New York Aquarium

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6f TID I DOCCEDELE E LETTER RELIG 271 Erected 1807-1811 by U. S. Government as a fort called West Battery. After the war of 1812 called Fort Clinton. In 1823 ceded to N. Y. City and used as a place of amusement called Castle Garden, seating capacity 6,000. General Lafayette received here in 1824; President Jackson, 1832; President Tyler, 1843; Louis Kossuth, 1851; the Prince of Wales, 1860. Jenny Lind first sang here in 1850 under the management of P. T. Barnum. The landing place of 8 millions of immigrants from 1855 to 1891. Formerly connected with the land by a bridge. Opened as an Aquarium under city management in 1896 and transferred to N. Y. Zoological Society in 1902. Largest Aquarium in the World; contains 7 large floor pools, 94 wall tanks and 25 smaller tanks. From 1897 to 1913 the average daily attendance was 5605. Open daily, Free. Hours 10 A. M. - 4 P. M., Winter; 9 A. M. - 6 P. M., Summer. Closed Monday forenoons. NEW YORK AQUARIUM, BATTERY PARK MEE DE C COPR. N. Y. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY

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