1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:07,200 Hi everyone, we are just popping in to say thank you to everyone that entered into our coffee giveaway and 2 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:10,400 Congratulations to Emily not me 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:14,480 For winning that giveaway and 4 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,120 What else was I gonna say I 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,160 had other things 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,920 An announcement come on. There's oh, oh, I was gonna say also 7 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:28,720 Thank you to we've had a couple listeners send us some stuff 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:34,580 we got some just some fun goodies from NOS at light like pins and stickers and postcards and 9 00:00:35,260 --> 00:00:39,760 We also had another listener make us a couple of lighthouses and a buoy 10 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:43,480 With the 3d printer and so they're like little desk ornaments 11 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:49,020 Very cool. Vince is working on a another guest that we might have on the pod 12 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:55,860 These days. Yeah couple of them coming up. So we're just really thankful. Thank you to everybody who is interacting with us 13 00:00:55,860 --> 00:01:03,140 I'm liking our posts and listening to our podcast. We really appreciate it. Thank you. Enjoy this episode covering the rock 14 00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:12,080 Why are we getting started here I think this audio is alright, I'm gonna start opening this bottle of wine 15 00:01:12,980 --> 00:01:18,260 All right, that work for you. Yeah, so today you gotta do the intro 16 00:01:18,260 --> 00:01:23,160 I don't know what the intro is how let me let me hold on see if I can think of it 17 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:28,480 Hi everybody, I'm Vince and I'm Emily and this is the lighthouse lowdown 18 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,760 Is it you're listening to huh you're listening to what is that? What is that? What did I do wrong? 19 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,720 No, no, it was good. I was just there's very few parts to the intro 20 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,000 Hi everyone, you introduced yourself 21 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:55,320 I introduced myself and then it's the lighthouse load. Well, everyone knows that we're authentic because 22 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:02,360 Every time it's time to do the intro. I'm like, what is it? I don't know. So I just came I just came through with the 23 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:06,800 I like my high. I said hi. I'm Paul on one of the past 24 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,600 because I was jacked on caffeine and 25 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,520 You all got to be a part of that. Here's a sweet sweet sound for you. Oh 26 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,080 Yeah, could you hear that huh you can hear that 27 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:21,920 Now it's not so sweet 28 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,320 I'm just ready for the oh, yeah. You don't want to do that because that actually bruises the wine 29 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,040 It does 30 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:33,400 Watch me do you think we're gonna care that much about this one? Yeah, this is local 31 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,680 Watch us talk trash on this local winery. Well, that's in Herman, Missouri 32 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:43,320 I don't know where that's at. I don't either I feel like I've heard of Herman maybe as 33 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,040 like a nice town to go to for 34 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:49,480 Bnbs and like a festival. Oh, it's not 35 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,240 Is that Weston if they have a wider Herman? Yeah, it's like 36 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:58,400 As fancy as you can get Missouri. Maybe it's down by Lake of the Ozarks 37 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,400 I don't think you'll see on the bottle, but I'll look 38 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,720 Yeah, you don't want to you don't want to pop the cork 39 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:09,240 Like that yes, you do. That's how you live smell that cork 40 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:17,720 So this is endless summer winery this is an elderberry wine 41 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,440 Elderberry that elder elder 42 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,920 Are we recording by the way, yeah, that's great and 43 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:29,440 It's got a nice sunflower logo, which I'm sure you've seen before 44 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,320 That's great and it's got a nice sunflower logo, which I enjoy and 45 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,840 The year is 2015 produced in bottle by Hoover Ventner's 46 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:47,040 LLC of Herman, Missouri. So I say all this like it's sponsored, but it's not got this through work. Yeah 47 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:52,480 However, if anyone wants to sponsor us for wine, that'd be welcome as well 48 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,840 Usually we do coffee as you've been a part of everyone who knows 49 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:01,440 But today we're doing wine because it's after work. Yeah after work. I'm usually too tired, but I'm gonna rally 50 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,360 For our I've noticed when I set my cups down during the podcast our hard desk 51 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:11,560 Transmit some of the sound. Yeah, so I've selected a couple of soft bottom 52 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,360 Yetis here, you know, I have some as wine glasses like 53 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 floppy foam 54 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Coasters and I could just cut a circle and 55 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,200 We could put our drinks down on those. Yeah, this is probably a sin 56 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,880 For wine drinkers, you want this putting in a tumbler putting wine in a tumbler 57 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,280 I just want a very small amount from what I smelled. It's not 58 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,080 Well, we chilled it a little bit 59 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:38,840 Oh 60 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,480 On the nose it's a little 61 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,280 Pungent I'm kidding 62 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:49,560 Some fields of elderberry it is good 63 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,080 It is good. I'm surprised. Sorry 64 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,920 In the summer, it's pretty good. It's a very sweet 65 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,440 But not sugary sweet. It's literally very sweet like 66 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,920 It tastes like hanging out on a nice patio overlooking a field 67 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,000 Tastes like low alcohol content some dirt 68 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,760 But smells like high alcohol content it is 69 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,160 12% 70 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:24,400 It is 12% alcohol nice. So sorry for the big sidetrack, but that's welcome to the day 71 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,800 Welcome to the show. Is that your history buoy? I have history boo 72 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:33,460 First off look at this PowerPoint I've presented for you all the history boo for today 73 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,120 be 74 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,700 Actually remind me of Pink Panther the movie I 75 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,680 Would like to buy 76 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,520 And back. Yeah history buoy. Oh 77 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:52,880 First off shout out to this image. This is so clear. Yeah, this is near the 78 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,440 The Seward 79 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:59,540 Seward Alaska where I will be soon, but I found this 80 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:05,960 Buoy I forget what it's called the Cove. It's in I kind of got Alaska vibes from its overcast skies 81 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:12,480 Half of the image is green trees and hills and the other half is snow-capped mountains 82 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,480 gorgeous spectacular 83 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,760 So I've forgotten I've officially forgotten where this is at. Oh 84 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,600 But it's near last near Seward. It's not far and the reason it's on there is 85 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,880 Tied to our history buoy today. Okay, history buoy is about the San Francisco 86 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:27,840 49ers 87 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:31,160 Why have you ever heard of them? Yes, okay 88 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:33,840 I'm not sure we don't watch a lot of football 89 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:39,000 So San Francisco 49ers is the pro NFL team of San 90 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:45,960 Francisco the team's name came from the California Gold Rush gold seekers came to San Francisco during 91 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,920 1849 so 92 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:54,480 49ers comes from 1849 gold rush people which I 93 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,240 in the research of this podcast like this episode I 94 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,720 Think I did six or eight hours of reading on tangents and one of the tangents was the gold rush 95 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,120 So I want to show you something. I'm gonna get better at controlling this 96 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,520 I touched on it very lightly in our East Brother Island episode 97 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:18,120 All right. I've already goofed up. So I have heard of the Oregon Trail, which is the North 98 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:24,880 Orange route there for those who are viewing there's gonna be a lot of photos. I have 31 slides 31 photos 99 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:29,400 So this is more of a YouTube post than a podcast. Sorry, I'm biased 100 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,680 But we will challenge ourselves and we'll describe all of these 101 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:38,800 Yeah, so folks have heard of the game Oregon Trail, which of course is named after the Oregon Trail 102 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,720 You have died of dysentery. Mm-hmm. Always good news and 103 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:48,520 So the Oregon Trail is shown starting in Independence, Missouri shout out that's not far from where we are right now 104 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:54,200 Wow this moment in the riprap studio through Fort Carney, Nebraska Fort Laramie, Wyoming 105 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:00,360 Over the past South Springs and then I don't know that area of the country the Snake River 106 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:07,640 Which is in beautiful Idaho up to Portland, Oregon therefore named Oregon Trail. That's where it ends. Okay, that was a popular 107 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,320 Trail for people who are traversing to go to the Gold Rush, which is course 108 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:20,340 1840s late 1840s that actually was only a couple years which I did not know so we're gonna talk some more about that 109 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:25,820 But the purple trail is the California trail as in Oregon Trail California trail 110 00:08:25,820 --> 00:08:32,920 I didn't know it ever existed and it ends in Sacramento, which is near that opening there that opening there is San Francisco area 111 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,300 So the termination is in California 112 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:43,120 So San Francisco is in that Bay as we talked about and then this shows some of the Gold Rush 113 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,360 Mining sites and this is the mother load is the orange 114 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,800 the orange here, so I 115 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,360 You know, it's a history buoy. I found it really interesting 116 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,120 a 117 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,840 Cry of gold rang out in Sutter's Mill in 118 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,880 1848 soon after the newspaper spilled onto the streets of the East Coast 119 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:07,560 Thousands of fortune hunters set out to round Cape Horn or traverse the plains on their way to San Francisco 120 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,720 In the gold fields beyond I also didn't know that 121 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:16,880 Rounding the Cape the Horn of Africa was I don't know if it was as popular 122 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,160 But it was very popular for Eastern 123 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:25,400 United States folks to go west like what do you mean like crossing the US on the Oregon Trail? 124 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:33,480 Mm-hmm wasn't what everyone did people also took ships on the ocean around Africa to get to the west coast 125 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,880 This is before the Panama Canal opened up. Yeah. Well, that's the whole point of the Panama Canal, right? 