Ellis Island's Train Terminal Still Exists!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- The Central Railroad of New Jersey terminal transported millions of immigrants coming from Ellis Island.
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Can you do the right thing and do the story of 72 year old Annie Laurie Hearin abducted and missing in 1988?
Her husband was the wealthiest man in the state of mississippi. She was abducted from their home and a ransom note was left in the house with some blood on the floor.
Money was demanded and paid and even someone was arrested, convicted, and thrown in jail in prison and still to this day that poor woman's body has never been found.
An episode of Unsolved Mysteries did an episode about it and it was absolutely fascinating and Terror filled like you won't believe.
I want you to do a detailed story on it and I want you to go to their home and film the house where that poor woman was abducted in Mississippi. Do a detailed story on the whole abduction and trial, take your time and do a long video about it.
I have every confidence that you can do a great video about it and get people to feel for this poor woman's abduction and possible murder.
@@David-vt3hn Also, after doing this, can you please do the right thing, and walk my dog, mow the front and back lawn, maintain the upper and lower pool, go to the hardware store (20" x 25" furnace filter), the post office (a roll of stamps), Wendy's (taco salad), and Big Al's Liquor 'N Smokes (case of Coor's and a carton of Camel's). After that, can you do the right thing, and wash my clothing located in hamper 16C (please do not use Tide), water the garden (please do not over water the chrysanthemums, as they can be overly picky), prepare the hors d'oeuvre I have selected (spinach pinwheels, bacon ranch cheeseballs, bacon wrapped dates, deviled eggs, smoked trout croquettes, stuffed mushrooms, pickled shrimp, radishes and butter curls, phyllo-wrapped brie with hot honey and anchovies, Funions) for the Friday evening gathering of Dungeons and Dragons. And if you can continue to do the right thing, please deliver my ultimatum to the Sons of Irony Amish Community Asylum and Conference Center (SIACACC). Please do the right thing. I'm counting on you to do the right thing. Thank you.
I have pictures of Ellis Island that I took over 30 years ago and pictures from ancestors that came through Ellis Island in the first few years of operation.
My ancestors came from Germany and ended up in middle western Ohio. There is no doubt they came through here. Thank you this was very interesting!
My grandfather came from Germany and settled in Dayton, Ohio.
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I can see it because of your surnames.
Reiffenstein as well as Deubner are German names. But I am sure that, despite your heritage, you can’t pronounce your own surnames correctly…
My family also came from Germany, but they settled in Northern Ohio.
The trains in Germany are an order of magnitude better than here.
@@Tobi-ln9xr Why should they pronounce them in the german way? They're living in America so due to another language in another country they pronounce it in the correct way they should when living in America
My Nana came through their from Italy in 1916 when she was 6 years old.
She said it was terrifying leaving everything behind, traveling on an overcrowded ship for weeks and going through the process on that spot.
Thank you for showing this, and I was thinking the same thing before you said “Imagine standing here during 9/11”
Wouldn’t have happened if America has ever had a solid border security 😂😂 . I see they sucked at it then 2
Thank you Chris for doing this video it means alot to me as many of my ancestors arrived at Ellis island travelling from Ireland 🇮🇪🇺🇲 did you know The new structure on Ellis Island began receiving arriving immigrants on January 1, 1892. Annie Moore, a teenage girl from Ireland, accompanied by her two younger brothers, made history as the very first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island.
I'm glad you used the word "courageous." My great-grandmother came over all by herself from Ireland in the late 1800's when she was 16 years old. Can you even imagine that? I can't. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." Sounds good until you actually show up and everyone wants you gone.
That poem you quote isn't some sort of US credo. It was added to the base of the statue as a political maneuver to flatter a campaign supporters donations by placing his daughter's poem in a conspicuous location.
It is not what the Leftist elitist have propagandized it to be. Source: Rush Limbaugh.
Chris, that is an amazing Train Terminal. I am so grateful that they have maintained it for all to see and visit. Thanks for creating this video.
The ferries had 2 decks. Passengers on the upper deck would disembark and take those stairs (that lead to "nowhere") down to the platform level of the station. There were also station related offices on the 2nd level. Passengers on the lower deck of the ferry would disembark directly to the train platforms.
2:51 I believe those were train order boxes. The train operators would get their written orders out of the box. Tickets would normally be sold in the ticket office, not on the platform.
