Yes it was part of Central Prison, set back from Strachan (often called the Strachan Avenue Prison), was built by the province in the early 1880s, not only to incarcerate inmates but to put them to work, apparently in the hope of profits from their labour.
Central's industrial dream of prison profit failed, it was closed by 1911. Prior to this the Inglis workers could look over the fence and watch inmates making brooms. Once the prison closed Inglis did in fact aquire this land. It simply did not just sit there unused as old prison grounds. It was used by Inglis specifically to store records and for office personel.
Once WWII broke out Inglis aquired more land in the area as it was needed to feed the war effort.
It was part of the Inglis factory hence why I photographed it, you are incorrect sir.
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14-Aug-2005 18:16
This is not remnants of the old Inglis plant. This is a fraction of what was the old Central Prison that once stood here. It used to be the Chapel at the prison.
