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Prison, Windows As Structgure Features

Gable With Gull
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This gabled window was located on an old galvanized roof discolored by years of sea gull waste. The roof for that window was host to a lone sea gull that morning.

Prison Windows   •  Alcatraz National Park internal link   •  Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 9 August 2011)   •  (Photo taken 10:49:00 Sunday 8 June 2008)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #DSC_3773
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Tall Windows
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Inside the prison was a two story cell block with tall rows of windows facing it. Notice the humps of bars that allowed the windows to open inward.

Prison Windows   •  Alcatraz National Park internal link   •  Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 9 August 2011)   •  (Photo taken 11:05:44 Sunday 8 June 2008)   •  © 2011 David Graves Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #DSC_0603DG
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Invasion Of Flowers
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Sometime after the prison was shut down, the barred windows were removed from this building. That allowed wild flowers to invade its interior.

Prison Windows   •  Alcatraz National Park internal link   •  Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California   •  (Photo posted Tuesday 9 August 2011)   •  (Photo taken 11:40:50 Sunday 8 June 2008)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #DSC_3839
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