I would love to see this in person! ❤ The thoughts that went through their minds! Scared, happy, nervous and elated! My ancestors came through here and I'm glad they did❤
I rode the last train out in 1967. Loss of mail and express packages to GM trucks bankrupted the operation. It should be a modern rail terminal.
My great grands/grands came through here!
This was the CNJ train station. Many commuters arrived here and then took ferries to Manhattan
Yes it was used by everyone until 1967
The C N J's line lies abandoned with tracks, trestles, and other railroad equipment. It's still there in towns, cities, and Pine Barrens forests.
Caught this right away!
My girlfriend lives in England and has never been to America before so I’m 100% taking her to this, Ellis island and the Statue of Liberty while she’s here!
The thumbnail had me worried. I'm just glad that this important piece of American history is well maintained.
Just the terminal building the sheds are ready to fall down! It needs to be a terminal again with modern high speed trains.
Thanks for showing us Chris!
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My grandmother's grandfather came through here. I still have a copy of his immigration records from Calabria, Italy.
My grandmother and great grandmother came through there from Germany! Settled in Southern Ohio, met my grandfather and the rest is history!❤
Well done! Thank you for the tour.👍
my great grandfather went through there in 1914 alone at 16 years old.
I can't imagine doing that. So amazing
@@MobileInstinct yes, he was sent here from Syria during the end of the ottoman empire. i know he had a cousin that sponsored him. he was one of those that spoke very little English. he was also one of those whose name was changed. his name was Joseph Elias Saba Haddad Daggett. He became Joseph Saba while in Ellis Island.
That was interesting ,I have never seen a video on that place.
You'll see plenty more soon in your recommended, thanks to TH-cam 's algorithms...
Thank you. Great video
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
I have been to Ellis Island, and it was so eerily quiet, I could just imagine the people that went through there. I also felt them there when I sat on the bench. I am glad the terminal is still used.
Awesome video Chris. Very interesting history.
That's so cool! I had no idea this was still accessible and in good shape. Thank you for doing this video and letting me see this important piece of American history!❤
I hope they don't tear it down. Lots of history there.
A very interesting video, thank you.
My family did arrived in that terminal in 1899 from Italy ! They actually went to work even though there was a language barrier! They did it the right way!
My husband's grandmother came through that train station in the 1920's from Germany after getting off at Ellis Island. She came by boat to the U.S, then was put on a train there to go to family already in the U.S. I just did a long research project on his family and found that out. So neat to find this video about that station. Such an amazing place for sure. I can only imagine what it was like for the immigrants to come in there to start their new life!
As for the language between the immigrants and the people checking them in on Ellis Island, there was still a lot of miscommunications of immigrants' names even though there were interpreters. A lot of the time their name was just spelled however the person taking it down thought it sounded like. At times there were so many people coming in that there wasn't time to have an interpreter for each person, thus so many different spellings of family names to this day.
Thanks for doing this video!
Excellent video; beautiful photography. Thank you so much!
Thank you love your videos 😊
Thanks for this video, Chris. This station should be restored and USED, and trains should be built to serve America, and get rid of some of the highways and half the autos!
That’s insanely dumb. The country is far too spread out for train service to get rid half of the autos.
You should move to mars.
That would be awesome 👏🏻 at a minimum it should be restored and used as a museum
There's a light rail line that passes by, less than a mile away. It'd be nice it they ran a track from Liberty Science Center to the Terminal for people to take the ferries to Ellis and Liberty Islands.
@wolverineeagle its insanely smart to get more trains, but Anericans wont give them up.
BTW Mars is boring.....
What goes around, comes around. The trains replaced the wagon trains and stage coaches and then the subways came in trying to replace and after that the street cars and busses tried to replace the previous forms of mass transit. Now thy are trying to find an adequate means to replace the trains and every thing else. It looks like a never ending struggle to find a better way.🤢
thanks for sharing!
Always nice to see history preserved
Thanks!
I can almost see all of the people bustling around…
Stay safe 🙏
My ancestors arrived long before Ellis Island and its predecessor of Castle Garden. They, too, eventually found their way to southern and west central Ohio (via Virginia, Kentucky, & the Bering Land Bridge).
Interesting piece my friend
My great grandfather's older brothers and one of his sisters would have passed through there in the late 1910's having travelled from Frenchpark, County Roscommon, Ireland. My great grandfather went the other way and ended up in Liverpool, England.
