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2. Alcatraz Island - Wikipedia

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   Alcatraz Island ( / ˈælkəˌtræz /) 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. In 1934, the island was converted into a federal prison, Alcatraz Federal ...

3. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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   United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz ( English: / ˈælkəˌtræz /, 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. The site of a fort since the 1850s, the ...

4. List of Alcatraz escape attempts - Wikipedia

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   List of Alcatraz escape attempts. Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay was the site of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary between 1934 and 1963. There were a total of 14 escape attempts from the prison made by 34 prisoners during this time. [1] Two men tried twice, making for a total of 36 individual escape attempts; fifteen were caught, eight gave ...

5. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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   June 23, 1976. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse —the first one built on the U.S. West Coast —located on Alcatraz Island in California 's San Francisco Bay. [4] It is located at the southern end of the island near the entrance to the prison. [5] The first light house on the island was completed in 1854, and served the bay during ...

6. June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt - Wikipedia

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   In June 1962, inmates Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States. [2] Late on the night of June 11 or early morning of June 12, the three men tucked papier-mâché heads resembling their own ...

7. The One Thing You Have to Do in Every State - AOL

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   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 ...