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Download or read book The Rotary Jail written by W.C. Madden and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rotary jail was a very unusual architectural design. In response to a need for better control over prisoners, 18 of the revolving, escape-proof structures were erected in the United States from 1882 through 1889. There were problems. There were mechanical difficulties due to the extreme weight of the components. Unwary prisoners lost digits or limbs when carousels were rotated without warning--one lost his life. Because inmates could only be let out of their cells one at a time, some rotary jails were closed as fire hazards. This book describes in detail their construction, operation and eventual demise, as well as some of the colorful inmates that were held in them.
Book Synopsis Human Squirrel Cage by : Susan Cronk
Download or read book Human Squirrel Cage written by Susan Cronk and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's rotary jails were patented in 1881 by Haugh, Brown, and Ketcham of Indianapolis, Indiana. They were promoted as one of the safest, securest of jail designs and claimed that their interiors of steel and iron were both "saw-proof and file-proof." The design ultimately failed on all accounts. There were multiple escapes, recorded incidents of injury and death, and at least one instance where the prisoners inside were shocked when a bolt of lightning struck nearby. That was at the Nodaway County jail. This book not only details the long and interesting history of the Nodaway County rotary jail, which I and my family lived in during my father's term as sheriff between 1977 and 1980, but it encapsulates the history of all five jails, to date, that Nodaway County has built and used.The Human Squirrel Cage, or rotary jail, located in Nodaway County, Missouri was the third jail of its kind constructed in the United States. There were only eighteen built, in total. The first completed was at Crawfordsville, Indiana, in January of 1882. The second was finished in July of 1882 in Paducah, Kentucky. The Nodaway County rotary jail aka Lazy-Susan jail or merry-go-round jail was finished in December of 1882. Missouri is the only state to have constructed three rotary jails. The rotary jail built in the Nodaway County seat of Maryville, was the first of its kind in the state, and the largest of those three. It was the last rotary jail in use as a jail in the country, standing for over 102 years and 1 month, even though its rotary cages stopped revolving and was fixed in place in 1932. Only three "human squirrel cages," as they became known, remain standing today. All three are museums. The first is located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The second is located in Gallatin, Missouri. The third is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Nodaway County rotary jail was razed in 1985 to make way for the jail in use today. I hope you enjoy reading the Human Squirrel Cage - Nodaway County's Rotary Jail as much as I have enjoyed working on this project.
Book Synopsis The Rotary Jail, Or Human Squirrel Cage by : Walter Albin Lunden
Download or read book The Rotary Jail, Or Human Squirrel Cage written by Walter Albin Lunden and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Description of the Patent Rotary Steel Jail (file and Saw Proof) the Only Steel Jail in Existence from which Prisoners Have Not Escaped by : Patent Rotary Jail Company, Chicago
Download or read book Description of the Patent Rotary Steel Jail (file and Saw Proof) the Only Steel Jail in Existence from which Prisoners Have Not Escaped written by Patent Rotary Jail Company, Chicago and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Rotary Jail by : Walter A. Luden
Download or read book The Rotary Jail written by Walter A. Luden and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Picturesque Burlington by : Joseph Auld
Download or read book Picturesque Burlington written by Joseph Auld and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Frontier Kansas Jails by : Gerald J. Bayens
Download or read book Frontier Kansas Jails written by Gerald J. Bayens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gunslingers, gamblers and outlaws vastly outnumbered sheriffs and marshals in the cattle towns of the Kansas frontier. Famous lawmen, such as Charlie Bassett, Wild Bill Hickok and Tom Smith, kept the peace by sheer force of personality and the integrity of the local lockup. The story of the state's settlement can be tracked in the fascinating development of these bastions of prairie justice. Makeshift jails of earlier times were replaced by limestone, brick and concrete structures with iron cells and elaborate locking systems. From the squirrel cage of Wichita to the iron jail of Lawrence City, tour these early Kansas prisons with author Gerald Bayens.
Book Synopsis St. Paul's Architecture by : Jeffrey A. Hess
Download or read book St. Paul's Architecture written by Jeffrey A. Hess and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the grand boulevard of Summit Avenue to the gleaming State Capitol, St. Paul's Architecture presents more than 225 notable surviving buildings and the history of several neighborhoods in the city. With historical photographs and illustrations, this engaging book is a valuable resource not only for those interested in architectural heritage but also for anyone who admires St. Paul's unique beauty and charm.
Book Synopsis Tales From the Squirrel Cage Jail by : Ryan Roenfeld
Download or read book Tales From the Squirrel Cage Jail written by Ryan Roenfeld and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-05-11 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the 1885 "Squirrel Cage" rotary cell jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and information about some of the colorful prisoners housed there over the years and their crimes.
Book Synopsis Tales From the Squirrel Cage Jail Volume 2 by : Ryan Roenfeld
Download or read book Tales From the Squirrel Cage Jail Volume 2 written by Ryan Roenfeld and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the outside it looks like a stately home. Inside, it''s quite different. Just 18 rotary cell jails were ever build. Most were promptly condemned as unsafe and cruel, but the biggest one lasted the longest, its three story 90,000 pound rotating cell block serving as the Pottawattamie County jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa from 1885 until 1969. This book is the second in a series, exploring the conditions of local incarceration before the "squirrel cage" was built, and goes into detail of the crimes of some of those who called it "home" over the years.
