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Bedloe's Island

British  
/ ˈbɛdləʊz /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1956) of Liberty Island

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In 1885, the torch was transported in crates by ship from France to what was then a military base known as Bedloe’s Island.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2018

In 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal was laid on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2018

The island’s name was changed from Bedloe’s Island to Liberty Island in 1956.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2016

As the four-hundred-and-thirty-foot vessel navigated through New York Harbor, it would have passed Bedloe’s Island, on the port side, where an enormous pedestal was under construction.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2016

Past Bayonne, past Bedloe's Island, past Jersey City, and up the Hudson his pencil slowly moved, as he surveyed every name and looked at every turn and angle of the shore.

From The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.