Very cool! Thank you for sharing
It's like a gift to lay my eyes on sights Grandpa may have seen on his journey from South Hampton through Ellis Island and his new life in America...
Very interesting!!!
I knew this was still there, but had assumed it was in ruins. Wonderful to see that it is in such great shape. The drawers beneath the destination banners held the other banners. I can remember when GCT still had the drawers below the electric destination signs.
I nver knew this about ellis island - the more you know!!
Thank you
Very nice piece of history, Chris. I enjoyed it very much. I was able to see the World Trade Center(The Freedom Tower) at the beginning of the video. I didn’t know about this, until now. Thanks for the tour. Much love to you.😀❤️
Always love your videos!
Beautiful tour of this place. Thank you! I'll probably never make it there even though my brother lives in upstate NY. My in-laws have never even been to the city...
the shed is a mess rusted bad and needs alot of help the station is very nice
My Grandfather as a child went through there escaping Nazi Germany.
People probably packed everything they owned in those trunks!
Wow, my great grandparents and great great grandparents came from Denmark this way! 🙂
If I'm not mistaken, they filmed in this station for Funny Girl ("Don't Rain On My Parade").
So much history. Thanks for sharing Chris 👍🏻
I once lived not far from where the Blue Comet derailed in Chatsworth NJ
My cousin Walter Brower was one of the first people on the scene of the accident. He waded in deep water to pull people to safety to dry land.
It looks relatively pristine.
Thanks for the video.
Thanks Chris! You show me so much stuff fhat I'd obviously never get to see otherwise. Been following you close to five years now brother, thanks again and be safe!
Thanks Chris for this visit. Like many others, my grand mother came through here in the late 1870's and settled in Jersey City. This was an amazing place and it is so nice to see an historical site with no nasty graffiti. Enjoyed this very much.
This would make a great movie setting
I think this is where the impatient immigrant processing agent couldn't be bothered and assigned Vito Andolini the new last name of Corleone instead. The rest is history.
the trusses in the terminal building are iron, not steel. The "tiles" outside were actually glazed brick too. Cool video
Fascinating. Thank you.
17 million migrants enter the country legally and build a beautiful country
Key word LEGALLY! unlike most these days coming from the southern border and don't have the best intentions Unfortunately.. and I'm not saying all of them but the truth is the majority have ties with the cartels!
They were also SPECIFICALLY, ONLY European immigrants as well.
The drawers probably held metal signs for the various trains, to be hung above.
I always enjoy your perspective and creativity at sites like this. It drives one to imagine what life was like then.
I have ALWAYS wanted to visit Ellis Island - bucketlist item!
I am in cape town and i like your channel. Keep it up.
Hi Chris my dad worked on the railroad for many years and I see videos of train stations brings back memories of him thanks for sharing always look forward to your next videos 😊❤
I’ve lived in NJ for my whole life without knowing about this. It’s so cool to see the towns named on the stops. I remember the abdomen tracks into some of the towns. This is a great display of history. Thanks for sharing!
Very cool video!
A must see.
That is an awesome place . Good video. Thanks for taking us along.
Love the architecture absolutely stunning.
I didn’t know about this 9/11 memorial! Amazing. It feels like yesterday. My great grandmother came over from Sicily in 1901 from Sicily. Thank you for this
my great grandparents come from Italy and went through Elis island to Brooklyn and they didn't speak English
Ellis Island wasn't the only port of entry for European immigrants. Circa 1910, Galveston, Texas was used by passenger ships coming directly from European ports. Galveston also had passenger train terminals for immigrants going westwards from there, including one train that was called "Coast to Coast" that traveled between Galveston and Seattle, Washington (via Denver, Colorado).
The very place that made this country as diverse as any country could ever hope to be. At one time in history everyone wanted to come to these shores for a taste of freedom. That’s what this nation was founded upon. My grandfather his family came here around 1757 or so from Austria Switzerland region a family of 4. My grandma was Jewish but they fled Europe before WW2. Paternal grandparents I don’t know except they were from Appalachian region. But most of our ancestors came here from other countries
Been there it’s fascinating great video
This was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's Communipaw Terminal, which WASN'T abandoned in 1967. (It was abandoned in around 1978) The Aldene Plan of 1967 rerouted CNJ trains onto the Lehigh Valley Railroad, near Staten Island Junction, (Staten Island Jct was where the Staten Island Railroad connected to the Lehigh Valley RR) away from Communipaw Terminal to Newark Penn Station. (The CNJ was mostly a commuter railroad that also handled freight trains) However, the CNJ continued to operate a "scoot", a two car train made up of Budd RDC's to Communipaw Terminal, along with a few local freight trains between Newark Penn Station and Communipaw terminal until circa 1978. The Newark Bay Bridge was removed in the early 1980s after Conrail abandoned the line as there were no longer any freight trains to Jersey City on a regular basis. The CNJ filed for bankruptcy around 1972 and cut operations into Pennsylvania and was absorbed by Conrail in April 1st 1976.
