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Wall Demolition
Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: November 3, 2007
Caption: Wall Demolition
Additional Description: In 1913, work began to convert Fort Point into a Detention Barracks as a result of a Congressional proposal to turn over Alcatraz Island to the Department of Labor for use by the Bureau if Immigration and Naturalization. Soldier prisoners at Alcatraz were to be sent to Fort Point. This portion of the wall was removed at that time. The demolition reveals the brick courses, rubble fill and concrete work used in the construction of the fort.
Submitted: January 24, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p51044
File Size: 1.127 Megabytes

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