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Ohio Penitentiary
Description: Exterior view of street and penitentiary. It was located on Spring Street just west of downtown. It held prisoners from 1834 until 1998. At the peak in 1955 there were 5,235 prisoners housed in the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08686
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio--Pictorial works
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)