US Civil War-era tunnels and buildings found under Alcatraz prison
National Park Service
Historians had long-suspected that the notorious federal penitentiary had been constructed atop US military fortifications built in the 1800s. Beneath the prison's recreation yard, researchers discovered evidence of fully buried structures, ammunition magazines and tunnels.Scientists have found evidence of parts of the fortress lying under the recreation yard
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