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where the light house is located. Northwestern and southeastern tips of the island have small buildings which housed the fog signals (the electric horns were installed in small buildings known as "mid twentieth century foghorn shacks".). The white light is shown by a grey tower flashes white that lasts for 0.5 seconds and eclipses' for 4.5 seconds and forming with the Fort Point light House a range for crossing the bar for the main ship. Fog signals are electric sirens, one on the southeast end sounding two blasts of 4 seconds duration, every 30 seconds while the one on the northwest end gives a single blast every 20 seconds of 5 seconds duration.
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462:'s control, decided to install Fresnel lenses in all lighthouses considering its established better performance, even though the cost was high. The Baltimore firm was informed of this change before the equipment was shipped. The shipping involved a long sea voyage of 12,000 miles (19,000 km) from the East Coast going round the cape of
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installed in 1854, and was replaced by a fourth order reflector in 1903. The foghorn bell was replaced by electronic Klaxon. Near the base of the tower was family accommodation also built to house three keepers and their families. Similar "Cape-cod style" lighthouses, encircling the thick light brick tower, were built at Point Loma in
517:. The old lighthouse was damaged in the earthquake which occurred on Wednesday the April 18, 1906. A new lighthouse was built to the south east of the old one. The old lighthouse existed alongside the new structure for a while and used as a storehouse, but was eventually demolished between 1912 and 1913.
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The leading marks which guide the ships while entering the island are the lime point which is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east and the black point which is lime 1 mile (1.6 km) north. The island itself is interspersed with several buildings and military towers. The highest point of the island is
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and the inherent risk of the choppy waters of the west coast prompted the urgent need for establishing lighthouses. Congress recognized the need and passed suitable acts in the years 1851 and 1852 to build seven lighthouses on the West Coast to guide navigation. The
Baltimore firm of Gibbons and
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The three lighthouse keepers, known as "wickies", were dressed in prescribed formal uniforms which consisted of a "navy blue hat, sack coat, vest and trousers". Decorative buttons and insignia patches adorned their uniforms. The keepers worked on an eight-hour shift with the beacon lighted all
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The lighthouse was operated and maintained by the keepers whose responsibility included operation of fog signals found located on the northern and southern tips of the island. The prison guards facilitated the keepers to blow the fog horns as they were in advantageous position stationed on the
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The existing lighthouse is built to a height of 84 feet (26 m), 214 feet (65 m) above sea level, to the south of the original lighthouse. Its foundation is made of masonry while the octagonal pyramidal shaped tower is made of concrete. Initially, a third order
Fresnel reflector was
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Alcatraz was built. Since the new structure would interfere with the operation of the lighthouse, a taller 25.6 metres (84 ft), concrete tower was built south of the original lighthouse. The original lighthouse had been damaged during the great
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There was also a telephone installed, in the 1930, in the keepers quarters (moved to the hall later) known to and accessed only by the keepers. When the
Federal Penitentiary was established on the island more telephones were installed and was made accessible to others also.
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surveyed the harbor and the San
Francisco Bay. Since he observed pelicans in large numbers on the island he named the island as "Isla de los Alcatraces" meaning the "Island of Pelicans". The island is separated from the main land by more than 1 mile (1.6 km).
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elevated watch towers; the guards who were in position to see "a bank of fog started to roll through the Golden Gate", would inform notify the keepers so that the fog horns could be activated.
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Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in California
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California Historic Light Station Information & Photography
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in 1906. The automation of the lighthouse with a modern
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The Lighthouse Encyclopedia: The Definitive Reference
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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1687:List of lighthouses in the United States
1053:Survey, U.S. Coast and Geodetic (1817).
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744:List of lighthouses in the United States
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600:James Anderson (1909 – at least 1912)
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1995:National Register of Historic Places
929:. Taylor & Francis. p. 34.
810:National Register of Historic Places
183:Golden Gate National Recreation Area
848:Geographic Names Information System
1201:Alcatraz Island in popular culture
1026:Champion Jr., Jerry Lewis (2012).
606:Harry Davis (1938 – at least 1940)
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1349:June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt
961:. Globe Pequot. pp. 34, 87.
609:Edward H. Schneider (1950 – 1959)
576:Underwhill Van Wagner (1856–1862)
329:—the first one built on the U.S.
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630:Hopi inmates and original light
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175:Unpainted tower, black lantern
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1170:Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
594:Benjamin F. Leeds (1888–1905)
536:Coastguard building blueprint
460:Fifth Auditor of the Treasury
360:Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
2432:Lighthouses in San Francisco
1032:. AuthorHouse. p. 188.
843:"Alcatraz Island Lighthouse"
585:William W. Scott (1874–1875)
2368:National Historic Landmarks
642:Original lighthouse, c.1894
75:, California, United States
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702:Sunrise view of Lighthouse
597:Henry W. Young (1905–1909)
582:Amasa Bushnell (1872–1874)
570:Michael Cassin (1853–1855)
323:Alcatraz Island Lighthouse
271:Alcatraz Island Lighthouse
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468:Cape St. Elias Lighthouse
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450:Alcatraz Light at sunset
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1623:("Birdman of Alcatraz")
1573:Alvin Francis Karpavicz
1262:New Industries Building
2386:Keeper of the Register
1196:Occupation of Alcatraz
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1955:California portal
1898:Santa Cruz Breakwater
1596:Rafael Cancel Miranda
1592:("Texas Bank Robber")
1581:("Machine Gun Kelly")
1435:Cecil J. Shuttleworth
997:Alcatraz Island Light
903:lighthousefriends.com
899:"Alcatraz Island, CA"
814:National Park Service
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36:Alcatraz Island Light
923:Mcshane, M. (1996).
364:Alcatraz Water Tower
223:214 feet (65 m)
1728:East Brother Island
1579:George Kelly Barnes
955:Jones, Ray (2007).
525:, Point Pinos near
433:Cape Disappointment
378:Original lighthouse
159:84 feet (26 m)
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2105:Los Angeles County
1758:Los Angeles Harbor
1465:Richard J. Willard
1459:Arthur M. Dollison
1374:James B. McPherson
1344:Battle of Alcatraz
1175:Battle of Alcatraz
1029:Alcatraz Unchained
736:Engineering portal
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1428:Associate wardens
1418:Olin G. Blackwell
1400:James A. Johnston
1384:William A. Winder
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1163:General McPherson
968:978-0-7627-4578-4
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