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State Penitentiary,
Richmond, Va.
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PUBLISHED BY LOUIS KAUFMANN & SONS, BALTIMORE, MD. MADE IN U.S.A.
NO. 39. STATE PENITENTIARY
RICHMOND, VA
View from Gambles Hill Park. The original
buildings erected on this site were burned to
the ground in 1829, the convicts being res-
cued with great difficulty. At the evacuation
its doors were opened and all its inmates lib-
erated. The present buildings and grounds
embrace an area of 16 acres and it confines
about 1700 prisoners. Extensive work shops
are contained within its walls; the shoe shop
turning out about 6000 pairs of shoes per
day. All condemned malefactors are here elec-
trocuted.
