Swinburne Island
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Swinburne Island hospital, 1879.
Swinburne Island is the smaller of two articial islands located in the Lower New York Bay (the other being Hoffman Island) that were used to quarantine immigrants to the U.S. that were found to have been carrying contagious diseases upon arrival at Ellis Island. The island is of artificial origin, and was originally called Dix Island, but was renamed in honor of Dr. John Swinburne (May 30, 1820-April 4, 1889), a noted military surgeon during the American Civil War.
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External links
- "...to the New York Islands" at Forgotten NY (http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/fromwater/water.html)
- A Satellite Photo of the two islands (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.574312,-74.054761&spn=0.033560,0.042658&t=k&hl=en)
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