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C95-2
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(1919-1980)
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This early view of McNeil Island Federal Prison, built in 1873-74, shows the first cell house, a brick and stone structure, and the adjoining guard quarters, a two-story frame building. William E. Boone, construction superintendent, adopted the "Auburn System" prison plan. The cell house is completely enclosed by an outer, roofed structure. It contains 48 double cells with massive walls and flat iron cell doors. When prisoners were not in cells, they worked in the fields, clearing trees, making shingles and making bricks. (Price, Lester K. "McNeil", McNeil Island, Washington, 1970).
Prisons--Washington; McNeil Island Federal Prison (McNeil Island);