The following pages show many stages of the ongoing
work at the Immigration Station site, which was closed to the public in
mid-August, 2005 for a $15,000,000 renovation project. Since the public is
not allowed anywhere on the site during the work, which is anticipated to
complete in early 2007, we are bringing you a collection of photos to show
you the progress. While construction is now complete, the station is still
closed to allow interpretive work to proceed. Currently, the re-opening is
planned for February, 2009.Completed work
includes:
 | Logging out many of the 'volunteer' trees that
compromise the original landscaping plan from 1910. |
| Recreating the dock landing where ferries brought the
immigrants for detention. |
| Recreating the covered stairway from the Detention
Barracks to the (now defunct) Administration Building. |
| Plotting out the footprint of the Administration
Building. |
| Stabilizing the Detention Barracks Museum, adding an
elevator to the second floor, preserving/revealing poetry on the walls,
and providing enhanced interpretation of the barracks. |
These photos would not be
possible without the cooperation and assistance (to say nothing of
photographic skills) of Korwyn Peck, Senior Construction Inspector on the
job. Now that construction is largely complete, work will begin on the
interpretive plan. We hope to show you interim progress on that, but it is
likely that the changes will be less dramatic than the construction work.
Before and after photos from Google Earth
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Above is an extract from Google Earth done in 2005, showing the
(formerly) heavily wooded Immigration Station area before work began in
August, 2005. Below is a newer Google Earth photo, extracted in April,
2008. You can easily see the dramatic changes in the number of trees and
the recreation of the administration building footprint. Less noticeable
are the addition of a landing in front of the administration building that
recreates a portion of the dock, and the movement of the stone monument to
an area to the left of the hospital.
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