126 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:43,400 But that's crazy. I didn't know that I always just thought everyone was in wagons. I didn't know there's any ocean going 127 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,400 Gold seekers. Yeah, apparently there was a lot of them 128 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,040 Which leads to a line house 129 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,240 What? So the discovery at Sutter's Mill set off the gold rush 130 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:59,080 1848 through 1855 a major event in the history of the United States after several vessels with adventurers 131 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,040 Traveling by sea experienced difficulty in the waters along the west coast 132 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:09,640 Another cry was heard this time for the construction of lighthouses to aid navigation in response 133 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:17,520 The United States Congress passed acts in 1850 and 1851 that provided funds for eight lighthouses to be built along the west coast 134 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,520 Nice. These are to be the first 135 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:27,680 West Coast lighthouses seeded by Mexico 1848. I'm sure there's a lot of controversy around some of these things Mexican-American War 136 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,000 but 137 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,280 1848 was when it became available basically for 138 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:41,160 North American United States what would become United States citizens use and so almost immediately the area became to boom 139 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,960 Wait, I'm sorry. Are we starting the episode or is this history? 140 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,960 They tie into one another. Okay 141 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,880 There's no you really threw me off with the 49ers 142 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:55,520 I thought you were gonna do a history movie over sports and I was like, oh the name of the 49ers 143 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,680 It's about okay. It's about the gold rush and the gold rush relates to the lighthouse 144 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:07,720 They recovered right because the gold rush was the need the gold rush and all the accidents that happened on the water. I've caught up 145 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,440 So this area became available 146 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 And then immediately gold rush 147 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:18,120 I also thought that was interesting. It wasn't in the middle of a normal available time. There was nothing out there 148 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:22,440 and so Sacramento area Sutter's mill and then 149 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:27,600 San Francisco as a port became into existence 150 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,760 So that's where the big money came from. Okay now. Oh, yeah 151 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,760 The Rock 152 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,760 Sorry for that impression 153 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,480 We watched this movie 1996 the Rock 154 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:46,040 Two nights ago. Yeah, Vince didn't tell me anything about what was about what it called what it was related to 155 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,920 He just said we were watching a movie so that we could 156 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:51,560 Talk about it in our episode. Yeah 157 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:53,280 so 158 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,600 This is a movie I chose because I thought it was entertaining a long time ago 159 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,280 It has Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage and apparently Ed Harris 160 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,880 And what year did we say it was is 1996 96? Yeah 161 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:06,880 And so I thought it was interesting 162 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,240 96 96. Yeah, and so I bring this up 163 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:16,400 One because we got to see the film and we can talk about it. So they actually did film on Alcatraz Wow 164 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:20,600 Not all of the scenes. They also did film in San Francisco 165 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:26,360 So a lot of those like chase scenes at the beginning of the film were actually San Francisco, which which is what? 166 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,320 The city's yeah in the city, right? So accurate to the set 167 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:38,040 Oh, okay, which is cool because that's not easy to do. I'm sure so the the lenses they showed and everything that was the actual lenses 168 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,400 No, oh 169 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:44,360 So there's no in the film. There's the lighthouse we see at the bottom 170 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:49,360 Yeah, which we'll come to know more about as Alcatraz Island lighthouse for those of you 171 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,640 I haven't read the caption or the title of this episode 172 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,520 The reason I know that is because I watched the movie 173 00:12:54,520 --> 00:13:01,920 Mm-hmm caught on to what he was putting down and then in the movie there are several scenes that capture the lower lighthouse 174 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,920 Do you recall that? Yes doesn't exist 175 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:10,640 They built they built the lower lighthouse for the film. Perfect. Well, and they destroyed it 176 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,640 they literally shot it up and I 177 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,960 Don't want to ruin the film if you haven't seen it 178 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,640 The lower lighthouse doesn't exist 179 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:24,480 The original lighthouse was lower than this one and we'll talk about why it's no longer there 180 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:31,700 But it was demolished intentionally to build this taller lighthouse. Okay, so it's kind of like a fun fact for the movie 181 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:38,160 There was a lower lighthouse, but they didn't exist at the same time and Sean Connery didn't escape from that prison 182 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:44,600 Noted but it's a good movie and the Rock has been in many films 183 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:49,040 So shortly after Alcatraz opened as a federal prison, I will talk about all the history 184 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,720 But in 1934 was when it became kind of available for for these type of things 185 00:13:54,200 --> 00:14:02,200 For the prison for for filming. Oh, I see there's a long history, but 34 is when became available for filming its career 186 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,600 For movies began so Alcatraz Island 187 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,880 1937 Birdman of Alcatraz 1962 188 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,520 What's another one point blank which I haven't seen but I guess it's action 189 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,320 1967 I've heard that name before so it's probably a good movie 190 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:21,120 The Enforcer 191 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,360 1974 Escape from Alcatraz 1979 the Rock 192 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,960 1996 and X-Men the Last Stand 193 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,320 2006 194 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,520 So it's been in a lot of movies. Yeah 195 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:37,160 Just has the lighthouse made an appearance in all those movies or is it just the location the lighthouse? 196 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:43,240 Yeah, the Rock the island and the lighthouse and all of those were I believe from my research 197 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:51,000 Filmed at least partially on the island itself. Okay, so whether it's part of the prison that we saw in our film or the lighthouse or 198 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,040 some other cool things that are there 199 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,160 Coming to hear about them. So 200 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,480 For those of you who are gonna go check out the Rock film 1996 201 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:08,080 It's about a mild managed mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counter-strike when a group of rogue military men 202 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:10,280 led by renegade general 203 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,720 Threatened a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco 204 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,960 Yeah, and you get to see how the gas affects people in the very beginning 205 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:25,640 You know, we should probably it's a little triggering. This is one more thing. I want to show the end of the movie 206 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:30,720 I'm not gonna tell you why but the end of the movie is supposedly set in Kansas 207 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:37,600 Bologna, this is not Kansas. What is it? Oh, there's mountains. This is absolutely Southern, California because I 208 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:44,120 Couldn't I could why would he choose Kansas if it just bothers me because no one's ever been to Kansas 209 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:49,960 Kansas is in the middle of nowhere. There's nothing there. Yeah, we'll choose we could use anywhere, but we'll say Kansas literally 210 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:55,040 Anywhere in the world. We're here. Anyways, we're here. So we're in Kansas. It doesn't look like this 211 00:15:55,720 --> 00:16:01,200 Mostly and then in this scene here. It turns the camera around for the next scene that shows him driving 212 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:05,280 Yeah, and it's through I commented when we're watching it. It's through a lemon 213 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Lemon tree orchard. Yeah, and I'm like, yeah, that's California and then it shows more of these mountains and hills in the background 214 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:13,880 I found it interesting 215 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:19,920 They went all the way to Alcatraz and they're like, where can we find a field in a church nearby for a closing scene? 216 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,720 Yeah, so I just don't say it's from Kansas. Yeah, could have just said 217 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,680 California anyways that bothered me 218 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:32,920 So now Google Maps Google Maps. So Google Maps. I'm now steering on screen 219 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,240 We're gonna go to the West Coast. We're gonna go down to San Francisco 220 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:43,600 Francisco we're gonna zoom in because I wanted to show you we have already been in this area. Yes, we have right up here 221 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,240 No up a little further 222 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:53,520 Pointy is yeah East Brother light station down down down the other pointy. Oh, I'm sorry near point 223 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,800 San Pablo East Brother light station making an appearance. We've already covered him 224 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:04,760 And we'll talk some history about the area. Here's Treasure Island, which was mentioned in the film. Oh, yeah here is Alcatraz 225 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:05,960 Oh 226 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:13,240 I did see that when I was researching but like the lighthouse is so skinny that in their little cartoon depiction 227 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,440 it kind of made me think of like like a needle like a 228 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:21,600 You know lightning rod kind of thing or a smokestack 229 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:28,680 Maybe think small lighthouse notorious prison. We should go there 230 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:35,000 We should go to Alcatraz. Yeah, we're gonna talk about going to Alcatraz. So the lighthouse is 231 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Get back to my notes 232 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:44,000 Let me say it this way a firm in Baltimore, Maryland named Gibbons and Kelly was awarded the contract to build lighthouses on the West Coast 233 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,600 The contract sorry 234 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:54,280 The eight of them. Okay, it included Alcatraz Island Fort Point Fort Pino's I think 235 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,160 Point Conception point Loma 236 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:04,120 Southeast Farallon Island and Humboldt Bay and one at Cape Disappointment in present-day, Washington 237 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:07,840 Cape Disappointment is the only one I've heard of have we covered Cape Disappointment? 238 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:13,200 Mm-hmm. Okay, I think I will in the future. It has an interesting story. I'm gonna take it from me. Well, we'll talk about it 239 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,480 Supplies for the construction of the lighthouses were shipped around Cape Horn 240 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:26,760 Well, what did you expect them to do they were shipped on the bark oriel which is a ship neat 241 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,380 I like that name which arrived at Port San Francisco January 29th 242 00:18:30,380 --> 00:18:37,940 1853 Wow advanced party advanced party had already started work on the foundation of the Alcatraz Island lighthouse 243 00:18:38,260 --> 00:18:41,100 Which would be the first lighthouse activated on the West Coast 244 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:46,900 What that neat this is the first lighthouse on the West Coast. Yep. Oh 245 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:48,580 Wow 246 00:18:48,580 --> 00:18:53,260 It's got so much history so much happening and I this place is happening 247 00:18:53,260 --> 00:18:56,580 I was really confident when I said that maybe it was the first of these eight 248 00:18:56,580 --> 00:19:00,820 But I think it was the first on the West Coast. Well, you said earlier that it was the first eight 249 00:19:01,060 --> 00:19:04,860 Lighthouses on the West Coast and then if this is the first of the eight it's gotta be 250 00:19:05,540 --> 00:19:11,060 1853 is a long time ago. Mm-hmm. I'm saying I'm saying I'm picking up what you're putting down 251 00:19:12,460 --> 00:19:14,980 This is the original Alcatraz 252 00:19:15,420 --> 00:19:21,820 The plans for the for most of these eight lighthouses called for a one and a half story cottage with a tower protruding from the center 253 00:19:21,820 --> 00:19:28,020 Of the pitched roof all steps in the tower thus provided access to the upper story of the dwelling as well as the lantern room 254 00:19:28,020 --> 00:19:31,820 Kind of cool very nice. Is this the original that you have up? It is the original 255 00:19:32,340 --> 00:19:35,180 Alcatraz this is the lower lighthouse if you will, okay 256 00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:40,940 So so just to clarify the prison was not originally part of the plan, right? 