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Alcatraz

On the last day of our visit, we took a cruise to a most fascinating place.

Located on Alcatraz Island (The Rock), 2.4Km off shore from San Francisco in San Francisco Bay, this U.S. maximum security federal prison was established in 1934. In its 29 year history, it held such infamous criminals such as Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz) and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.

Due to its isolation from the outside world by the cold, strong, hazardous currents of the waters of San Francisco Bay, during its
29 years of operation, no prisoners had ever successfully escaped alive. 36 prisoners were involved in 14 attempts, two men
trying twice; 23 were caught, six were shot and killed during their escape and three got off the island but were lost at sea or
never found.

Some inmates described this as the cruelest prison of all since they could see the bright lights of San Francisco from
their cell, being so close and yet so far from freedom.
Alcatraz Federal Prison g1/33/863133/3/128862295.zVHIOn44.jpg Welcome Guard Tower
g1/33/863133/3/128878875.mzfC6Tyo.jpg Dormatory The Morgue The Laundry
g1/33/863133/3/128908452.kUpfb6ml.jpg g1/33/863133/3/128915683.NZAMudLP.jpg Hot Water Tank The Showers
The Cell g1/33/863133/3/128958027.lFRSssNm.jpg g1/33/863133/3/128965846.uZNEC324.jpg g1/33/863133/3/128965935.V9qRExqe.jpg
g1/33/863133/3/128972544.wFjyv6j5.jpg Guard The Warden's old house House with a view
The Warden's old house The Sentinel Lunch Room Another Day at the Office
The Control Room Dining Hall The Kitchen Main Street
A Glimpse of Hope The Movies of Alcatraz The Docks Freedom

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Patrick Goossens15-Sep-2014 07:58
A great document. Great photography with eye for detail and very interesting information.
Lampridis Dimitris16-Aug-2011 15:55
Amazing Collection ***** My Compliments .............
rweger25-Jun-2011 21:19
Very nice gallery! Well done! V
Dara Su20-Oct-2010 08:26
Alcatraz Island(The Rock)---Historic Site.
Great gallery.V.
Dan Greenberg19-Oct-2010 02:30
Extremely well done Raymond! I especially like how you captured the oldness and lonely, deserted feeling of the place. ~BV~
Kim13-Oct-2010 23:15
Fabulous series! V
Michel Duval10-Oct-2010 18:20
Nice and terrific shots !!!
Richard Callan10-Oct-2010 08:45
Fascinating trip in history
Marcia Rules09-Oct-2010 22:52
gritty! like right from the history books..V
Aloha Diao Lavina09-Oct-2010 01:27
A wonderful photo essay, Raymond! VvV
Richard Calmes08-Oct-2010 11:14
Fascinating place! Great job of capturing the cold essence of this place! V
Mangles Photography08-Oct-2010 10:15
a fantastic and interesting gallery
Mihai07-Oct-2010 16:05
Very interesting gallery! V
jychamberland06-Oct-2010 20:17
wonderful gallery,very interesting. the al capone jail!
Guest 06-Oct-2010 08:56
an interesting, documentary ,excellent gallery.
Long Bach Nguyen06-Oct-2010 06:33
lovely series, love the documentary style of the images.
Marc Demoulin06-Oct-2010 06:03
A great document Raymond. I enjoyed my tour here. vVv
Marc
David Yu05-Oct-2010 17:28
You did enjoy the trip to S.F. :)) thanks for sharing.
Ali Majdfar04-Oct-2010 18:53
Spectacular gallery, thanks for sharing! ~V
Guest 04-Oct-2010 04:39
Very interesting gallery...Thanks for sharing..V
Ian Wyatt03-Oct-2010 23:24
Very impressive gallery, I visited there a couple of years ago but did not manage to get such great shots V
Petros Labrakos03-Oct-2010 20:43
exceptional report Gallery
with excellent entries V!
Lee G03-Oct-2010 19:12
Thank you for the well documented tour of this interesting facility, I've always wanted to visit this well known prison. braVo on an excellent phototrip, Ray!
12303-Oct-2010 18:01
Excellent. V
settler03-Oct-2010 14:14
Nicely shot educational gallery..V!!
Wendy O03-Oct-2010 13:38
Beautifully bleak. Well done gallery...V
lisamidi03-Oct-2010 08:56
Very fascinating series, your images tell the story of this place so well...it's like watching a movie! Thanks for the imformation too! bv
Guest 03-Oct-2010 06:40
Great work, impressive shots, and well presented documentary! ........ BRAVO. ~V
Paco López03-Oct-2010 05:18
Interesting and impressive gallery!! V!
shatterbug02-Oct-2010 06:17
Well photographed series, and thanks for the history!
Xin Qiu02-Oct-2010 03:33
This is amazing gallery. You applied perfect colour tone to interpolate the place - no better to describle a prison like you did. V!
Nick Arena01-Oct-2010 04:08
Great series Raymond..your images tell the story of what must of been a hard place...V
Guest 30-Sep-2010 07:50
Great gallery. Not a welcoming place. gmv
Bill Warren29-Sep-2010 20:34
Good to see this gallery as my group just did a consulting job out there and I did not get to go. I particularly like the interior captures.
Guest 29-Sep-2010 13:29
Thanks Raymond. This gallery is a spooky trip through time and history. Wel done! V
peter 29-Sep-2010 03:22
looks much to cosy for the scum that went there who killed and raped and extorted leaving behind fatherless children and suffering parents of their victems.

you say the morgue has no dignity , well these they murdered in cold blood did not even have a place like that.
XiaoBernard9928-Sep-2010 17:36
Passionnant ,I hope it is not finished.VV
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)28-Sep-2010 06:34
Great series my friend. I been here one year ago! (Like a tourist,LOL!)
Paolo
V+
Pawel27-Sep-2010 22:39
It is interesting. Especialy that it dosen't look like i would imagine it.
V
an nguyen27-Sep-2010 13:04
Fascinating...
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