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| In the ] Rat Island was used for a ] ] hospital for about 40 infected people. The remains of cobblestone walls and foundations are still there. It was abandoned due to storm floods. Local legends say there was also a lighthouse for awhile. | In the ] Rat Island was used for a ] ] hospital for about 40 infected people. The remains of cobblestone walls and foundations are still there. It was abandoned due to storm floods. Local legends say there was also a lighthouse for awhile. | ||
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| The island's biggest inhabitants are a huge pair of ]s that sleep there during the day and feed at the City Island shores at night when awake. ]s and ] have also been there; Seagulls are abundant, and the birds' feces have turned the island white. No rats have been seen on Rat Island in over 50 years. | |||
| ==External link== | ==External link== | ||
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There is another Rat Island in Alaska.
Rat Island is a tiny island in City Island Harbor which is a part of Long Island Sound, near New York City. It is about halfway between City Island and Hart Island and south of High Island. It is one of The Pelham Islands.
Description
The small irregular island has an odd dual humped appearance and is mostly a lump of Manhattan schist bedrock. There is a small channel cut into the bedrock on the southern side of the tiny island that was used for launching small boats. This channel is filled with Mussel Shells. There is a purple-bluish "beach" made of mussel shells on the west side of the island with some reed grass.
History
In the 1800s Rat Island was used for a typhoid quarantine hospital for about 40 infected people. The remains of cobblestone walls and foundations are still there. It was abandoned due to storm floods. Local legends say there was also a lighthouse for awhile.
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