File:Exterior east wall of Old Newgate Prison in East Granby, CT.jpg

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English: Old Newgate Prison began as a copper mind in pre-Revolutionary times, and was converted into a prison shortly after the American Revolution. Chunks of large local stone were used to build a good proportion of the building, along with native brick.

The location of the prison, in northernmost Connecticut, in a sparsely populated agricultural area, isolated prisoners from an easy escape. The prison is located closed to the pinnacle of Old Newgate Road, at approximately 400 ft. above sea level.

It housed prisons from the 1790's until 1827, when a modern prison was built in Wethersfield,, CT, and all inmates were transferred there.

The location often has hot, humid summers, and very cold, snowy winters, making the location what prisoners often referred to as "hell."
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