Stone-breaking Yard, Stafford Gaol

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Date:1869 - 1871 (c.)

Description:Prisoners were put to work on treadwheels, pin-heading or stone-breaking. This was a form of punishment and also enabled the prisoner to earn his keep.

Here prisoners with wheel barrows are collecting the broken stones, which were then used in road building.

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Staff Prisons & Reformatories Prisons & Reformatories Prisoners Prison Buildings Non-military Uniform Law, Order & Emergency Services Business, Trade & Industry Buildings, Architecture, Monuments

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Donor ref:SAMS Acc. No., P82.54.16, img: 104 (8/666)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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