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US: A boat which served as the Ellis Island ferry in New York has been converted to a five-room floating hotel, moored at Hoboken, New Jersey on the Hudson River.
The vessel, which was originally built in 1907 in Philadelphia, has had a varied and interesting life – its roles have included service as a ferryboat to Maine, patrolling Boston Harbor during WWI, bringing immigrants from Manhattan to Ellis Island, and transporting passengers to Governors and Liberty Islands.
Now classified as a National Historic Place and rechristened the Ellis Island Ferry Hotel, the boat has been converted by Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs in to a hotel. Its five rooms have 16 bunks, and the hotel offers incredible views of the Manhattan skyline as well as a restaurant in the prow of the ship’s hull.
Quirky features include chickens living on-deck and an Apple computer by the ship’s wheel.
