San Quentin

San Quentin

(săn kwĕn`tən), peninsula extending into San Francisco Bay, W Calif., N of San Francisco. The state prison there was begun in 1852. San Quentin is the western terminus of the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge.

San Quentin

famous western California prison (established in 1852); the subject of many songs. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2419]See: Imprisonment