257 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:41,500 Okay 258 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:48,340 It was just a lighthouse was the original construction on that island because this looks like the original lighthouse is small enough 259 00:19:48,340 --> 00:19:55,420 That looks like it may have been swamped by the prison building precisely. Okay on the eventual case 260 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:57,780 Okay 261 00:19:57,780 --> 00:20:03,420 So I like this shape of the lighthouse. I really like this and I think it was mentioned 262 00:20:03,420 --> 00:20:07,420 I don't know if I have it in my notes here, but when I was reading about this 263 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:12,300 It was hard to find this image. Shout out to United States lighthouse society. Mm-hmm 264 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:14,540 They've got all of the documents you need 265 00:20:14,540 --> 00:20:19,020 But I mean this is a this is a sketch a hand sketch from 1854 266 00:20:19,180 --> 00:20:23,660 Which has all the views and I also like it shows this like interior. Yeah staircase 267 00:20:23,660 --> 00:20:28,400 These are like concrete plans. I think or brick plans. I guess it would have been like foundation stuff. Yep 268 00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:32,440 They wanted to bring some East Coast style like Cape Cod 269 00:20:33,620 --> 00:20:38,820 Architecture to the West Coast because it was the first lighthouse or at least among the first as we've established 270 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:42,380 So they they had an interest in doing that. It's also a Boston, Massachusetts 271 00:20:42,380 --> 00:20:46,700 firm that won the contract through probably recycling some engineering 272 00:20:47,620 --> 00:20:49,620 Although this looks much 273 00:20:50,260 --> 00:20:56,180 It looks more unique than the early lighthouses. That's like it looks I mean it has its own style going on 274 00:20:56,180 --> 00:21:00,220 Yeah, it's not a cheap box. It's interesting. So 275 00:21:01,220 --> 00:21:07,820 The house is very in style around that time. Yeah still today. It'd be pretty sweet if you had a lighthouse protruding from your house 276 00:21:07,820 --> 00:21:15,580 Or a lantern room rather than a dream. So be like a reading nook. It was completed by July of 1853 277 00:21:15,940 --> 00:21:21,960 Okay, but it would be almost a year before it exhibit its light. Why so 1854? 278 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,500 This might be an as-built drawings as it was completed. They get this I see 279 00:21:26,940 --> 00:21:28,940 It would be almost a year 280 00:21:30,740 --> 00:21:35,580 We'll talk about that, okay, I think I'm pretty sure sorry I have nine pages of notes 281 00:21:35,580 --> 00:21:42,060 So I'm gonna scoot in 1852 the year before the completion the administration of the US 282 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:47,380 Lighthouses was transferred from the fifth auditor of the Treasury to a newly created lighthouse board 283 00:21:47,460 --> 00:21:52,460 Which after many changes through history is expressed today as the US LHS 284 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:56,660 Nice, so I have an image of the board and that time 285 00:21:57,220 --> 00:22:00,500 Whamp whamp so I'm not gonna read these names, but 286 00:22:01,300 --> 00:22:03,500 1896 is this image so I 287 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:06,660 Guess 40 years after I was referencing 288 00:22:06,660 --> 00:22:12,060 Sorry, but still a very old photo and kind of neat they were getting together to have these meetings 289 00:22:12,620 --> 00:22:17,260 one of the first changes that this body made was to order the installation of 290 00:22:17,540 --> 00:22:23,540 Fresnel lenses in all lighthouses. Oh, we're switching up just so everyone knows we're we're pronouncing 291 00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:31,260 Fresnel Fresnel lenses one of three ways that I've heard online and it's most likely 292 00:22:31,260 --> 00:22:37,820 Not correct. I'm going with Fresnel. So yeah for today. I am NOT ready to try and conform 293 00:22:38,780 --> 00:22:40,780 Vince seems to be ready to conform 294 00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:44,780 I'm gonna try I'll embarrass myself a little bit longer 295 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:49,100 We're recording a podcast. We're full swing embarrassing ourselves 296 00:22:50,540 --> 00:22:56,780 All right, the thought before this time was that the Fresnel lens developed by Augustine Fresnel in France of 18 297 00:22:56,780 --> 00:23:02,500 1822 was too expensive for deployment in American linehouses the new lighthouse board concluded 298 00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:08,380 However that the superior performance of the Fresnel lens and the reduction in fuel oil that promised 299 00:23:09,020 --> 00:23:14,700 More than justified its added expense a change order was accordingly sent to Gibbons and Kelly the contractors 300 00:23:15,260 --> 00:23:22,140 Directing them to not install the intended argand lamps again. Yeah, remember I yeah, we'll talk about it 301 00:23:22,140 --> 00:23:27,500 We'll show an example here in a second argand lamps and parabolic reflectors 302 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:33,340 But rather wait for the Fresnel lens to arrive. So that was why there was a year in between its conclusion 303 00:23:33,340 --> 00:23:38,060 Okay, so they had these lenses on hand it sounds like but they said well 304 00:23:38,620 --> 00:23:43,100 One of the first actions we're gonna take is to upgrade the lens without ever installing this 305 00:23:43,820 --> 00:23:45,820 so there is 306 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:49,820 I watched a video on YouTube of a guy take a tour of the modern lighthouse 307 00:23:49,820 --> 00:23:51,820 And in the base of it at the base of the tower 308 00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:58,780 There was a lens sitting there that the tour guide in the video and the folks who were recording it didn't know history 309 00:23:58,780 --> 00:24:04,780 I wonder if it wasn't never deployed, but it was I mean they already bought it. They're gonna send it somewhere else interesting 310 00:24:04,780 --> 00:24:06,780 So it was a argand 311 00:24:07,820 --> 00:24:09,820 Lamp so this shows the reflector 312 00:24:10,540 --> 00:24:15,020 Literally a fuel burning lamp, which I think is super cool. Mm-hmm and 313 00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:18,540 Now it seems better 314 00:24:18,540 --> 00:24:22,940 Now it seems basic but at the time the 1800s getting something like this, right? 315 00:24:22,940 --> 00:24:28,140 Yeah, it was really impressive. Yeah, and they added this chimney later that oh, I didn't know that 316 00:24:28,140 --> 00:24:33,420 Yeah, so that because I said it was a problem the problem. Yeah, obviously this reflector would just 317 00:24:33,980 --> 00:24:36,300 encase all of the smoke from the candle 318 00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:42,460 Or the lamp and would just get soot really fast and so that it wouldn't have any reflective power 319 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:45,260 so someone would have to come by and clean all of them and they'd have like 320 00:24:45,260 --> 00:24:49,180 20 something reflectors on one lighthouse 321 00:24:49,180 --> 00:24:54,940 So they made this chimney that comes out the top so where it's still something you have to clean but it's not like 322 00:24:54,940 --> 00:25:02,220 You know, it's not as bad. Yeah. Well, it seems alarming to have an oil reservoir there and screws that adjust the flow 323 00:25:02,220 --> 00:25:06,540 And you're supposed to refill that while the flame is running. I I would guess 324 00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:10,540 Yeah, or during the day or something sometime 325 00:25:11,660 --> 00:25:13,660 extra work, so 326 00:25:13,660 --> 00:25:15,660 light from a fixed third or 327 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:18,700 Ferdor wine's starting to come 328 00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:20,700 What? 329 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:28,300 12% hitting yeah, I can't handle I can't handle drinking my diet. Dr. Pepper and then going back to the wine 330 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:30,300 It's a mix. Yeah, you don't want to mix them 331 00:25:33,980 --> 00:25:37,980 Light from a fixed third or third order Fresnel lens 332 00:25:38,780 --> 00:25:40,780 Fresnel lens. Oh my gosh 333 00:25:40,780 --> 00:25:47,420 Light from a fixed third order Fresnel lens was first shown from Alcatraz lighthouse on June the 1st of 1854 334 00:25:48,140 --> 00:25:54,540 With Michael Cason receiving an annual salary of $1,100 as the headkeeper and John Sloan being paid 335 00:25:55,100 --> 00:26:03,260 $700 as his assistant nice. It's not bad in us dollars today. Yeah, it's not bad us today. It's $40,000 and $25,000. Okay, so 336 00:26:04,540 --> 00:26:07,980 Pretty sweet place to be though. Yeah, and that's not at today's like 337 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:12,380 Housing prices, right? Yeah, just inflation would have definitely been a livable wage 338 00:26:13,020 --> 00:26:18,700 The uh, sorry, no, it's okay and their housing is covered. So yeah, you know, they're making bank and they're right by the city 339 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:24,460 Which will come up again. It's nice. Um, oh, but it's a island lighthouse. It is an island. They're being compensated for that 340 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:26,460 I see I see it's a good spot 341 00:26:26,940 --> 00:26:32,300 The original lens had been used had been in use for under 50 years when in 19 what? 342 00:26:33,580 --> 00:26:34,540 What? 343 00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:39,100 When was the Golden Gate Bridge built? I don't know. Was it while this lighthouse existed? 344 00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:45,660 I'm assuming right? You can see it really well from there. So I was thinking it must have been fun for them to watch it be built 345 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:49,260 January 5th of 1933. Okay, so way after 346 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:55,980 Pretty neat good question. What about a fun time for them? The lens the original lens? 347 00:26:57,180 --> 00:27:01,100 Was there for almost 50 years which seems like a good service life to me 348 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:06,460 Uh in 1902 it was removed and replaced by revolving two panel fourth order lens. Whoa 349 00:27:06,780 --> 00:27:09,340 Yep, it produced a white flash every 15 seconds 350 00:27:10,060 --> 00:27:17,340 The district officers recommended the change in the lights characteristic. They changed it so that it could be more. Um, 351 00:27:18,060 --> 00:27:23,980 I don't know what the original was now that I say that more more distinguished from the electric lights surrounding it. Okay, that makes sense 352 00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:26,060 I read that electric lights 353 00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:28,220 San Francisco was 354 00:27:28,220 --> 00:27:35,020 Electric lights san francisco was a money pit of a city when it like the gold rush 355 00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:39,820 Really, I would say through today. I don't know the city that well, but it's still quite substantial 356 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:41,900 and so 357 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:47,820 Electric lighting in 1902 was a concern for the surrounding area, which is awesome. That's a good problem 358 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:53,020 So and then that's early the island itself. I assume had some lights too being the keeper's house 359 00:27:53,020 --> 00:27:59,100 So but running power to an island is also a neat idea and of course, yeah, and that's early for that. Yeah 360 00:27:59,900 --> 00:28:05,100 So I want to show you the original lighthouse. Okay, I have a photo of it in 1895. Yes what? 361 00:28:06,220 --> 00:28:07,420 Oh, wait. Yeah 362 00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:11,580 Yeah, that's pretty early for photo. Whoa, that's a great photo for that year 363 00:28:12,060 --> 00:28:14,060 I think I mean, come on 364 00:28:14,060 --> 00:28:18,780 I keep saying these things and now i'm like, are you sure i'm pretty sure this is from 1895 365 00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:21,600 Because the next photo I have is from 1906 366 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,600 Oh 367 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,420 San 368 00:28:25,420 --> 00:28:26,960 Francisco 369 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:31,760 All right. Look at that. Isn't it cool beautiful and what is this other house sticking off to the side? 370 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:38,240 I don't know what that is. What the heck is that? Don't tell me that's the boathouse because it is like a gothic. It's awesome 371 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,400 It's a dark gothic 372 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,960 What is it called? 373 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,080 Architecture just like uh when it's the opposite of something else 374 00:28:46,860 --> 00:28:48,860 Antithesis. Yeah 375 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:55,500 The the lighthouse is really neat and it looks quaint. It's clean and pretty I don't I have so many questions in my own photo 376 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:58,140 I don't know what these things are these folks folks are sitting on with the 377 00:28:59,420 --> 00:29:00,940 I don't know what that is 378 00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:04,160 It wouldn't be oil would it? I hope not cannonballs 379 00:29:05,420 --> 00:29:06,940 Yeah, and then 380 00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:12,700 I really don't know. I don't know what the house is either. They have two chimneys. Do you think that they made it a duplex? 381 00:29:12,940 --> 00:29:14,700 They did. Yes 382 00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:20,940 Yep, we'll talk about that. Okay. Yeah, and they eventually we'll also talk about it added more folks. Is that a tennis court? 383 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:25,900 It might be 384 00:29:25,980 --> 00:29:28,220 What world are we in? This is the original lighthouse? 385 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:32,940 That's what I can tell you for sure about this photo because you know nowadays they don't make a tennis 386 00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:40,220 Fence that fancy. Can you all the stories that we have told about lighthouse keepers about wikis and all like we watched the lighthouse 387 00:29:40,300 --> 00:29:44,060 Which you all probably already heard. No. No. Okay. Well, you'll hear that review 388 00:29:44,060 --> 00:29:47,420 Yeah, they did not have a friggin tennis court. No, no 389 00:29:48,140 --> 00:29:50,140 And they had room too 390 00:29:50,380 --> 00:29:54,300 Do you think that's a tennis court? I don't know. I've got to look it up. It looks like a 391 00:29:55,020 --> 00:29:57,020 It looks like a tennis court 392 00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:01,900 Like why would they have a net coming through the middle of just wide open space? 