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Hell Gate
Delve into the treacherous Hell Gate portion of the East River (as seen from Randall’s Island).
Main Features:
Find out about Hell Gate’s ship-swallowing whirlpool and the fate of the HMS Hussar.
Learn about the foiled Nazi plot to blow up Hell Gate Bridge.
Discover the passage of the Hell Gate islands from private properties to a fortress of psychiatric and detention facilities.
Hear about the Hell Gate Explosions and the General Slocum Disaster.
Peer at the jail complex of Rikers Island, the quarantine ruins of North Brother Island (once the home of Typhoid Mary), and the former pirate island of Mill Rock.
Venue: Randall's Island
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929---3-51-8531 (please don't show)
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