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Bluffer’s Guide
Ellis Island USA, 1892–1954
Did
you know?
Ellis Island doctors
were famous for their
‘six-second physicals’ in
which they were able to
diagnose diseases at
a glance
Timeline
1892 1897 1900 1907
The facility A fire breaks out, The main building is built Ellis Island’s
officially opens almost completely at a cost of $1.5 million busiest year saw
on 1 January destroying the and designed to host approximately
and sees original structures. 5,000 immigrants 1.25 million pass
around 700 No one is killed but per year. However, through the
people being almost all immigration the high volume of inspection station’s
vetted for records dating from immigration leads to gates on the way to
entry to the US. 1855 are wiped out. further extensions. New York City.
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