393 00:30:02,380 --> 00:30:05,900 Oh, do you think it's a cistern and the net has something to do with 394 00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:09,100 I really don't know 395 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:15,420 What I can't tell you i'm sorry research falls short right now. Let's just let it live a lot live in live on 396 00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:19,500 In our brains as a tennis court 397 00:30:20,220 --> 00:30:21,420 so 398 00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:28,220 In addition to the light go check out this photo on our instagram because you can probably have the same opinions as we do 399 00:30:28,220 --> 00:30:32,780 Please just make up something and tell us what you think these things are in the photo. Leave a comment just for fun 400 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:33,980 Yeah 401 00:30:33,980 --> 00:30:40,140 So in addition to the light the keepers in alcatraz island were also responsible for a fog bell struck by machinery 402 00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:42,460 Which was placed in the southeast tip of the island 403 00:30:43,260 --> 00:30:49,980 In 1883 the old bell and other material were sent to the navy yard at mare island, which I don't know where that is 404 00:30:50,780 --> 00:30:51,580 but 405 00:30:51,580 --> 00:30:58,220 A 3340 pound bell was cast for alcatraz island. Whoa, we're talking a big bell. Yeah 406 00:30:58,780 --> 00:31:00,780 big ass bell 407 00:31:00,780 --> 00:31:06,060 The new bell was placed in the new structure built for it 408 00:31:06,460 --> 00:31:11,660 And when conditions merited it was struck five blows intervals of 10 seconds. Oh, so it's their foghorn 409 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:16,940 Followed by a pause of 25 seconds. So again pretty advanced for the time 410 00:31:17,020 --> 00:31:20,620 Yeah, it's mechanically struck which I assume involves a steam engine and 411 00:31:21,180 --> 00:31:27,260 well, they have all this money in san francisco and all electricity and the beginning of the 412 00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:30,780 Yeah, what is it 20th century 19th? 413 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:34,300 No 20th century sure 414 00:31:35,180 --> 00:31:37,740 So this it's it's a mountain dew fun fact 415 00:31:38,540 --> 00:31:41,180 That I don't know if we cover later or not. So i'll make sure it's covered now 416 00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:44,620 This had a mechanical winding 417 00:31:45,260 --> 00:31:48,860 to rotate the assembly of the light the lighthouse the light 418 00:31:50,060 --> 00:31:52,140 room the lens my goodness 419 00:31:52,140 --> 00:31:59,740 They had to dig into the island to create a shaft to have enough vertical travel for the weight to travel down 420 00:31:59,980 --> 00:32:01,980 So it's like a pit that went down 421 00:32:03,020 --> 00:32:10,060 And in the future lighthouse they um dug off the edge of a cliff or maybe it's a little bit round. Well 422 00:32:10,780 --> 00:32:15,740 I hope we'll cover it. Okay. I'm sorry. If not, we'll have to come back. There's a lot to talk about 423 00:32:15,740 --> 00:32:23,580 Around the time that the lighthouse was completed military fortifications were also placed on the island. It's a tactical position 424 00:32:24,460 --> 00:32:26,460 the alcatraz 425 00:32:26,460 --> 00:32:32,880 To the to the bay, okay, the alcatraz citadel, which was a multi-story fortified barracks was finished in 1859 426 00:32:33,740 --> 00:32:38,700 On the uppermost plateau just north of the lighthouse. So they chose the highest spot and they built a new building 427 00:32:39,260 --> 00:32:41,260 That was um, what year was that? 428 00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:45,120 1859 you think these are actual cannonballs? 429 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,320 That'd be a lot of ammo 430 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,640 There'd be no cannonballs are not that big 431 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,040 Well, then what are they I really don't know 432 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:57,760 Torpedoes 433 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,760 Okay, sorry keep going 434 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:05,040 The first use of alcatraz as a prison which we talked about in the movie of the rock 1996 435 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,760 was during the civil war 436 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:15,120 Uh, what happened was 39 people in san francisco were found celebrating the news of the assassination of president lincoln evil 437 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:16,480 Oh no 438 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,080 Yep, they were promptly arrested and locked up on the island for two months 439 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,040 I did not find what happened after them after that 440 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:25,900 1865 was the year he was assassinated 441 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,720 Okay nuts 442 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,760 A second assistant keeper was assigned to alcatraz in 1901 443 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,800 Which also is when they got their new 444 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:36,720 lens 445 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,360 Yeah, true 1902 so 19 446 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,520 Or a different one the fourth order 447 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:41,920 Okay 448 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:48,160 A second assistant keeper was assigned to alcatraz in 1901 to help with the added burden of a revolving light and a second fog bell 449 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:51,280 That was placed on the northwest tip of the island in 1900 450 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:56,800 Okay, so now there's one on the southeast and one on the northwest. Yep. Ooh, that's neat. Nice symmetry 451 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,840 Eventually, i'll show you a map that covers the island. It's really neat 452 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:06,320 The head keeper was given four rooms in this lighthouse while the assistants had two rooms each and they shared a kitchen 453 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,280 Did any of them have families or were you not allowed to since it's a rock? 454 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,400 They did have families and it really was tight. Oh 455 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,000 Wow, because eventually they needed to expand the lighthouse 456 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,440 They did eventually. Okay for more room 457 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,840 What's your question I don't have any okay, i'm just excited to be here me too 458 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:33,840 You Henry w young was serving as head keeper when the devastating 1906 earthquake struck san francisco 459 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:39,360 We already talked about this in east brother light. Yeah, and east brother light didn't really suffer much damage besides the 460 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,600 Fresnel lens 461 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:53,520 Uh taken a crack or two so what it was the damage here. Well first we'll talk about the log book 462 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,360 For april 18th, which is coming up reads 463 00:34:58,060 --> 00:35:01,040 5 30 a.m. Violent and continuous earthquake 464 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:09,120 Dot dot dot san francisco on fire. Is this the end of the world question mark insane that they would write 465 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:11,840 very similar like verbiage and 466 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,600 Verbiage yeah 467 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,600 words words english 468 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:20,240 Terrible seeing san francisco from here 469 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:23,440 The earthquake caused a slight crack in the lighthouse tower 470 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:30,160 And it toppled the chimneys protruding from the dwelling's roof. Oh, no, so it was rocking. Yeah, which is insane 471 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,320 I bet those cannonballs were everywhere 472 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,360 No, they're heavy 473 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:42,320 So i'm going to show you an image from 1906 earthquake. Oh no everything that I have 474 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:49,920 Have found tells me this is a real image and there were several other images that are even worse quality and even more insane buildings 475 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:54,480 Whole sections of the city are gone. Yeah, fires are enormous churches like 476 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:58,720 Anything that was really heavy stone appeared to be still be there what you can see 477 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:03,280 The brick is still there on the right the heavy stone like limestone on the left to be fair 478 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:09,040 Like what I read earlier is that the the earthquake is not what destroyed most of the city 479 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:14,080 It was the fires and this picture kind of shows. Yeah, the sky it's like the earthquake really didn't 480 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:21,360 Decimate anything like obviously there's buildings down and everything but the fire is just like all you see is fire 481 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:25,920 Yeah, I can see how they came to the same uh, describe it the same way from afar 482 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:31,380 Yeah, and that is kind of cool. It's sad but cool. I've never been to san francisco 483 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,320 I don't think but this you can see this big hill 484 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:38,640 I think this was in the chase scene like this area this neighborhood 485 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:44,160 It's big to I read it's big for tourism to like go on those street trolleys and see this area 486 00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:48,240 Um, and the street trolley was a part of the film we watched as well 487 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,940 This makes me think of a princess diaries. Did they film that in san francisco? 488 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,200 I don't know that story 489 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,180 Am I thinking of a john denver song san francisco? 490 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,080 Nice princess diaries 491 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,960 Hey shout out too bad. They didn't go to alcatraz island. They weren't cool enough 492 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:07,840 to film on alcatraz 493 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,120 So I don't want to brush over it. This is an awful event, but it was 494 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:15,200 We've already covered it. Um, it's just crazy. Yeah here shows 495 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:20,080 A map that I think you already showed this exact map. You stole my map. Yep 496 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,240 Dora would be mad 497 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:27,680 So, uh, this shows the fault line and some of the ratings so near san francisco 498 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,480 very heavy extreme 499 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,340 124 percent gravity acceleration 500 00:37:36,140 --> 00:37:39,140 116 centimeters per second of velocity 501 00:37:39,860 --> 00:37:45,860 For you nerds out there. That's nuts. That's a lot of movement. So and of course, there was this whole california coast 502 00:37:47,220 --> 00:37:49,380 Really awful, but here's a cool picture. Boom 503 00:37:50,020 --> 00:37:54,740 Wow, look at something slightly more positive. This looks a lot different from what we were just looking at 504 00:37:55,140 --> 00:37:57,940 So what year is this one? Well, i'm gonna keep going through my notes. Oh 505 00:37:58,340 --> 00:37:59,620 um 506 00:37:59,620 --> 00:38:06,280 Because I don't know the answer to that yet. Let me let me keep reading for a moment. So, uh in 1909 507 00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:13,460 Yeah, we just talked about the earthquake. Sorry 1909 the citadel was leveled to the ground and a cell house was built in its place 508 00:38:13,540 --> 00:38:17,540 Which is still present today. You've seen this cell house in the film. We'll we'll talk about it 509 00:38:18,180 --> 00:38:23,940 With its 600 cells the new prison was reportedly the largest reinforced concrete building in the world at the time 510 00:38:24,020 --> 00:38:24,820 Oh my gosh 511 00:38:24,820 --> 00:38:29,940 In fact in 1909 in fact the new structure interfered with the operation of the lighthouse 512 00:38:31,140 --> 00:38:36,580 So a taller 90 foot concrete tower was built just south of the original lighthouse using 513 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:42,100 $35,000 okay say something the the first lighthouse and this lighthouse have 514 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:49,540 Extremely different vibes going on. They do this is definitely more of a security type. I mean like security vibe lighthouse 515 00:38:49,540 --> 00:38:56,900 Yeah, the other one was very homey and cute. I never thought about that. It looks like it matches the cell house though. Yeah 516 00:38:57,940 --> 00:39:02,500 The columns and another thing they're both beautiful. That's just uh, they're very different 517 00:39:02,580 --> 00:39:07,540 It's not like they took the lantern room off of that and just made it taller. Yeah 518 00:39:07,620 --> 00:39:14,500 It's like they definitely just re uh redesign the whole thing. Yeah. Yeah, it's it's very neat and uh 519 00:39:15,540 --> 00:39:18,340 Something that's cool architecturally construction about this 520 00:39:18,340 --> 00:39:23,860 Is it was kind of one of the early experiments in building? 