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Treasure: Shackles at Alcatraz

January/February 2013 [1]
Location
Location name: 
Alcatraz
City: 
San Francisco
State/Province: 
California
Postal code: 
94123

Used to control prisoners being transported to and from Alcatraz Island, locking leg shackles are among many items displayed or shown in photos at the former penitentiary, now a popular national park. Ferries from San Francisco run daily except on winter holidays. nps.gov/alca [2].

Photography courtesy of National Park Service

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[1] http://www.viamagazine.com/2013/januaryfebruary-0
[2] http://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm