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Philadelphia >
Holmesburg Prison
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Shares a similar design to Eastern State Pennitentiary. Large stone walls surround the complex and a "hub and spoke" layout for the prison blocks inside the main walls. Historical prominence as it was built in 1896 and shares some very strange anomylies in building technique and design of prisons from that era.
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Type: Prison
Status: Semi-active
Accessibility: Extremely Difficult
Recommendation: Completely locked down. Don't bother.
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Shares a similar design to Eastern State Pennitentiary. Large stone walls surround the complex and a "hub and spoke" layout for the prison blocks inside the main walls. Unlike Eastern State prisoners were allowed contact with other inmates and gaurds. Things were not nearly as strict here as they were a few miles away in ESP.
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barbed wire
razor wire
24 hour guard
locked gates
welded doors
wooden boarding
25-30ft stone wall
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Built in 1896 it was part of the "new age" of prisons in Philadelphia. However from some point in the 1950's through the 1970's a number of horrible occurances took place behind the stone walls of Holmesburg. Extensive testing with Dioxin was done on at least 70 patients by the DOW Chem Corp. as well as numerous experiments done by the University of Penn Medical School. In 2000 over 300 patients filed a class action lawsuit against the school and the prison for what happened there over the years.
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No known plans are in the works for this location
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2014
Thu, Jun 26th, 2014
posted by Kurt
3 pictures
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 12/22/2018 5:56 PM.
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on Dec 22 18 at 17:56, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Dec 22 18 at 17:56, Emperor Wang changed the following: Notes for Mods, History
on Dec 21 18 at 23:26, Kurt updated gallery picture
on Dec 21 18 at 23:26, Kurt updated gallery picture
on Dec 21 18 at 23:26, Kurt updated gallery picture
on Dec 21 18 at 23:26, Kurt added some pictures to a gallery
on Dec 21 18 at 23:26, Kurt updated gallery 2014
on Dec 21 18 at 23:25, Kurt created a new gallery
on Jul 10 08 at 23:30, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Jul 10 08 at 19:04, Byberrian Fanman changed the following: Status, Media Coverage
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