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On the way up to the cell house, you will see this building. It was a general store during the military time, then converted to the Officer's Club during Penitentiary time. It hosted dances, dinners, parties, and had a gym. The building was burnt down in 1970 fire.
The lighthouse was build in 1910. Wonderful views surround this place. The so called Warden's House was build in 1926 and destroyed in the same 1970 fire which destroyed the Officer's Club. The next evening, the Native Americans occupying the island at the time supplied an electrical generator to power the lighthouse. More about this: NPS , CSULB .
The military Parade Ground was surrounded by houses which were later demolished. You are going to walk between these ruins. These pictures were taken the very first day the Parade Ground was opened for visitors, right after the seabird nesting season. It needed a little cleaning! A tiny fog-horn box is nearby.
The guardhouse is the oldest remaining structure on the island. tour d france bicycle racing It was built in 1857. The very first Alcatraz prisoners were kept here. There are two little rooms on both sides. The passage you are going to walk through under the guns is called the sally port .
You are at the Warden's House, tour d france bicycle racing located in about a mile (1.5 km) from Pier 41. The Pyramid is about 2 miles (3 km) away. Telegraph Hill with Coit Tower is on the left, Bank of America building on the right. tour d france bicycle racing Click right to continue with the city panorama, or left to view the Ferry Building, the Bay Bridge (about 3 miles (5 km) away), and Treasure Island.
From 1934 to 1964 it was a maximum security prison. On average it contained about 250 inmates at any given moment. In 1948 the custodial stuff consisted of 84 men. There were about 300 civilians living on the island tour d france bicycle racing including children.
All cell doors can be opened and closed tour d france bicycle racing simultaneously. Keys were lowered from the caged gun galleries. Officers inside were unarmed. Inmates were not supposed to talk to each other. Considered escape-proof, the building saw escapes and riots. In 14 attempts, 5 men out of 36 broke out successfully and disappeared. During these events 3 guards were killed.
The shower room was a dangerous place where fights between inmates occurred ( other places were the dining room and the recreation yard ). 3 times a week inmates were showered with hot water and given a roll of toilet paper and a bar of soap to be used in the cell afterward. tour d france bicycle racing Walk around the room and you can exit to up the stairs to the main block or straight.
This is a special block separated tour d france bicycle racing from the main block. Along with regular cells it has solitary confinement cells without daylight, like the one in the picture, to correct misbehaving prisoners. Exit from the D block to the library.
This wing contains tour d france bicycle racing several small rooms and an entrance where inmates were brought into the cell house. They proceeded into the shower room. Lectures are conducted here now. The dinning room is above on the second floor.
Three times a day prisoners went through here to the dining room. 3 times a week they went down to the shower room. Some of them walked daily through here to the recreation yard or to work and back. All of them went through here at least once a month to the barber shop. Some of them made their voyage to solitary confinement. tour d france bicycle racing This was the center of the prison universe were everything started tour d france bicycle racing and ended.
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