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Fort Alcatraz was a United States Army coastal fortification on Alcatraz Island near the mouth of San Francisco Bay in California, part of the Third System of fixed fortifications, although very different from most other Third System works. Initially completed in 1859, it was also used for mustering and training recruits and new units for the Civil War from 1861 and began secondary use as a long-term military prison in 1868.
Major improvements, needed because of changes in artillery, began in the 1870s, but were underfunded and never fully completed, as the post came to be seen less as defense and more as a jail. The site was not used for any major works of the Endicott Board’s plan for the defense of the Bay.
A large concrete prison block was erected between 1910 and 1912. In 1933–1934, this was modernized and became the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
FortAlcatraz was a United States Army coastal fortification on Alcatraz Island near the mouth of San Francisco Bay in California, part of the Third System...
Alcatraz Island (/ˈælkəˌtræz/) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed...
Occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969 – June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long protest when 89 Native Americans and their supporters occupied Alcatraz Island...
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,...
Anglin, and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California...
Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has...
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...
Army operated FortAlcatraz and continued to provide services after the transition to the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Though Alcatraz is now part of...
between 1905 and 1908, the brig was modeled after the FortAlcatraz military prison on Alcatraz Island with tidal currents to deter escape. Colonel Allan...
Post at Alcatraz Island California State Military Museum, The Posts at Benicia The California State Military Museum, Fort Bragg History of Fort Bragg Civilian...
initially being sent to FortAlcatraz for refusal to comply with military orders and discipline, Joseph and Michael were transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas...
briefly transferred to maximum security at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in California. During his time at Alcatraz, he kept in shape through weightlifting...
Coastal defenses were built at Alcatraz Island, Fort Mason, and Fort Point. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work on Fort Point in 1853. Plans specified...
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. It...
Presidio, as well as at Fort Baker on the Marin Headlands. One Civil War-era fort, Post of Alcatraz Island or FortAlcatraz, on a rocky island just inside...
Edgar Thompson (December 16, 1917 – December 3, 1948) was an inmate of Alcatraz whose participation in an attempted escape on May 2, 1946, led to his execution...
occupations by Red Power activists: Occupation of Alcatraz- San Francisco, CA (1969) Occupation of Fort Lawton - Seattle, WA (1970) Occupations of Argonne...
(later Fort Macomb), Fort Jackson, Fort St. Philip, Fort Livingston; San Francisco Bay: Fort Point, FortAlcatraz. In addition, several towers and batteries...
boat dock, was established on Alcatraz in the 1850s to permit the landing of men and building materials to construct a fort completed in 1859. In 1867,...
Post of Alcatraz Island or FortAlcatraz, on a rocky island just inside the Golden Gate, later became an infamous Federal penitentiary, Alcatraz. The San...
(1988-11-15). "75 more years for Fort 4 other Rukns draw stiff terms". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 3. "Crime Elite Moving To Rockies 'Alcatraz'". The Washington Post...
Army responded by sending a detachment of artillery and infantry from FortAlcatraz, California. This contingent, known as the "Carson River Expedition"...
1987) was an American criminal who is noted as the only escapee from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary known to have reached the San Francisco shore by swimming...
The U.S. Army also responded to the call. Captain Joseph Stewart left FortAlcatraz with 144 Regulars from the 3rd U.S. Artillery and 6th U.S. Infantry...
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