1892 through November 19, 1954. The stations peak years of immigration were from 1892

through 1924. In these years more than half of the United States' immigrants came to this

The history of Ellis Island begins with Samuel Ellis purchasing it in the 18th century and renaming it after his family. In 1890 the House Committee of Immigration chose Ellis Island as the immigration station for the Port of New York (Queensbury 1). It took only two years to get the Island up and running and it saw it's first immigrants in 1892. Many buildings made up the immigration station with the main building's four towers rising over 140 feet in the air. The

original main building consisted of just two floors, the first of which housed the baggage check area and the railroad ticket office. The second floor was the Registry Room. The Registry Room was where the immigrants were inspected for physical or mental impairments. Only two percent

of immigrants excluded from entering America, but during the peak years of immigration this

equaled thousands of immigrants per month (ARAMARK 2-4).

where they are asked to verify 29 facts. These included sex, age, occupation, marital status and

such luck. They would be docked and taken off the ship on the Hudson River piers and directed

The immigrant experience at Ellis Island was one filled with hardships that are unknown to

Once the ships sailed into the Upper Bay the immigrants in First and Second Class had

The next step was the travel back down the "Stairs of Separation." They were given this

After the doctors say they are healthy the immigrants are asked to proceed to a podium

was horribly hot. During the peak years at Ellis Island it was not uncommon for passengers on

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