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How Alcatraz Used Towers and Galleries
Understand Alcatraz security design: lines of sight from towers and galleries, and why the island was so hard to beat.
2/2/2025
12 min read
Security began with height and angles.
Trace the galleries with your eyes — corridors were under multiple vantage points.
Lines overlapped to limit blind spots; yard catwalks continued the pattern outdoors.
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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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Guard Towers
Gun Galleries
Security
Catwalks
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