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Today Alcatraz is the most popular tourist attraction in San Francisco. People ferry over there by the hundreds each day to tour the grounds of the old prison and to learn all that they can about the interesting history of this landmark set of buildings.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay, which has cold waters, dangerous marine life and strong currents that lead out into the Pacific Ocean. For these reasons, the prison was deemed "escape-proof."
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∙ 14y ago1) because many super villans were keept there
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∙ 14y agoI was wondering the same thing.
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Why does Alcatraz get so many visitors?
it held many famous prisoners
What is the famous historic prison in sanfransico?
Alcatraz
Are there ghosts on Alcatraz?
YES! Go on to either prsne.com or yourghoststories.com Look for, Famous Hauntings, and read about Alcatraz.
What is the name of the famous prizon in San Francisco?
alcatraz
How old is Alcatraz?
Alcatraz was built on 1853 so Alcatraz would be 157 years old.
Is there still sharks in Alcatraz?
yes very much so
The Rock starring Nicolas Cage is about a plan to break into which famous place?
Alcatraz Island
No one has ever escaped from Alcatraz island name two famous crinimals who were sentenced to Alcatraz island?
Al Capone was one and Robert "Birdman" Stroud. Who also served time at the Leavenworth Correctional Facility in Leavenworth, Kansas prior to Alcatraz.
What do alcatraz inmates do?
Alcatraz hasn't been an operating prison for many years, so there are no inmates to do anything anymore.
What famous gangster spent 5 years in San Francisco's Alcatraz Prison?
Al Capone
What is Alcatraz about?
a place where inmates went to in the 1800s. famous people such as al capone and machine gun kelly
When prision of Alcatraz closed?
USP Alcatraz, CA closed on March 21, 1963.
