Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty National Monument, Vol. 4: Historic Structures Report, Units 2, 3, and 4, Part One (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty National Monument, Vol. 4: Historic Structures Report, Units 2, 3, and 4, Part OneThis historic structures report was prepared for the buildings in Units 2, 3 and 4 at Ellis Island. It documents the historic development and present condition of buildings on the south half of the Island including the ferry house, hospital outbuilding, psychopathic ward, nmfixx hospital building, administration building and new hospital extension of Unit 2, the office building, mortuary, powerhouse and laundry building, eight measles ward buildings, administration building, kitchen, three isolation ward buildings and staff house of Unit 3, and the immigrant building, recreation building and shelter of Unit 4, as well as the ferry and removed structures, the surgeon's house and red cross building. The buildings of Unit 1 have been documented in separate historic structure reports.The twenty-six extant buildings, as well as the connecting ways and corridors located within Units 2, 3 and 4, form an interconnected grouping. Built as hospital immigration station and support buildings, they formed, with the Unit 1 buildings, an integrated complex of structures and were functionally interdependent. Information is presented on the historic use.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.