Swinburne Island

Swinburne Island, 1889

Swinburne Island er en kunstig anlagt øy i Lower New York Bay, i munningsområdet av Hudson River ved New York, vest for Coney Island.

Øya ble anlagt i 1860. Den ble benyttet til å holde innvandrere i karantene dersom de ved ankomst på Ellis Island ble funnet å være smittet av særlig smittsomme sykdommer. Siste gang øya huset slike tilfeller var i 1910, da det var kommet kolerasmittede med et innvandrerskip. Opprinnelig ble en annen kunstig øy rett ved, Hoffman Island, brukt til å huse pasienter som bare hadde vært utsatt for «pestilence», mens Swinburne huset de med bekreftede tilfeller.

Først het øya Dix Island. Navnet ble endret for å hedre medisineren John Swinburne (1820-1889)

Øya er et historisk monument under National Park Service.

Referanser

  1. ↑ «Quarantine At New York». Harper's Weekly. 6. september 1879. «23. april 1863, what is now known as the General Quarantine Act was passed, defining the quarantine establishment, authorizing its construction, creating the permanent office of Quarantine Commissioner, defining the duties and powers of the Commissioners and Health Officer, and establishing a general system of quarantine for the port. Additional powers were conferred by amendments made to this general act in 1864, 1865, 1866, and 1867, under which two small steamers were purchased; the property at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, known as the Marine Hospital Grounds, was sold; and the artificial islands in the lower bay were undertaken and afterward completed — Swinburne Island in 1870, and Hoffman Island in 1873.»
  2. ↑ «More Cholera in Port». Washington Post. 10. oktober 1910. Arkivert fra originalen 16. desember 2008. Besøkt 8. juli 2025. «A case of cholera developed today in the steerage of the Hamburg-American liner 'Moltke,' which has been detained at quarantine as a possible cholera carrier since Monday last. Dr. A.H. Doty, health officer of the port, reported the case tonight with the additional information that another cholera patient from the 'Moltke' is under treatment at Swinburne Island.»
  3. ↑ «Cholera Kills Boy. All Other Suspected Cases Now in Quarantine and Show No Alarming Symptoms.» (PDF). New York Times. 18. juli 1911. «The sixth death from cholera since the arrival in this port from Naples of the steamship Moltke, thirteen days ago, occurred yesterday at Swinburne Island. The victim was Francesco Farando, 14 years old.»
  4. 1 2 Poole, M. O. (28. februar 1937). «Historic Islands At New York's Front Door.». New York Times.