Sentinel in Stone: Building the Anamosa State Penitentiary | Anamosa, Iowa
Channel: Fortepan Iowa
Date: 2021-06-23

Sentinel in Stone: Building the Anamosa State Penitentiary | Anamosa, Iowa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox0Z58XktOM (12:28).
The Anamosa State Penitentiary, located in Anamosa, Iowa, was constructed out of limestone harvested up the road in the Stone City quarry. This short video, featuring local historian Steve Wendl, documents the prison laborers who built the prison around themselves, and features an incredible collection of photographs available here at Fortepan Iowa from the Anamosa State Penitentiary Museum, Cecelia Hatcher, and the Anamosa Library and Learning Center (https://fortepan.us/search/?basic=anamosa+state+penitentiary&tag=&term=&startYear=&endYear=&donor=&city=&county=&state=&country=&query=). 

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