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Alcatraz Island (/ ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. [1] The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison.
The mansion had tall windows, providing fine views of San Francisco Bay. [2] Today the house is a ruin, burnt during the AIM (American Indian Movement) Occupation of Alcatraz on June 1, 1970. [2] [4] [5] AIM tried to put out the flames, but a bucket brigade was inadequate. [5] The Warden's house had a greenhouse. Working there and getting ...
Equipment were shipped on Oriole, reached San Francisco on January 29, 1853. The Alcatraz Lighthouse was the first to be completed in July 1853, making it the oldest major navigational light on the West Coast. However, the foundation for building the light house had begun much before the equipment reached San Francisco. [5] Alcatraz Light at sunset
California: Take a Night Tour of Alcatraz. Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay is home to one of the nation's most infamous prisons. Night tours are less crowded — just a few hundred people are ...
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The former prison and island are now a museum. It is one of San Francisco's major tourist attractions drawing in some 1.5 million visitors annually (2010). [19] [20] Visitors arrive by boat and are given a tour of the cellhouse and island, and a slide show and audio narration with anecdotes from former inmates, guards and rangers on Alcatraz. [21]
Also known as The Rock, was a maximum security prison located on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. Now a tourist attraction, the prison operated from 1934 to 1963 and housed some of ...
Alcatraz Island – site of a Civil War fort, military prison, and the infamous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary; China Beach – a small beach located north of the Sea Cliff district in San Francisco near the Presidio of San Francisco; Fort Funston – a former coastal fortification and Nike missile site SF-59L; now a popular hang gliding spot