Buildings And Structures In Anglesey
Buildings And Structures In Anglesey Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Britannia Bridge, Menai Suspension Bridge, Wylfa Nuclear Power Station, Llanddona Transmitting Station, Point Lynas Lighthouse, Rayner Memorial Clock Tower, Beaumaris Gaol, Plas Newydd, Oriel Ynys Môn, Four Mile Bridge, the King's Head, Amlwch. Excerpt: Beaumaris Gaol is a disused jail located in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales. Although no longer in use it remains largely unaltered and is now a museum open to visitors, with around 30,000 visiting each year. The jail was designed by Joseph Hansom, designer of the Hansom cab, and was built in 1829. It was expanded in 1867 to accommodate approximately 30 inmates but was closed just 11 years later. The building then became a police station until the 1950s when it became, oddly, a children's clinic and lastly a museum in 1974. During the Second World War the town's air raid siren was located in the gaol and was kept in operation during the Cold War incase of nuclear attacks. The gaols chapel is not original to the building, and the pews and pulpit were sourced from a chapel being renovated elsewhere on the island. It's possible to tell that the pews aren't original as the numbering sequence is out of order and the pews are not fixed to the floor. The prison is most well known however for its brutal methods of keeping criminals in check including stretching racks, chains and whippings. It has one of the last working treadmills in Britain. The treadmill at Beaumaris is unusual in that it pumped water to the top of the building for use in the cells, meaning that the prisoners were not being forced to work for no reason. Only two hangings took place at Beaumaris. The first was that of William Griffith, in 1830, for the attempted murder of his first wife. He reacted badly to the news that he was to hang and on the morning of
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