521 00:39:24,420 --> 00:39:31,140 To proof against earthquakes. Oh because it was built 19 years after the major earthquake that ripped the city in half 522 00:39:31,940 --> 00:39:32,820 um 523 00:39:32,820 --> 00:39:38,180 Another fun fact from our movie watching time that building on the right is the warden's house. Okay 524 00:39:38,820 --> 00:39:45,540 Nice. Yeah, and uh, very bougie eventually there's a fire and also very different styles those two houses 525 00:39:45,540 --> 00:39:51,060 It looks like a like a texaco style. Yeah, the one closest to us. The second one looks very um 526 00:39:52,340 --> 00:39:57,780 Yeah, texaco. That's cute. Yeah, like we're going to chile's and uh 527 00:39:58,980 --> 00:39:59,920 in 528 00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:05,060 Eventually in in the movie the rock the last scene you see of sean connery 529 00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:10,580 He's standing on a weird elevated platform in a window. Yeah walking across that's the building 530 00:40:10,580 --> 00:40:15,540 Oh, wow. No way. Yeah in ruins if you will you said there is a fire. Yep. We'll talk about it 531 00:40:15,540 --> 00:40:18,580 Oh dang it every time you keep dropping on the rock 532 00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:24,980 So that 35 000 we talked about it was approved by congress march 4th of 1909 533 00:40:25,780 --> 00:40:27,780 Thank goodness for politicians 534 00:40:27,940 --> 00:40:34,500 Right five thousand dollars approved by congress. Thank you congress cue the applause sound effect. I'm proud 535 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:40,440 Of construction work began july 20th of 1909 good time to be constructing things 536 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,400 Uh, so only three years after that earthquake 537 00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:50,280 The revolving fourth order lens transferred from the old lighthouse and was activated atop the new tower. Okay lens 538 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,600 Uh, that was december 1st of 1909 539 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,080 Got a lot of dates here 540 00:40:55,080 --> 00:41:00,040 Attached to the base of the tower was a commodious dwelling with two story wings 541 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:04,680 The private smaller wing was for the head keeper the two assistants shared the larger wing 542 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:10,200 Because it was no longer needed the original lighthouse was torn down by 1914 the fourth order 543 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:14,040 Two panel barber and bernard which I assume is the manufacturer 544 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,000 Fresnel lens was used in the lantern room 545 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:23,320 That was used there had been replaced by a six panel fourth order lens that produced a white flash every five seconds 546 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:25,640 so they increased the frequency and 547 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:31,480 And uh also increased the panels, which I think maybe is the same result six panels 548 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:36,360 Yeah, if they wanted to keep the speed the same they would increase the amount of panels to increase flash pattern 549 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,520 Interesting so one flash every five seconds 550 00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:44,360 Anyways, let me take a sip of oh I want a sip of 551 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,480 Now we're at 1913 552 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,800 The fog bells on the northern and southern extremes of the island were replaced with electric sirens 553 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,600 I can tell you they were not popular over time 554 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:59,160 Interestingly the prison guards used to help the keepers in operating those fog signals 555 00:41:59,160 --> 00:41:59,660 Oh cute 556 00:41:59,660 --> 00:42:03,160 From their elevated lookouts in the watchtowers the guards 557 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,840 They could easily see when a bank of fog started to roll through the golden gate 558 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:13,240 The the lighthouse keepers weren't ever up unless they were maintaining the light they weren't at elevation so they couldn't see as well 559 00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,600 So the guards would yell at them. Hey fog's rolling in 560 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:20,840 Yeah, well the guards are up there 24 7 the keepers are not up there 24 7 unless it's nighttime 561 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:27,080 Right and then nobody would be able to see if there's fog rolling in. Yeah, it's pretty pretty nuts 562 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:33,880 Um alcatraz served as a military prison until it was acquired by the u.s. Justice department in 1933 563 00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,240 So then it became a federal penitentiary. So 564 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:43,080 I think because it became a federal penitentiary it became available for filming. That was what we talked about earlier 565 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:48,280 I don't really see that connection. Yeah, I don't either the lighthouse keepers worked alongside the prison 566 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:53,420 And then rather uneventfully until the light was automated november 22nd of 1963 567 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:59,240 I find that statement to be baloney and i'll tell you why oh one dramatic event that was recorded by the keepers 568 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,560 Was a bloody escape attempt 569 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:02,840 Oh 570 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:07,000 No, now as the battle of alcatraz. Oh my gosh this 571 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:09,960 Pretty wild escape. Okay 572 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,200 escape from alcatraz 573 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:16,200 Bloody escape attempt like somebody yeah, like multiple people like it was a jailbreak 574 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,200 So it was the afternoon of may 2nd of 1946 575 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:27,320 bernard coy was his name an inmate was able to pry apart some bars and squeeze his greased body 576 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:32,280 Into an elevated walkway like that on the screen for all of you can't see 577 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,320 Patrolled the walkway was patrolled by armed guards 578 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:43,480 He overwhelmed an unsuspecting guards neck up on him gained access to firearms and keys and quickly liberated his accomplishment 579 00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:48,840 The compasses he had planned this ahead of time. You know, i'm gonna try to reach myself up get out 580 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,280 Get a gun. Yeah, literally slid through the bars. Oh 581 00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:57,160 It's gotta be he's gotta have like broken rib or something. It didn't go super well 582 00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,720 So the inmates plan soon met a snag 583 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:04,840 However, because they were unable to unlock the door leading to the rec yard recreation. Oh good lord 584 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:09,000 So I want to show you the cell block. We've already seen the rec yard. Wouldn't that be closed off anyway? 585 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,760 So the rec yard the plan was to get to the rec yard. Here's our map 586 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:15,320 Oh excellent. So cell block center screen 587 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:20,200 Uh the rec yard is the far side and then down from the rec yard 588 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,240 I don't know if they were going to go through a gate or over the wall or what 589 00:44:23,720 --> 00:44:28,040 They were actually going to try to get into a boat and the boats were stored down. I do see some little stairs 590 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,040 Yeah 591 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:32,040 It's an incredible level of detail. Yeah 592 00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:36,680 It's pretty cool. And this is san francisco or alcatraz island today 593 00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:40,760 So this big dock at the lower side that's for boats that are coming to visit 594 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:42,920 We'll talk about tours and such that are available 595 00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:47,880 Um, you see the warden's house now has no roof parade ground. There's the lighthouse 596 00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:52,200 Yeah, I didn't understand parade ground. I think it's for training of the guards 597 00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:56,440 Because it appears to be outside of all the containment walls 598 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,720 We talked about it in the or we heard about it the movie the atlantic 599 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:04,440 Or excuse me, the pacific is very cold 600 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:11,080 Uh, and uh, this is over a mile from the coast so it looks close, but it's not really swimmable 601 00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,120 It'd be incredible if you could swim it let alone swim it as a prisoner 602 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:18,680 Yeah, you'd be doing it as a small feat and not uh for fun. Yeah, so it was 603 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,400 Difficult to escape I think 604 00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:25,160 Which is the cool premise of the movie we watched is someone who had escaped exactly 605 00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:32,520 So the rec yard also fun fact, uh, you can go visit that on a tour and there's a baseball diamond that was there 606 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:37,480 Um for the prisoners. Yeah, so the prisoners were allowed out to the rec yard for some time 607 00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,200 Uh baseball was popular. I guess 608 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,960 There was a bunch of famous people. I think you don't want to give a bat to a prisoner 609 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,840 I don't know, but you have guns so 610 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:50,200 The guards have guns 611 00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:57,400 But to get back to the back to the escape attempt so Mr. Coy got the jump on somebody 612 00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,920 Eventually marines were called to help regain control of cell block D 613 00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:07,480 Located just 150 feet from the lighthouse over the next two days gunfire was occasionally heard on the island harry davis 614 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:10,360 Uh was serving as the headkeeper at the time 615 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,800 It was likely that he penned the following account in the station's logbook 616 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:18,760 Which you don't usually talk about shootings going on drama. Yeah the the bad drama 617 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:25,320 1430 hours convict on the loose with submachine gun. Oh my gosh entire prison held at bay 618 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:29,240 Entire prison held at bay shooting is almost continuous u.s 619 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:36,680 Marines landed on north end of island fire again raging in cell blocks hand grenades being dropped through the holes broken through the roof 620 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:42,600 No way the prison is being reduced to shambles the nearly two-day standoff was over when it was over davis wrote 621 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:44,920 The end of 44 hours of living hell 622 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,840 How many people died? Uh, the six escapees were killed 623 00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:52,600 During the three three of the six escapees were killed 624 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:58,040 Okay, two of the three who did survive were later executed together in a gas chamber yikes san quentin 625 00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:04,680 And their role because they killed two guards during the escape. The third survivor was given a judicial life sentence 626 00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:11,320 I was surprised. That's only six people six had escaped and they caused all sorts of havoc because they got they got hold of 627 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:16,920 Guards guns. Yeah, I don't remember. I wish I did. I don't remember how many guards were killed 628 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,880 But more again, I went into some deep holes reading about this event 629 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:26,040 Yeah, this is in some way i'm gonna say it's awesome. It's not awesome. I'm gonna say it's awesome 630 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,720 But it's like the movie. So this was uh, i'm trying to remember the year 631 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:33,560 1946 okay, world war two had just ended 632 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,200 World war two had just ended 633 00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:43,800 And the guards were not doing well, uh, because the prisoners who couldn't escape the cell block, which is just crazy 634 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:48,840 They had like machine guns and they were holed up and so they called some marines 635 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:55,000 And that's why it took two days a group of marines who had fought in world war two against the japanese 636 00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:59,800 They just finished. Yeah, but they they came and used tactics 637 00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:04,280 They organized a plan and used tactics that they had used against japanese who were defending themselves 638 00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:12,040 in similar war time and uh, it's a it's a story if you want to read about it, it could have been a whole episode, but 639 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,600 um pretty 640 00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:19,960 I mean to end the situation great. It's good for them. Obviously it wasn't a positive event 641 00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:25,640 But I was like they literally landed u.s marines from world war two one year away from world war two's end 642 00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:31,800 On this island to fight these prisoners. Yeah, and it's like it's all america. It's not a wars. It's not even a battle 643 00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:35,240 it's just like prisoners we need you to intercept these people like they're 644 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:38,440 Basically terrorists, so super crazy 645 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:43,880 So I just wonder how they got control of the other three without killing them 646 00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,960 So they had keys and they talked sorry i've read a lot that I didn't write down 647 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:52,840 The he got keys to the cells from a guard that he overwhelmed 648 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:56,520 I don't know if he killed that guard or not. I hope not, but I assume probably knocked him out 649 00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:00,920 I'm gonna say he probably knocked him out, but he got the keys and the keys were 650 00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:06,120 I mean 1900s keys. They're kind of interesting looking but they weren't that complex like padlock keys 651 00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:11,800 And then uh, he was able to release people that he knew he could trust to break out with him. He was all planned 652 00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:13,800 and then um 653 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,800 Um got some guns 654 00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:21,320 