The submerged hospital was used to quarantine and treat patients with yellow fever between 1890 and 1900.
Archeologists have found the remains of a 19th-century quarantine hospital and cemetery on a submerged island in the Florida Keys, the National Park Service said.
"This intriguing find highlights the potential for untold stories in Dry Tortugas National Park, both above and below the water,"Image showing archeologists over a grave discovered near Dry Tortugas National Park. So far, one person has been identified from the burial site, according to a National Park Service news release.
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