Liberty State Park Sights Attractions
Statue of Liberty
The statue is of a female figure standing upright, dressed in a robe and a seven point spiked rays representing a nimbus (halo), holding a stone tablet close to her body in her left hand and a flaming torch high in her right hand.
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The Ellis Island Immigrant Station was designed by architects Edward Lippincott Tilton and William Alciphron Boring. They received a gold medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition for the building’s design.
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Originally chartered in 1838, “The Elizabeth and Somerville Railroad Company” operated a fledgling line in Elizabeth. Christened the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) in 1849, the line reached Phillipsburg, New Jersey by 1852. In 1860, the CRRNJ chartered a waterfront location in Jersey City.
More InfoPreservation and Reuse of Ellis Island
Over 12 million immigrants entered our nation through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. Nearly2/3 of these setting foot on mainland soil for the first time at the Central Railroad Terminal.
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