LIGHTHOUSES · 1854
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse, USA
The original lighthouse was damaged in the 1906 earthquake and replaced in 1909. The federal prison operated from 1934 to 1963.
The story, as a puzzle
Before the prison.
The first lighthouse on the west coast of the United States was lit in 1854, on an island in a famous bay, long before the island became a notorious prison. Pin it.
Where it is
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