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Allegheny County Workhouse

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of about 1100 acres (445 ha), which contained apple orchards as well as many other crops and many different types of farm animals.
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The prison housed mostly inmates convicted of minor offenses. Many of those prisoners maintained a
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Buildings and structures in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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Defunct prisons in Pennsylvania
Buildings and structures in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
1869 establishments in Pennsylvania
1971 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania building and structure stubs
United States prison stubs

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