are part of Jersey City. The entire island has been owned and administered by the U.S. federal government since 1808. It is currently operated by the National Park Service.

Public access is by ferry from either Communipaw Terminal in Liberty State Park or from Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan. The same ferry routes provide service to the nearby Statue of Liberty.[5] A bridge built for transporting materials and personnel during restoration projects connects Ellis Island with Liberty State Park, but is not open to the public. Proposals made in 1995 to use it or replace it with a new bridge for pedestrians were opposed by the city of New York and the private ferry operator at that time, Circle Line.[6] Since September 11, 2001, the island is guarded by patrols of the United States Park Police Marine Patrol Unit.
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[user72689]

very Nice! I LIKE!

[bnyr72]

@user72689 Thank you

[1dubgal]

amazing and sad...thank you for sharing

[bnyr72]

@1dubgal Thanks

[JetBike624]

Really Nice Video. Love to go to ellis island myself someday. Thanks for sharing.

[bnyr72]

@JetBike624 Thank you

[DawgGone79]

I've seen the Statue of Liberty from the air....I liked

[bnyr72]

@NYBOY75 Thank you!

[NYBOY75]

Very nice video thumbs up!!!

[TheBroadsiders]

Just a quick question. Where did you get the music for your video ?