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FIFTEEN MINUTE FERRY RIDE . . .
SAN FRANCISCO to ALCATRAZ ISLAND
Golden Gate Bridge & Alcatraz Island . . .
also known as 'the ROCK' !
HISTORIC PRISON & GARDENS
VITAL SEABIRD NESTING SITE
DOCK 'GUN-TOWER'
U.S. NATIONAL PARK SITE
U.S. PARK SINCE 1973
PARK RANGERS & VOLUNTEERS
GOLDEN GATE & 'LITTLE ALCATRAZ'
VIEW OF NEARBY ANGEL ISLAND
U.S. PENITENTIARY - ALCATRAZ, 1934 - 1963
FEDERAL PRISONERS on 'the YARD'
1962 - GREATEST ESCAPE in U.S. HISTORY!
ESCAPE FAKE CELL AIR-VENT COVERS
'62 ESCAPEE JOHN ANGLIN
ESCAPE 'DUMMY HEADS'
Aaron Burgette - DIED TRYING
B-Block -ESCAPE CELLS
Former Prisoners and Guards Return to 'the ROCK'
ROBERT LUKE, #1118AZ
#1118 w Guard George Devincenzi
With WIFE IDA - '34 FIRETRUCK
YOUNGEST GUARD FRANK HEANEY
HIRED 1948, AGE 21 !
BILL BAKER, #1259AZ
. . .IN FRONT of OLD CELL
LUKE 'MUG-SHOT'
GEORGE DEVINCENZI, GUARD '50-'59
ALCATRAZ ISLAND HISTORIC GARDENS!
Gardens date to the 1860's!
'Persion Carpet' w Sea Gull
Delphinium & Golden Gate
Outside Prison Exercise Yard
Flowering Succulents w Prison
'West Road' w Golden Gate
Historic Gardens, Volunteers
Western Gulls look west...
VICTORIAN GARDENS c 1912
GARDEN TOURS
1857 Guardhouse-Planters
WEST-SIDE GARDEN AREAS
WEST ROAD SCENIC LOOKOUT
GARDEN TOUR w Water Tower
Seabird Nesting Habitat: Spring & Summer
5000+ Seabird Nests Each Year!
WESTERN GULLS
SNOWY EGRET - NEST BUILDING
BRANDT'S CORMORANTS
THE 'GULL-DEN' GATE
HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE, 'PERSIAN CARPET'
US ARMY: FORT ALCATRAZ : 1859 - 1912
Late 1850's FORT AZ Masonry
30 FOOT FORTIFICATION WALLS
LOWER FORT ENTRANCE
'CHINA ALLEY' PASSAGE WAY
END OF VIRTUAL TOUR, FOR NOW . . .
to be continued
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