. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL. The grounds connected with this prison cover about eleven acres, nearly all of which spaceis covered with buildings, the whole being surrounded with a stone wall thirty feet high. Theplan of the buildings may be compared to a star with seven rays, there being a central hallwith seven corridors running from it, so arranged that the warden, sitting in the centre, hasthe whole length of each corridor under his eye. Permits any of the prisons in the city can be obtained at the Ledger off
. Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania . THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL. The grounds connected with this prison cover about eleven acres, nearly all of which spaceis covered with buildings, the whole being surrounded with a stone wall thirty feet high. Theplan of the buildings may be compared to a star with seven rays, there being a central hallwith seven corridors running from it, so arranged that the warden, sitting in the centre, hasthe whole length of each corridor under his eye. Permits any of the prisons in the city can be obtained at the Ledger office. Visitorsto the Eastern Penitentiary will take the Green and Coates Streets cars (running out EighthStreet), or the yellow cars of the Union line, running out Ninth and up Spring VIEW OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AND liLOCKLEV ALMSHOUSE. I PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. 99 The Eastern Penitentiary is frequently called Cherry Hill, from the former nameof itssite; and for the same reason the County Prison, at Tenth and Passyunk Avenue, is generallyknown as Moyamensing. Visitors to this prison will take cars on Tenth or Twelfth Street,or the green cars of the Union line, on Seventh Street. The House of Refuge, for juvenile offenders, is on Twenty-second Street, near Poplar.
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