13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Train station in the New World

This is the abandoned Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal at Liberty State Park. It is the railway adjacent to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. It is from this station where an estimated 10.5 million immigrants continued their journey to fan out across the United States.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2014
Date Uploaded: 11.2015
Photo Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D60
Copyright: © Bill Purdy