San Francisco Bay

HISTORY Located at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, a three-mile-long strait connects the San Francisco Bay to the nearby Pacific Ocean. This strait (named “Golden Gate” by U.S. Army Captain John Freemont in 1846) separates the cities of San Francisco and Marin. Due to its location near the Pacific, the strait is known for its strong tidal forces; as well as gale-force winds and dense fogs. Because of these conditions, during the early twentieth century, ferries provided the only

size and artistic design. Although actual construction began in January of 1933, the idea for the Golden Gate Bridge began back in 1872. At that time, railroad entrepreneur Charles Crocker envisioned bridging the gap across the entrance to San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. The idea was deemed unfeasible at the time and was put to rest until 1916, when James Wilkins, a newspaper editor, began to heavily promote the idea of building a bridge across the Golden Gate Strait. This time the proposal

Alcatraz was one of the most famous prison in the Unites States, located in the Californian San Francisco Bay. The prison was renowned for being inescapable, and the m0ost high security prison of the time. This probably was due to it’s location, which was on Alcatraz island, located around a mile away from shore, surrounded by the supposedly shark infested, strong currents, ice cold water of the bay. Today, the prison is only used as a tourist attraction, a mere shadow of what it once was. (Deconstructing

History of Alcatraz Alcatraz was a federal prison that is located in the San Francisco bay. (History.com Staff) It was built to hold the world’s most dangerous criminals. No prisoner ever escaped Alcatraz alive; however, more than a dozen attempts were made in the prisons time. (History.com Staff) Today you can go tour the prison for somewhere between thirty to thirty seven dollars. Take it back eighty four years when the prison first opened; the only way to get in was to commit one of the worst

Golden Gate Bridge to commit suicide, certain people have decided to put a steel net along both sides of the bridge. Background Information The Golden Gate Bridge is a 1.7 mile long bridge that crosses over that San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The bridge connects San Francisco and Marin County in California. The bridge is one of the most recognized symbols of California. According to the History Channel before the bridge was built

HISTORY Located at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, a three-mile-long strait connects the San Francisco Bay to the nearby Pacific Ocean. This strait (named “Golden Gate” by U.S. Army Captain John Freemont in 1846) separates the cities of San Francisco and Marin. Due to its location near the Pacific, the strait is known for its strong tidal forces; as well as gale-force winds and dense fogs. Because of these conditions, during the early twentieth century, ferries provided the only

Alcatraz Island or also known as “The Rock” for being located in the middle of the San Francisco Bay was a federal maximum-security prison operating from 1934 to 1963. Alcatraz housed some of America’s most dangerous criminals and mobsters during its time period. In fact, according to the Article “Alcatraz” by History.com “Among those who served time at the maximum-security facility was the notorious gangster Al “Scarface” Capone (1899-1947) and murderer Robert “Birdman of Alcatraz” Stroud (1890-

HISTORY Located at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, a three-mile-long strait connects the San Francisco Bay to the nearby Pacific Ocean. This strait (named “Golden Gate” by U.S. Army Captain John Freemont in 1846) separates the cities of San Francisco and Marin. Due to its location near the Pacific, the strait is known for its strong tidal forces; as well as gale-force winds and dense fogs. Because of these conditions, during the early twentieth century, ferries provided the only

Even though most prisons are very secure, they are nowhere near how secure Alcatraz was when it was open. Alcatraz was a strict, high security federal prison that’s located on Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay, California. While Alcatraz was open escapee Frank Lee Morris was one of the very few who had attempted to escape and he supposedly made it out alive. Alcatraz was the most secure prison on the planet. The walls, ceiling, and floor were made of concrete, and the prison gates were made of

Alcatraz is located off the shore of the San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz was a federal prison from 1934-1963. This federal prison house some of the most dangerous and difficult felons in it’s years of operation. Before Alcatraz was a federal prison it was used as a military prison. Many believed this was the perfect place to have a prison due to the fact that no inmater would be able to successfully escape by swimming, because of the cold, rigid, shark infested waters. In 1963 the prison shut down due