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~ Castle Garden ~

  National Park Service: Castle Clinton National Monument

  1. "On August 3, 1855, Castle Garden, now leased to New York State, opened as an immigrant landing depot."


  Lou Alfano's, Castle Garden: Experiences of an English Emigrant

  1. Description of the Emigrant Depot at Castle Garden
  2. The First Night There
  3. Despondent Emigrants
  4. Difficulty of Obtaining Situations
  5. Wreck of the Scotland.


  Sylvia Payne Higgins' Website: Castle Garden - One Lady's Experience

  1. Article published 23 Dec 1866 in New York Times written by female passenger in steerage aboard the SS Scotland


  American Park Network: A Nation of Immigrants

  1. The First Wave of Immigration
  2. "Too Many, Too Soon"
  3. Castle Garden: 1855 to 1890
  4. The Barge Office


   Steve Taylor's - Castle Garden Exterior, From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1855.

  1. Views of the Famine Image- Castle Garden Interior
  2. From Harper's Weekly, September 2, 1865.


  The Ships List:Castle Garden Engravings
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  1. State Emigrant Landing Depot, Castle Garden, New York
  2. Castle Garden Baggage Room: Receiving and Storing Luggage of Arriving Emigrants
  3. Castle Garden Baggage Room: Discharging Emigrant Luggage for City Delivery
  4. View of Castle Garden emigration station


  Welcome to the GRECI CUGINI Home Page

  1. The Immigrant Depot at Castle Garden, New York


  Roland Anderson's Bald Mountain Childhoood

  1. Between 1808 and 1811 a fort was constructed on the rocks off the tip of Manhattan Island. Originally named "The Southwest Battery," it was renamed Castle Clinton.



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