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Preserving Alcatraz: Architecture and Seismic Work

How Alcatraz’s buildings are stabilized and interpreted today: reading ruins, spotting reinforcement, and understanding decay.

2/4/2025
12 min read
Ghosted outline of a missing building at Alcatraz

Ruins are text — look closely.

Laundry/Kitchen Chimneys

What Signals Stabilization?

  • Exposed rebar and spalling concrete
  • Added steel bracing and tie rods
  • Controlled access routes and barriers

Weather, salt air, and time write their own stories into the walls.

Autor

Alcatraz Historian

Alcatraz Historian

Escribí esta guía para que tu día en Alcatraz sea fácil, informativo y memorable — con consejos honestos recogidos de visitas repetidas.

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Architecture
Preservation
Seismic
Ruins

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