Above: Note break-resistant glass, instead of metal bars, in the holding cells. After the Coast Guard and its resident families moved off the island in the mid-1990s, the Guard's MP operations there shut down, including the holding cell detentions. 		Building 140 on island #3 --

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Terminal:
3 views, begin
Page 01 		En route:
5 views, begin
Page 04 		Docking:
3 views, begin
Page 09 		Building 140:
5 views, begin
Page 12 		Castle Wms:
4 views, begin
Page 17 		Prison yard:
6 views, begin
Page 21 		Sprial stairs:
4 views, begin
Page 27
Tiers, cells:
7 views, begin
Page 31 		From roof:
4 views, begin
Page 38 		Castle cannon:
5 views, begin
Page 42 		Fort moat:
8 views, begin
Page 47 		Fort cannon:
3 views, begin
Page 55 		More fort:
9 views, begin
Page 58 		8 return views:
ferry: Page 67,
terminal: P. 71