And they couldn't get out into the yard because it required a different key and they didn't think of that. They didn't know that 655 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:26,200 Uh, they didn't know it or they didn't think of it. They didn't yeah, you couldn't find a key to get out 656 00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:29,640 So they were kind of locked but they had a run of uh, the cell house 657 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:35,480 Yeah during their escapades. Did you read what they were guilty of that they were in? 658 00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:38,680 I did. Um, one of them was guilty of murder 659 00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:41,160 Uh, so it's pretty serious 660 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:44,120 Others, I don't think were all murderers 661 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:52,280 Nothing noteworthy nothing I could recall murder for one at least it might have been coy the the mastermind of the plan but 662 00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:54,680 Not that big of a mastermind, I guess 663 00:49:55,800 --> 00:49:57,160 I mean 664 00:49:57,160 --> 00:50:00,280 I don't know. I'm sure everyone's a good person at some point in their life 665 00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:02,760 But that's a pretty rough situation to be killing people and yeah 666 00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:08,360 Have to cause the military to come in storm the beach again to take care of your situation. That's just wild 667 00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:12,120 So, uh, that's all I have to say about the battle of alcatraz but pretty wild 668 00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:19,880 And the lighthouse keepers were running the light the whole time. Oh my god, they're like, all right tired of this 669 00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:26,840 That's enough. You've got to just be in hell. It's like it's escaped people with firearms on this island. You can't get off of 670 00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:33,000 Keep doing your duties. Like we got it under control. It's like are you sure they're not gonna come out here? Yeah 671 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,920 I'll give them a prior warning. I'd be like i'm gonna get out of the way if they come running out. Yeah 672 00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:39,000 I'll have you know 673 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:42,360 My life is on the line for the lighthouse but not for these weirdos. Yeah 674 00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:45,400 That's obviously quite an unfortunate series of events 675 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:49,720 Now i'm going to talk about something a little happier just a little sad unhappy 676 00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:55,880 Is that not when the warden's house burnt down? Nope. What with grenades and stuff? Alcatraz island, baby 677 00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:58,680 so uh this 678 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:01,580 We'll just get i'm just gonna say we're gonna get a little bit of a 679 00:51:01,580 --> 00:51:04,000 We'll just get i'm just gonna say we're gonna move on. Okay 680 00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:07,040 We can come back if anyone has it 681 00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:09,760 Oh nice heartwarming photos. This is ed 682 00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:17,920 Your boy ed ed the murderer. No, that was coy was the last. Oh, sorry. I thought you said ed coy. No 683 00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:20,960 Hold on now. I gotta check 684 00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:22,960 bernard coy 685 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:28,400 I was off by a lot bernie now. This is ed ed schneider. Okay ed 686 00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:31,600 ed ed was a genial 270 pound man 687 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:37,840 He spent 28 years on alcatraz not as a prisoner but as a lighthouse keeper 28 years. Mm-hmm 688 00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:45,200 He said one one point sure I could have transferred to other stations, but not anytime they asked me. I said no 689 00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:53,520 Schneider reported he told a reporter. This is one of the choice places not for them. I know he nodded towards the barred windows 690 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,120 But for me alcatraz isn't isolated. It's close to town 691 00:51:57,120 --> 00:52:01,840 So as a lighthouse keeper he had that in mind which again we've talked about further away 692 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:08,000 Rougher lives for them. Yeah, so Schneider arrived on the rock as first assistant keeper 693 00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:13,760 Excuse me first as assistant keeper in 1931 and ended up retiring in 1959 694 00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,400 So he was there during the Battle of Alcatraz. Wow 695 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:21,680 He was the last civilian keeper of Alcatraz Island light for many years 696 00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:29,040 For many years, he acted as santa claus to some 70 children of the prison guards of the island and he fit the role well 697 00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:31,840 in total 698 00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:36,400 He fit the santa claus role well not needing a pillow or an extra padding 699 00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:45,680 Brutal besides the Battle of Alcatraz another standout day for Schneider was when both of the station's foghorns quit in heavy fog 700 00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:52,640 What brought shipping to the bay and a stop to a stop. Oh boy. He said I never repaired anything so fast before or since 701 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,000 He's like, I'm sweating 702 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,640 So he retired um 703 00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:02,080 Yeah upon retirement which again was in 704 00:53:02,700 --> 00:53:03,760 1959 705 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:06,960 Uh, he had divorced in 1942 during his time on the rock 706 00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:09,600 He went to live with his sister in oakland 707 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:14,800 It's very sad, but on october 17th of 67 he ended his own life 708 00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:16,800 Oh, no 709 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:22,000 He left behind a suicide note that read I can't stand the pain. I'm slowly becoming a burden 710 00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:23,840 that's 711 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:27,120 that's a steaming garbage pile I 712 00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:32,800 It's sad and he was a really loved man. It sounds like and I wrote this next part 713 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:36,320 He said uh, I said he served in world war one as a marine 714 00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:42,560 Uh, and then he served in the u.s coast guard and the lighthouse as a second assistant keeper 715 00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:46,240 He was promoted to assistant keeper. He was promoted to principal keeper 716 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,400 All of his united states coast guard dedication was at alcatraz island 717 00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:54,880 Uh, it has been suggested that his role in life was to serve and to provide 718 00:53:55,440 --> 00:54:00,960 In retirement his joy of life waned until his time of death. No, he was missed dearly by his family 719 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:03,920 Yeah, that's so sad. Yeah 720 00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:06,560 So I can understand that like your whole life has 721 00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:09,120 He's always had a mission purpose. Yeah 722 00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:12,880 He's always had the light to keep on and people and all those children 723 00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:14,960 so 724 00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:17,600 It's really sad that he uh ended his life 725 00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:20,800 But he obviously was rocking his job 726 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:25,760 This is a slide also from a presentation by the us lhs 727 00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:28,560 And a lot of these 728 00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:33,680 We're on lighthouse friends.com as well if you want to learn some more about ed. Yeah, so i'm going to show you another image 729 00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:37,760 This is another image of the lighthouse 730 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:40,960 Oh cool picture. Yeah, you can see it's got quite an elevation gain 731 00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:42,480 um 732 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,600 Being at that edge of the island. Those look like water towers. I never noticed those before 733 00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:48,160 Kind of cool 734 00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:53,600 Following the closing of the penitentiary in 1963 alcatraz was declared a surplus property 735 00:54:54,400 --> 00:55:01,600 In november of 1969 a group of about 90 native americans landed on the island and claimed it as indian land 736 00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:04,320 Whoa 737 00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:08,960 Ha what is happening alcatraz island, babe. It's very strange 738 00:55:09,680 --> 00:55:14,160 What yep, so i'm going to tell you the short version and then the long version you're welcome 739 00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:16,640 So here's here's the short version 740 00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:23,120 Um over the next 19 months a varying number of native americans occupied the island on june 1st 1970 741 00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:28,480 A fire destroyed the warden's house. Oh the keeper's quarters and other buildings on the island 742 00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:30,800 It scorched the lighthouse tower itself 743 00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:38,160 No further damage was done to the island when the occupants reportedly began stripping copper wiring and tubing from the buildings and selling it as scrap metal 744 00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:42,880 a pre-dawn raid on june 11th of 1971 ended the occupation 745 00:55:43,840 --> 00:55:45,840 That's bizarro. So 746 00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:52,080 Feel free to interject of course. I I felt really negatively about that. Yeah, and I was like 747 00:55:54,300 --> 00:55:56,300 1970s we're talking about native americans 748 00:55:56,300 --> 00:56:02,480 Occupying this place. Yeah, so being surplus land to me. That means no one was taking care of it 749 00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:07,280 There's nothing there and like we've talked about the government sees these type of places as a liability 750 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:09,760 You know, why do we have to take care of this lighthouse? 751 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:14,480 You know east brother light station is even the same they have people volunteering to take care of that and keep it nice 752 00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:17,600 Yeah raise money. So I assume that's kind of the same story 753 00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:22,000 So they just saw it as open land. I mean that no one else was using 754 00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:27,440 But I did some more research because I was hoping that there was more to the story and there was 755 00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,320 How long did they occupy it? 756 00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:34,480 Not that long. Um, and I can tell you exactly. Gosh, they did a lot of damage 757 00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:38,000 I think you'll I think you'll appreciate this further 758 00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,040 discussion so 759 00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:45,840 European discovery and exploration of san francisco bay area and its islands began in 1542 760 00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:49,040 I'm not going to talk you through that many hundreds of years. Okay, but 761 00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,440 the mapping didn't happen until 1775 762 00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:55,200 earlier visitors to the area were preceded by 763 00:56:55,840 --> 00:57:02,080 Native Americans 10,000 to 20,000 years before of course, these weren't native Americans, but they were indigenous people 764 00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:04,640 Sometimes those are put together 765 00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:11,440 But it's expected that over 10,000 people indigenous lived in the area before it was settled before it was discovered 766 00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:15,600 And of course that was Spanish and Portuguese explorers came to the area first 767 00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:17,360 so 768 00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:24,880 So early use of Alcatraz Island by the indigenous people is difficult to reconstruct most of its based on oral history 769 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:31,040 But basically it was used as sorry. Go ahead. I was just gonna say but they did they did use it. Yeah 770 00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:35,220 Oh, they did and it was mostly used for um ostracization 771 00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:38,640 People who were outcasts or who? Oh, no 772 00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:44,640 Yeah, they'd broken or violated a tribal law, right? They were a camping spot 773 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:51,520 It was also for gathering foods, especially bird eggs and sea life, which makes sense. I was utilized as a hiding place 774 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:54,480 from the California mission system 775 00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:56,880 so not all 776 00:57:56,880 --> 00:57:59,120 Spread of new ideas is good, right? 