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Castle Clinton (also known as Fort Clinton and Castle Garden) is a restored circular sandstone fort within Battery Park at the southern end of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built from 1808 to 1811, it was the first American immigration station, predating Ellis Island. More than 7.5 million people arrived in the United States at ...
Castle Clinton/Fort Clinton: Battery Park, Manhattan: New York City: Second System: 1809: 1821: 1821: City park New York: Fort Lafayette/Fort Diamond: Hendricks Reef, The Narrows: New York City: Second System: 1818: 1898: 1948: Offshore of Fort Hamilton, demolished in 1960 for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge: New York: Fort Gansevoort: Gansevoort ...
The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre (10 ha) public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.It is bounded by Battery Place on the north, with Bowling Green to the northeast, State Street on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
Castle Clinton. New York. Located in New York City's Battery, this national monument is a huge part of American history. It was constructed between 1808-1811, and its original purpose was to ...
Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton, once known as Castle Garden, is a circular sandstone fort now located in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York City, in the United States. It is perhaps best remembered as America's first immigration station (predating Ellis Island), where more than 8 million people arrived in the U.S ...
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Castle Clinton (initially the West Battery) was built in 1809, a bit west of the southern tip of Manhattan on an artificial island that has since been enclosed by land reclamation. It remains as an oval stone fort for 28 guns.