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The morgue was built in 1910 by the U.S. military on a site which was formerly the entrance to a tunnel which was used by soldiers from the 1870s to cross to the opposite side of the island. It is described as "one of the simplest expressions of the mission revival style on Alcatraz." The morgue was
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The morgue was only documented to have been used once when a deceased prisoner was stored in it overnight, having missed the last boat run to the mainland of the day. The examination table was never used to conduct an
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built with three vaults and an examination table, with a steel door and a grated skylight. The double-door is a mint green color and is padlocked. The examination table is now covered with moss and in poor condition.
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and military cemetery on Angel Island, but after its closure in the early 1900s, officers would then be taken to the
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and the Dining Hall, below the side of the Recreation Yard.
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from 1934 to 1963, deceased inmates were taken to the
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morgue
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
California
United States
Alcatraz Water Tower
Doors
Interior
autopsy
U.S. Army
Angel Island
San Francisco National Cemetery
Presidio of San Francisco
Federal penitentiary
San Francisco County
Coroner






"Alcatraz -Morgue"
the original
Alcatraz
ISBN
978-1-4521-1310-4
"Facts"
Video

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