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Swinburne Island is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) artificial island in Lower New York Bay, east of Staten Island in New York City. It was used for quarantine of immigrants . Swinburne Island is the smaller of two nearby islands, the other being Hoffman Island to the north.
Jun 16, 2020 · Hoffman and Swinburne Islands. Hoffman and Swinburne Islands were built to accommodate people with deadly contagious diseases after residents of Staten Island, NY (one of New York City's five boroughs) were outraged with the continued use of their borough as a quarantine site. In 1860, piles of sands dredged from New York Harbor were heaped ...
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Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as Poems and Ballads , and contributed to the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica .
- Poet, playwright, novelist, and critic
- Eton College
Jul 29, 2013 · East of Staten Island’s South Beach, two artificial islands called Hoffman Island and Swinburne Island rest undisturbed in the Lower New York Bay. The islands are close enough to the...
A smaller, 4-acre (1.6 ha) artificial island, Swinburne Island, lies immediately to the south. Created in 1873 upon the Orchard Shoal by the addition of landfill, the island is named for former New York City mayor (1866–1868) and New York Governor (1869–1871) John Thompson Hoffman.
- 11 acres (4.5 ha)
- Lower New York Bay
Hoffman and Swinburne are two small artificial islands in the Lower New York Bay, off South Beach, Staten Island. The smaller island, known as. Swinburne Island, lies immediately to the south of the larger. They were both created from Orchard Shoals by the addition of landfill in 1872.
May 1, 2019 · Discover Swinburne Island in Staten Island, New York: This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.