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2. Hornblower Cruises - Wikipedia

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   Alcatraz Island. In 2006 Hornblower won the National Park Service concession for ferry service to Alcatraz Island when the contract with Blue & Gold Fleet expired. [citation needed] Under the name Alcatraz Cruises, the company provides ticketing service and transportation to the one and a half million visitors to the island every year.

3. Fort Alcatraz - Wikipedia

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   Alcatraz was barely affected by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake which devastated the city, and the prison population dramatically increased as prisoners were temporarily transferred to the island due to damage in the city. [6] In 1907, Alcatraz Citadel ceased function as a military defense and became the Pacific Branch, U.S. Military Prison ...

4. Alcatraz Island - Wikipedia

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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.

5. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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   United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz (English: / ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /, Spanish: [a l k a ˈ t ɾ a θ] "the gannet") or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.

6. Today in History: Prisoners land on Alcatraz - AOL

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   81 years ago today, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island. On August 11, 1934, the "most dangerous" prisoners in the United States were put on the mysterious island situated 1.5 ...

7. Alcatraz East - Wikipedia

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   Alcatraz East is a privately owned for-profit crime museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. [1] Opened in 2016, it was formerly operated as the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D.C. [ 2 ] The museum gives a behind-the-scenes look at crime history in America.