Book Synopsis Revolving Architecture by : Chad Randl
Download or read book Revolving Architecture written by Chad Randl and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternately lauded as the future of architecture or dismissed as pure folly, revolving buildings are a fascinating missing chapter in architectural history with surprising relevance to issues in contemporary architectural design. Rotating structures have been employed to solve problems and create effects that stationary buildings can't achieve. Rotating buildings offeredever-changing vistas and made interior spaces more flexible and adaptable. They were used to impress visitors, treatpatients, and improve the green qualities of a structure by keeping particular rooms in or out of the sun. The follow-up to his critically acclaimed book A-frame, Chad Randl's Revolving Architecture: A History of Buildings that Rotate, Swivel, and Pivot explores the history of this unique building type, investigating the cultural forces that have driven people to design and inhabit them. Revolving Architecture is packed with a variety of fantastic revolving structures such as a jail that kept inmates under a wardens constant surveillance, glamorous revolving restaurants, tuberculosis treatment wards, houses, theaters, and even a contemporary residential building whose full-floor apartments circle independently of each other. International examples from the late 1800s though the present demonstrate the variety and innovation of these dynamic structures.
Book Synopsis Description of the patent rotary steel jail the only steel jail in existence from which prisoners have not escaped [by] Chas. H. Sparks by :
Download or read book Description of the patent rotary steel jail the only steel jail in existence from which prisoners have not escaped [by] Chas. H. Sparks written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wicked Wichita written by Joe Stumpe and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Wichita earned a wicked reputation from newspapers across Kansas thanks to a bevy of madams and murderers, bootleggers and bank robbers, con men and crooked cops. Gambler and saloonkeeper "Rowdy Joe" Lowe was the toast of the town before shooting down his rival, "Red" Beard, and skipping town. Robber and cop killer "Clever Eddie" Adams spread a wave of terror until the police evened the score. Dixie Lee ran the city's classiest brothel with little interference from authorities. Notorious quack "Professor" H. Samuels made a fortune selling worthless eye drops. And county attorney Willard Boone was chased out of town when he was caught with his hand in the bootlegger's cookie jar. Local author Joe Stumpe tells the real stories of the city's best-known and least-known criminals and misfits.
Book Synopsis Ghosts of North Central Indiana by : Dorothy Salvo Benson
Download or read book Ghosts of North Central Indiana written by Dorothy Salvo Benson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Central Indiana is rich in farmlands, wind turbines, and small towns. It is also thick with ghosts. Ghastly apparitions roam the town of Battle Ground, where the infamous Battle of Tippecanoe occurred. A woman trying to put her life back together soon found herself disturbed by inexplicable events in a Fountain County apartment. Roads in Newton, Clinton, and Grant counties are but a few such roads where strange things suddenly appear--and often just as quickly disappear. The Rotary Jail Museum in Crawfordsville is said to have a pair of resident spirits. Purdue University and Indiana Beach harbor their own eerie tales. Join authors and paranormal investigators W.C. Madden and Maria Salvo Benson on a spine-tingling journey of the haunts of North Central Indiana.
Book Synopsis Tragedy in Small Town TN by : C. R. Tinsley
Download or read book Tragedy in Small Town TN written by C. R. Tinsley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It happened so very quickly, yet, the memories of this event have lingered for decades. For those who were there, the event plays over-and-over in their mind, sometimes in slow-motion where they can still see each freeze-frame moment just as it occurred. For loved ones who were not there, their vision of what occurred plays over-and over, haunting their dreams both day and night. The date was Sunday, June 26, 1977. It was a hot 90 degrees and most of the residents of the small town of Columbia, TN were taking part in church functions, spending the day with family, hanging out at the pool, or taking a pleasant afternoon nap. Little did anyone know that our town was mere moments from an epic disaster. A disaster that would leave its weighty mark on every member of this community, for years to come. The worst jail fire in the history of Tennessee, both then and now.
Book Synopsis Squirrel Cage Jail by : S. M. Senden
Download or read book Squirrel Cage Jail written by S. M. Senden and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pottawattamie Squirrel Cage Jail is a National Register of Historic Places landmark. Erected in 1885, it is one of only three rotary jails still in existence today. In Squirrel Cage Jail, author S. M. Senden relates the history of the iconic Squirrel Cage jail, from its construction and operation to its closing in 1969 and subsequent purchase by the Council Bluffs park board for preservation in 1971. According to Senden, preservation wasn't easy and was ultimately buoyed by a fundraising effort led by the local historical society. Senden also highlights local criminals as well as some of the jail's more infamous prisoners and shares local folklore relating to the jail's reputation for being haunted. She says, "I hope readers will be spellbound by one of the most fascinating and haunting places in Iowa." Squirrel Cage Jail is available for purchase online at Amazon.
Book Synopsis The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman by : Kaneko Fumiko
Download or read book The Prison Memoirs of a Japanese Woman written by Kaneko Fumiko and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaneko Fumiko (1903-1926) wrote this memoir while in prison after being convicted of plotting to assassinate the Japanese emperor. Despite an early life of misery, deprivation, and hardship, she grew up to be a strong and independent young woman. When she moved to Tokyo in 1920, she gravitated to left-wing groups and eventually joined with the Korean nihilist Pak Yeol to form a two-person nihilist organization. Two days after the Great Tokyo Earthquake, in a general wave of anti-leftist and anti-Korean hysteria, the authorities arrested the pair and charged them with high treason. Defiant to the end (she hanged herself in prison on July 23, 1926), Kaneko Fumiko wrote this memoir as an indictment of the society that oppressed her, the family that abused and neglected her, and the imperial system that drove her to her death.
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