777 00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:05,360 So once Alcatraz became a prison both military prisoners and civilians were incarcerated 778 00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:11,280 Many of these were American Indians Indian people i'm going to reference that in the future Indian, but I mean American Indian 779 00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:19,040 And continued to be among the population of prisoners and disciplinary barracks on the island through the remainder of the 1800s in early 1900s 780 00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:26,100 Saying they were among the incarcerated. Okay, they were represented among them. So on November 9th of 69 1969 781 00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:30,720 The Indian people came again to Alcatraz their red book. They were red 782 00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:36,320 They were led by a man named Richard oaks. So he was kind of the the founder of this occupation 783 00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:38,720 He was a mohawk Indian 784 00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:43,600 The group of Indian supporters set out on a chartered boat. So they they did it right, you know 785 00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:46,560 They they planned it the Monte Cristo was named the boat 786 00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:52,400 To symbolically claim the land back for the Indian people on november 20th of 69 787 00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,880 The occupation turned into a full-scale occupation which lasted until 71 788 00:58:57,520 --> 00:59:03,840 So I this is a series of occupation events that i've summarized into one. I just make it simple more simple 789 00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,240 So it was planned by oaks 790 00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:10,960 Um, and a group of Indian students a group of urban Indians from the bay area as well 791 00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:18,800 Since many tribes were represented they came up with the name the Indians of all tribes, which we talked about as their banner here 792 00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:21,360 That was what was adopted 793 00:59:21,360 --> 00:59:28,480 In the meetings following after oaks and his fellow american indians realized the prolonged occupation was possible after just camping there 794 00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,040 They visited the american 795 00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:33,940 American Indian studies center at ucla 796 00:59:33,940 --> 00:59:35,940 Oh 797 00:59:35,940 --> 00:59:44,580 And they recruited Indian students for what would become the longest prolonged prolonged occupation at a federal facility by Indian people to this very day 798 00:59:44,660 --> 00:59:51,460 That's a long sentence. Wow, so 80 Indian students from ucla were among the people there was about 100 people total 799 00:59:52,660 --> 00:59:57,080 So oaks was the leader. He was most knowledgeable for being in charge of all the organization 800 00:59:57,620 --> 01:00:00,840 Um, and he was the chief of alcatraz the mayor of alcatraz 801 01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:07,800 So once they had established themselves on the island organization began immediately. There was actually an elected council 802 01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:14,600 Um, and everybody on the island had a job. So security sanitation daycare school housing cooking laundry 803 01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:20,920 And they were all made by unanimous consent of the people. It's like a little country. Yeah, I mean super hippie, right? 804 01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:23,080 Yeah, but kind of cool. Um 805 01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:29,560 The federal government initially insisted that the indian people leave the island placed an ineffective barricade around the island 806 01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:35,400 And just didn't stop people eventually agreed to hold to hold formal negotiations with the council the indian council 807 01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:41,160 So from the indian side the negotiations were fixed. Um, they wanted the deed to the island 808 01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:45,640 They wanted to establish an indian university a cultural center and a museum 809 01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:51,640 All along the island the government negotiators insisted that they could have none of these and they must leave the island 810 01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:53,800 Wow, so early 1970 811 01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:56,600 um the organization indian organization began to 812 01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:58,600 Oppose one another 813 01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:04,600 Um, some of the students went back to school which took away from the population and some went back 814 01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:06,280 um 815 01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:07,400 to their 816 01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:12,280 Other occupancies wherever they came from and other people came to replace them on the island 817 01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:15,720 The other people who came to replace them would cause a lot of problems. Oh, no 818 01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:24,040 They came from hippie and drug culture is what was quoted. So the final blow to the leadership occurred january 5th of 1970 819 01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:29,320 Oaks's 13 year old stepdaughter fell down three floors of the stairwell through her death. Oh 820 01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:31,400 Her name was yvonne 821 01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:32,760 Yvonne passed away 822 01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:34,520 um and 823 01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:41,800 In grief of that oaks left the island and so the two competing groups were kind of warring for control, which is crazy. This is you know 824 01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:49,400 What a story old school stuff in like this is only like a year and a half that this went down all happening pretty fast 825 01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:52,440 Oh, it's like it's like an occupy event. Yeah 826 01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:54,440 um, but 827 01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,680 based on tribal 828 01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:58,040 history 829 01:01:58,040 --> 01:02:03,320 So the federal government responded, uh officially by not interfering is what their official stance was 830 01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:07,080 The fbi the police coast guard they all remained clear of the island 831 01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:09,080 um 832 01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:13,400 While it appeared to those on the island that negotiations negotiations were actually taking place 833 01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:20,200 In fact, the government was playing a waiting game hoping that support of the occupation would subside and those on the island would elect in the 834 01:02:20,340 --> 01:02:21,720 occupation 835 01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:26,360 Those on the island had become so entrenched that nothing less than full title to the island would serve 836 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:30,280 You know, that's always a good story fully entrenched people in the meantime 837 01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:35,480 The government shut off electrical power removed the barge which had provided fresh water to the occupiers 838 01:02:35,560 --> 01:02:39,960 Oh, no, and three days following the removal of the barge a fire broke out on the island 839 01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:44,280 Several historic buildings were destroyed been helpful water would have been nice 840 01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:50,380 The government blamed the indians the indians blamed the government, uh for undercover government infiltrators 841 01:02:50,380 --> 01:02:56,540 Trying to turn non-indian support against them. Whoa, so it could have been an inside job. Yeah, I could have the new population 842 01:02:57,260 --> 01:02:59,900 Yeah, new population on the island became a problem 843 01:03:00,540 --> 01:03:04,460 Um fighting over authority general disarray. I'm fast forwarding my own notes 844 01:03:05,100 --> 01:03:09,980 Um, the government didn't know who they could even talk to anymore because there wasn't oaks anymore. They didn't have someone that could 845 01:03:10,620 --> 01:03:12,620 Reach out to the clear as the clear leader 846 01:03:13,020 --> 01:03:14,060 so 847 01:03:14,060 --> 01:03:16,380 New problems came for the occupiers 848 01:03:16,380 --> 01:03:24,620 They needed to raise money to buy food and that's why they were stripping copper wiring and tubing from the buildings selling it a scrap metal 849 01:03:25,260 --> 01:03:31,900 Three of them were arrested tried and found guilty of some 600 pounds of copper they had with them, which is a lot 850 01:03:31,980 --> 01:03:38,540 That's a ton in early 1971 the press which had been largely sympathetic to this point turned against them 851 01:03:38,860 --> 01:03:41,580 Began publishing stories alleged beatings and assaults 852 01:03:41,580 --> 01:03:45,980 One of the assaults was prosecuted soon. No support was found 853 01:03:46,620 --> 01:03:50,460 So eventually almost all things must come to an end is what I have here 854 01:03:51,020 --> 01:03:56,460 Um january of 71 two oil tankers collided in the entrance of san francisco bay 855 01:03:56,780 --> 01:04:02,380 Oh, though it was acknowledged that the lack of alcatraz light and the foghorn played no part in the collision 856 01:04:02,700 --> 01:04:04,940 It was enough to push the federal government into action 857 01:04:04,940 --> 01:04:11,180 The president nixon gave the go-ahead to develop a removal plan to take place when the smallest number of people were on the island 858 01:04:11,260 --> 01:04:14,380 And to use as little force as possible. Okay, the raid we discussed 859 01:04:15,660 --> 01:04:24,060 So armed federal marshals fbi agents and special forces police swarmed the island and removed five women four children and six unarmed american 860 01:04:24,700 --> 01:04:27,420 Indian men that's not a lot of people. That's all that were remaining 861 01:04:27,980 --> 01:04:29,980 They were they were deserting they had to 862 01:04:30,940 --> 01:04:32,940 so the success or failure of the 863 01:04:32,940 --> 01:04:34,940 occupation 864 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:41,760 The success or failure of this occupation should not be judged by whether the demands of the occupiers were realized 865 01:04:42,320 --> 01:04:48,000 underlying goals of the american indians at alcatraz were to awaken the public to their plight and 866 01:04:48,640 --> 01:04:51,920 To assert the need for indian self-determination for some freedom 867 01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:57,680 Yeah, really as a result of the occupation directly or indirectly the official government policy of 868 01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:02,240 termination of american indian tribes was ended and a policy of 869 01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:08,960 Self-determination became the official u.s. Government policy. Oh excellent some would argue that but I think it's a turning point because 870 01:05:10,080 --> 01:05:13,120 Well during this period the occupiers were there which is only two years 871 01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:18,480 President nixon returned blue lake and 48 000 acres of land to the taos indians 872 01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:24,960 Occupied lands near davis california shout out to dad would become home to native american university 873 01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:28,160 The occupation of the bureau of indian affairs 874 01:05:29,040 --> 01:05:33,520 Offices in washington dc would lead to a hiring of native americans to work in the federal agency 875 01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:36,000 That had such great effect on their lives 876 01:05:36,080 --> 01:05:42,320 So alcatraz may have been lost but the occupation gave birth to a political movement which continues today. Yeah 877 01:05:43,120 --> 01:05:50,080 Yeah, need some help. But at least it started something. Yeah, so it's a little sad that um, they 878 01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:56,320 They you know achieved what they were wanting to achieve but then things just started to go to go to trash 879 01:05:56,400 --> 01:05:59,440 It's like when the press turns against you. There's nothing else you can do about it. Yeah 880 01:05:59,920 --> 01:06:06,960 I mean, I I hated to say the one paragraph about oh, yeah, there was a occupation. They were you know, a raid happened 881 01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:12,320 It makes them look awful and it makes it loses the importance of why they were there. The real reason is 882 01:06:13,920 --> 01:06:19,600 A lot more meaningful than just oh they're oh and they broke the fire broke out and so then they were removed 883 01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:26,080 It's like well and the original occupants were mostly students at university ucla, which is a great school 884 01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:32,000 So they were intelligent and they had meaning and intent behind their actions 885 01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:34,560 And it's not you know, they weren't they weren't 886 01:06:34,960 --> 01:06:38,400 Random people that you know needed a home. They were intentionally there 887 01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:43,520 And then by the end they had to go back to school, which is understandable 888 01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:46,640 Yeah, and so those who replaced them were just there to hang out it seemed like 889 01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:51,600 Uh, so kind of lost the effectiveness you just put yourself in their shoes like think about 890 01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:58,640 Just how much hope you would have in things changing with this and for it to go down this way 891 01:06:58,640 --> 01:07:00,720 It had to have just been devastating. Yeah, and 892 01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:03,600 You know, luckily the raid wasn't more 893 01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:05,680 Violent or anything. Yeah 894 01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:06,800 so 895 01:07:06,800 --> 01:07:08,240 back to the lighthouse 896 01:07:08,240 --> 01:07:14,320 Um, because that's what that's what we're here for little lighthouse. Yeah, so back to the lighthouse is the picture of the fire going on 897 01:07:14,320 --> 01:07:21,840 This is a picture of the damage afterward. You can see the quarters are gone warden's house is deroofed lots of rubble lots of um 898 01:07:23,200 --> 01:07:25,200 Smoke, uh, what is it called? 