Passenger trains stopped operating out of the station on April 30, 1967. The tracks were removed in the early 1970s when the train shops were closed.
Thank u Chris for sharing this w us.Stay safe in yr travels. 😊
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My Ukrainian father and his family came through Ellis Island to live in upstate New York after WW II.....thx...this is fascinating
My ancestors actually came from what is now the Czech Republic and they entered the US through Galveston Island. There is a story there, as they left Galveston on a barge (pushed by a riverboat) it was a cool, drizzly and miserable day. The wives were of one mind, telling their husbands that if the weather was miserable the next day, they would return to Europe. Texas being Texas, the next morning the sky was clear and it warmed up. The barge let them off near what is now Schulenberg and the family found a 460 acre spread to create a farm.
Thanks Chris!
OUTSTANDING FIND!
No bi-lingual signs. You started to learn English right away.
Language is the glue that binds a society.
From the 1997 film Titanic, is this where Rose Dawson became a new person?
Hi Chris, thanks for another great video of an important place in American history. Wasn't this station used in the film Funny Girl with Barbara Streisand? Also was it used in the music video (promos as they were known then) for Staying Alive by the Bee Gees? Can anyone confirm? 🤔 Brian
The Bee Gees filmed that video on the MGM back lot you can see it in the film thats entertainment was one of the last things filmed there before it was torn down
Some scenes of Funny Girl were indeed filmed there
@@1USA1st Thank you. I thought as much, as I recognised it from the movie. ✌🏻
@@michaelmcenery7515 Thanks Michael for confirming. I wasn't too sure and a bit confused! 😕
I just saw a video on the transformation of the St. Louis railroad station to a Hotel and Aquariums as well as several amusement facilities.
They could do the same here!
This station was used by computers from Jersey to NYC I went through it on my way to Navy boot camp in Great Lakes I'll. In 1962. It's maintained by NEW JERSEY parks dept. It's Liberty State Park.
None of my relatives have came through Ellis Island. Not even my stepmom's parents but not sure about my stepdad's side though.
How amazing! Can imagine the people when first coming thru there at that railway area what they might have been thinking at the time and of course the language barrier would have been an issue also. Thanks Chris for sharing, very interesting history.
My grandparents came from Norway and Germany in 1880s and 1890s to America
This was absolutely fascinating and depressing at the same time! When this place was built, America was on the cusp of becoming the envy of the world and optimism was in the air, thanks to the very people that would pass through here. Now it sits as just a memory of what once was and a reminder of how far we've fallen as a people/country - the people that passed through here would be ashamed of us all for what we've allowed to let happen!
I have visited this park many times. The area, as the picture you showed, was also a major freight railroad terminal to allow the transfer of freight cars across to Manhattan and Brooklyn. The area became a NJ State Park in 1976, led by the efforts of a man who wanted another way to get to the Statue of Liberty than having to go into Manhattan. The terminal building waterfront areas of the park was damaged during Superstorm Sandy. The terminal building was closed for a few years for repairs. The NJ 9/11 Memorial has some interesting features. The walls are as you see are in line with where the towers would have been seen from that point. The names or NJ residents killed are not in any order, random as their lives were ended. The Liberty State Park extends by walkways and roads to the southern section of the park, just east of the Statue of Liberty, is mostly protected areas but also was part of the extensive freight rail yard ferry-barge terminal.
At 0:46 a sign says CRR of NJ. This terminal served NJ commuters going to NYC, and some passengers going to points west, as well as some immigrants coming from Ellis Island. Depending on their final destination, the immigrants could have used other terminals.
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I will
My Grandparents went through there.
My Papa came through there❤️from Sweden and settled in Vermont. He became a US citizen 1935, the year my mother was born
I've been to Ellis Island and up the pedestal level on the statue. ...and it was crowded!
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