Does your interest in NY history include any
or some of these subjects: lighthouses, fog bells, steamboats, the East River,
its ferries and its islands (including North Brother, Rikers and
Hart)?
If so, you may find interesting the "For Whom Did Rikers Island Bell Toll?"
page that just recently has been added to our New York
Correction History Society site.
In the absence of any plaque, marker, known documentation or eyewitness
recollection that could resolve the question, the page attempts to come up
with a plausible scenario to explain the prominent display of a big bell on
Rikers Island. The page includes 30 images, 10 of which are of the Rikers Island
bell itself from different angles and perspectives.
After viewing the web page, feel free to offer any information and
insights that you think might help unravel the mystery.
or directly via its own URL