899 01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:29,600 Charming. Yeah smoke ash and charring the lighthouse tower 900 01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:34,960 Like the lantern room just looks black. Yeah, thank goodness. It's that tall. Yeah 901 01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:39,200 Um, and i'm gonna show you a couple more pictures just of what the lighthouse looks like today 902 01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:45,440 Oh nice, they got it cleaned up sailboat cute. You can see tourists kind of hanging around. It's a beautiful day 903 01:07:46,640 --> 01:07:51,280 Another sailboat. I know you love those. It's a big island. This is golden hour 904 01:07:51,440 --> 01:07:56,720 It looks like such a tiny island on a map. It's small for the area, but it's a big piece of land 905 01:07:57,520 --> 01:08:04,400 So this shows the inside of the lighthouse and the lens that's up there now. So it's functioning right now. It is it still functions. Yep 906 01:08:04,880 --> 01:08:07,040 so this um 907 01:08:07,040 --> 01:08:12,240 I'll talk about touring today, but the lighthouse itself is not a part of 908 01:08:12,800 --> 01:08:17,760 The typical tour. Oh, so they receive I think i'm gonna probably misquote 909 01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:21,360 I think they said they get like 5 000 people a day on the island. Oh gosh 910 01:08:21,760 --> 01:08:25,760 They have these big fairies that actually i'll show you right here 911 01:08:26,480 --> 01:08:32,000 These big fairies that are just going to alcatraz and back to the coast. Um take people so 912 01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:39,040 So the lighthouse is not accessible and it's in kind of a mode of disrepair. So it needs some improvements 913 01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:44,080 I did read about a company that had sponsored also with the united states lighthouse society 914 01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:49,280 And they recorded a video actually it's on youtube of going to visit and they record the whole tour 915 01:08:49,840 --> 01:08:51,120 and uh 916 01:08:51,120 --> 01:08:53,520 This I forget what the company's I think it was land's end 917 01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:56,320 company was sponsoring 918 01:08:56,320 --> 01:08:58,320 um a 919 01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:03,140 Architectural review into the status of the lighthouse that was going to be done what needed to be fixed 920 01:09:03,220 --> 01:09:06,660 Yep, and that was pre-covid but not not far before covid 921 01:09:07,220 --> 01:09:11,460 And they were going to assess it and then they were going to get a report on what it would take and then they were 922 01:09:11,460 --> 01:09:15,780 Going to see what the cost would be and then we've talked about these type of restorations before 923 01:09:16,180 --> 01:09:18,180 um, this one's obviously very 924 01:09:18,580 --> 01:09:22,580 Popular because of of so many people are aware of it in such a great city 925 01:09:23,140 --> 01:09:26,020 So central it's an icon of the area. So 926 01:09:26,020 --> 01:09:32,980 It's like accessible but far enough away to where it feels like an otherworldly, you know, like a not well known kind of thing 927 01:09:32,980 --> 01:09:36,500 I could not find that report. I don't know if it's been completed or not 928 01:09:36,500 --> 01:09:38,820 I reached out to the gentleman who won the contract 929 01:09:38,820 --> 01:09:43,940 Um, and he has not answered. Okay. I also found another person that worked at that company on linkedin 930 01:09:43,940 --> 01:09:48,180 I haven't talked to them yet either and I found a person who was an intern in 2010. Oh 931 01:09:48,980 --> 01:09:49,860 Who? 932 01:09:49,860 --> 01:09:51,780 Helped to execute a similar 933 01:09:51,780 --> 01:09:56,340 Research event so I reached out to her you did some digging also haven't heard back from her 934 01:09:56,660 --> 01:09:59,300 So maybe we'll talk about it in the future. I'd love to know more about 935 01:09:59,300 --> 01:10:01,300 Yeah, we could do a little touch up on 936 01:10:01,300 --> 01:10:08,020 Yeah, civil construction architecture inspection. So I assume it's a common thing for lighthouses not common in the world, but 937 01:10:08,740 --> 01:10:09,780 so 938 01:10:09,780 --> 01:10:12,580 But I wanted to share one more thing this lighthouse 939 01:10:13,060 --> 01:10:17,300 So this picture on the left is taken from the top looking down the stairs. You can see a landing 940 01:10:17,300 --> 01:10:21,140 And just to the left of this image. There's a door 941 01:10:21,140 --> 01:10:26,180 The door will open and close and there's another final stair set that goes up to this lantern room 942 01:10:26,180 --> 01:10:28,180 Oh, and that's what we watched a movie 943 01:10:28,820 --> 01:10:32,900 about a lighthouse the lighthouse we'll hear a whole episode on that soon, but 944 01:10:34,260 --> 01:10:39,220 There there was someone who fell down some stairs and I was like, oh I didn't have the door closed 945 01:10:39,540 --> 01:10:42,820 You know because I just seen the video of the inside of this. I thought that was curious 946 01:10:42,820 --> 01:10:44,820 I don't know if it's for security or something 947 01:10:44,820 --> 01:10:48,340 I thought that was curious. I don't know if it's for security or fire or 948 01:10:49,060 --> 01:10:51,220 What it is, but there's a door at the top of the stairway 949 01:10:51,780 --> 01:10:58,340 Which i've never seen that kind of hatch upwards hatch thing or it's a man door. Okay. Yeah normal walkthrough door 950 01:10:59,540 --> 01:11:04,180 Today only the tall cement tower equipped with a modern beacon stands as a reminder 951 01:11:04,580 --> 01:11:07,060 Of the keepers who served on the island for over 100 years 952 01:11:07,620 --> 01:11:12,260 Alcatraz was declared a national recreational area in 1972 right after the occupation 953 01:11:12,260 --> 01:11:15,300 And made a national historic landmark in 1986 954 01:11:15,860 --> 01:11:22,180 The national park service administers alcatraz island as a unit of the golden gate national recreation area 955 01:11:22,180 --> 01:11:25,940 Oh cool. So national parks runs this you know what that means 956 01:11:26,660 --> 01:11:28,660 pins and patches pins and patches 957 01:11:29,060 --> 01:11:34,900 Also, it's like it's the perfect solution because you had the chaos of the occupation the government's like, okay 958 01:11:34,900 --> 01:11:39,860 We got to do something on alcatraz. Okay national parks was probably pumped about it. So yeah 959 01:11:39,860 --> 01:11:44,020 Yeah, they love lighthouses the rock today has these cruises like I talked about 960 01:11:45,140 --> 01:11:47,140 They ferry from san francisco 961 01:11:47,140 --> 01:11:51,940 The boats begin leaving early in the morning and they are self-guided tours. So there are audio tours you can pick up 962 01:11:52,020 --> 01:11:57,220 Oh, this is the best kind of tours which makes sense because it's so big. It's yeah karen 963 01:11:57,940 --> 01:12:04,260 As my sister went on a tour of alcatraz not long ago. So I talked to her about it took the young boys. They had fun 964 01:12:05,140 --> 01:12:08,580 But it's there are like group tours, but you can also go self-guided 965 01:12:08,580 --> 01:12:13,940 uh, and spend as much as the day as you want the again, the lighthouse is not typically available, but 966 01:12:14,740 --> 01:12:18,900 Sometimes people have gotten lucky. They said just someone happens to be going there 967 01:12:20,420 --> 01:12:24,100 So you got to coordinate your visit with coast guard 968 01:12:24,820 --> 01:12:29,460 Maintenance time. Yeah, but it's not it's not common if you are into it 969 01:12:29,540 --> 01:12:34,420 YouTube has some videos views at the top what it looks like inside some conversation 970 01:12:34,420 --> 01:12:38,980 Um, there's also group tours and ghost night tours available 971 01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:41,380 Spectacular 972 01:12:41,380 --> 01:12:44,580 What could be a better place to have a ghost tour? Yep 973 01:12:45,220 --> 01:12:48,580 And I have a note here that failed to make it into the rest of my notes 974 01:12:48,820 --> 01:12:51,860 There were several famous people housed as prisoners 975 01:12:51,940 --> 01:12:57,940 I was gonna ask if there was any prisoners that were big names or anything if you ever heard of al capone. Yeah 976 01:12:58,500 --> 01:12:59,460 Yep 977 01:12:59,460 --> 01:13:03,220 That's crazy. There's a couple others, but that's the biggest is anybody escaped from here 978 01:13:03,220 --> 01:13:07,780 I know in the movie they said no, but I don't actually know let me look it up. It'd be a crazy swim 979 01:13:08,660 --> 01:13:10,980 Also, the one attempt we talked about didn't go very well 980 01:13:12,420 --> 01:13:14,660 No, it did not 981 01:13:14,660 --> 01:13:16,760 Only three people have ever escaped alcatraz 982 01:13:17,860 --> 01:13:23,380 Yeah, they get caught again three men brothers john and clarence algen and frank morris 983 01:13:23,460 --> 01:13:30,020 Oh at the same time might have pulled off what cbs news calls one of the greatest prison escapes in american history 984 01:13:30,020 --> 01:13:33,460 Oh, check it out more on the strangest unsolved mysteries of all time 985 01:13:33,540 --> 01:13:38,820 You know, they've got us hooked. I feel like they died in the water and no one knows or they escaped and they no one knows 986 01:13:39,620 --> 01:13:41,700 So i'll interesting we can talk about it in the future 987 01:13:41,700 --> 01:13:44,100 I don't want to derail us too too far because I have 988 01:13:44,900 --> 01:13:46,900 I have told everyone a lot of information 989 01:13:48,180 --> 01:13:52,260 I want to go over alcatraz island one more time for a history recap. Okay. Yeah 990 01:13:52,900 --> 01:13:58,100 Thank you 1850 to 51 congress approves funding for a lighthouse's eight 991 01:13:58,100 --> 01:14:04,100 Along california coast in response to the surge in ship traffic for the gold rush our history buoy 992 01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:09,700 1854 alcatraz lighthouse turned on for the first time first lighthouse in california 993 01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:16,420 1859 the alcatraz citadel a military barracks is finished on the island just north of the lighthouse 994 01:14:17,060 --> 01:14:24,020 1902 the original lens is replaced with a revolving fresnel lens which flashed white every 15 seconds 995 01:14:24,020 --> 01:14:27,960 1909 lighthouse is rebuilt on a new location 996 01:14:28,040 --> 01:14:33,240 So its operation would not be interfered by the rebuilt 600 cell citadel military prison 997 01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:36,240 1933 998 01:14:36,240 --> 01:14:43,000 Oh my gosh, there's a world war one in front of there in between there citadel military prison converted for fed federal penitentiary 999 01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:48,840 1963 lighthouse is automated sad penitentiary is closed 1000 01:14:48,840 --> 01:14:54,440 1970 a fire during occupation of the island destroys the keepers residence and scorches the lighthouse 1001 01:14:55,160 --> 01:15:00,760 1972 just two years later alcatraz is declared a national recreation area as a lighthouse 1002 01:15:01,560 --> 01:15:04,280 spectacular you know how much money was spent on 1003 01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:07,480 Rehabilitating this place for people to come visit 1004 01:15:08,120 --> 01:15:09,480 No 1005 01:15:09,480 --> 01:15:16,280 I don't know millions. Well, I I'm assuming they built the dock for larger ferries 1006 01:15:16,280 --> 01:15:19,000 I'm assuming they built some type of ticketing 1007 01:15:19,320 --> 01:15:23,320 Had to clean up all that rubble. They had to scrub the lighthouse had to 1008 01:15:24,120 --> 01:15:27,000 Make it safe. Yeah, make it safe to walk around at least 1009 01:15:27,880 --> 01:15:29,880 so 1010 01:15:29,880 --> 01:15:35,080 What an awesome lighthouse to cover I would have never thought about that one. Well, I was so anxious 1011 01:15:35,880 --> 01:15:38,200 I just didn't know that alcatraz had a lighthouse 1012 01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:42,680 I know you covered one right over the hill and then I was like I was like I gotta get this one done 1013 01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:46,600 There's a Google icon made me think it was a smokestack 1014 01:15:47,160 --> 01:15:51,320 In my defense, they do have a like a little smokestack on the other side of the island. So 1015 01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:53,800 Maybe that's what it is. Yeah 1016 01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:58,120 I don't know what they're referring to but yeah, there it is 1017 01:15:58,840 --> 01:16:00,040 Clearly 1018 01:16:00,040 --> 01:16:06,600 Could have been a water tower could have been a smokestack could have been a lighthouse. I wanted to see I want to go 1019 01:16:07,480 --> 01:16:11,320 That's all I've got for this episode. Is there anything you want to tell the people about? 1020 01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:16,040 No, the people I have nothing to say. That's a good one because it has history 1021 01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:21,720 around the lighthouse the lighthouse just kind of has to adapt through its lifetime to 1022 01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:27,240 Conform to just what's going on in the island. Yeah, the island is a lot bigger than I thought it was 1023 01:16:27,240 --> 01:16:29,560 Isn't that nuts? The lighthouse was there first 1024 01:16:30,200 --> 01:16:31,640 before the prison 1025 01:16:31,640 --> 01:16:36,680 Had nothing this island in the lighthouse had nothing to do with a prison and then all of a sudden it was just like 1026 01:16:36,680 --> 01:16:41,080 prison it was occupation and 1027 01:16:41,880 --> 01:16:43,080 fire 1028 01:16:43,080 --> 01:16:45,080 earthquake drama 1029 01:16:45,800 --> 01:16:47,800 drama 1030 01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:53,560 Drama was off the chain. I just wanted a quiet life as a lighthouse on a rock. Yeah 1031 01:16:54,440 --> 01:16:57,640 Nope. Now it has 5,000. I think people a day 1032 01:16:58,120 --> 01:17:02,200 There was a youtube video another one that I watched with a bunch of idiots who were in their 20s 1033 01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:07,000 A bunch of dudes. There's a one I told you they got millions of views for going to Alcatraz overnight 1034 01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:11,240 Oh, I want to be ghost tours. No, they just went on their own. They got some 1035 01:17:11,880 --> 01:17:17,720 Some way set up. Yeah, but just idiots and they had cameraman with them in the park sky to make sure they didn't vandalize anything 1036 01:17:18,520 --> 01:17:20,120 but 1037 01:17:20,120 --> 01:17:23,960 Yeah, there's a morgue. There's a cell house. There's warden's house. There's 1038 01:17:27,480 --> 01:17:29,480 So, well, thanks for coming along everyone 1039 01:17:29,480 --> 01:17:35,320 I uh put in some hours on this one and I hope it was entertaining very cool one. So very good 1040 01:17:35,320 --> 01:17:37,320 Rocks 1041 01:17:37,320 --> 01:17:39,320 Thanks for making me watch that movie 1042 01:17:39,320 --> 01:17:42,760 Did you like it? I half like it half disturbing 1043 01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:47,320 So if it didn't have some of the gory things, would you have liked it? Yeah 100% 1044 01:17:48,520 --> 01:17:50,520 Yeah, people getting shot and he's like 1045 01:17:51,240 --> 01:17:54,520 Screaming at them to stop and nobody does until everyone's just dead 1046 01:17:54,520 --> 01:18:00,920 To shame that it's a good thing it's a movie and then they're gonna execute a hostage. Yeah, but they didn't luckily 1047 01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:05,400 Just a warning for everybody out there. Yeah, it's not a 1048 01:18:06,040 --> 01:18:10,040 I don't know what it's rated. But it's not a feel good. I'd call it modern are 1049 01:18:11,160 --> 01:18:13,160 I definitely thought he was gonna dump his girlfriend 1050 01:18:14,520 --> 01:18:17,800 No, he loved her they're getting married yeah, they are 1051 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:22,760 All right. Thank you. I'm gonna go ahead and get my phone. I'm gonna go ahead and get my phone 1052 01:18:22,760 --> 01:18:24,760 I'm gonna go ahead and get my phone okay 1053 01:18:24,920 --> 01:18:28,660 So yeah it's good you guys if you would all the talent out there 1054 01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:31,780 All right. Thank you everybody for listening in 1055 01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:38,020 To Alcatraz island the Rock the lighthouse. We'll have a link in our 1056 01:18:38,680 --> 01:18:40,680 Show notes. So you can 1057 01:18:40,840 --> 01:18:47,800 See pictures of lighthouse on instagram follow us on linkedin you can check out our website all of that jazz 1058 01:18:47,800 --> 01:19:03,800 Thanks for watching!