| Massachusetts State Prison - 1811 - 44 str.
...suspended an alarm bell, weighing five hundred pounds. Competent judges pronounce this to be among the strongest, and best built prisons in the world. It has these advantages over other buildings of thrs kind, it can neither be set on fire by the prisoners, nor be undermined. The... | |
| Massachusetts State Prison. Board of Directors - 1816 - 62 str.
...the cells in the two lower stories, are made of wrought iron, each weighing from five to six hundred pounds. The entries have grated windows and sashes,...advantages over many other buildings of this kind, it can be neither set on fire by the prisoners, nor be undermined. The stone of which it is built are of coarse... | |
| William Roscoe - 1819 - 342 str.
...the cells in the two lower stories are made of wrought iron, each weighing from five to six hundred pounds. The entries have grated windows and sashes...advantages over many other buildings of this kind, it can be neither set on fire by the prisoners nor be undermined. The stones of which it is built are of coarse... | |
| William Roscoe - 1819 - 342 str.
...the cells in the two lower stories are made of wrought iron, each weighing from five to six hundred pounds. The entries have grated windows and sashes...advantages over many other buildings of this kind, it can be neither set on fire by the prisoners nor be undermined. The stones of which it is built are of coarse... | |
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