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Wethersfield State Prison
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LocationWethersfield, Connecticut
Coordinates41°43′12″N 72°39′31″W / 41.72000°N 72.65861°W / 41.72000; -72.65861
StatusClosed
Capacity788
Opened21 October 1827
ClosedNovember, 1963
Managed byConnecticut State Prison
Director
Wardens[1]
  • 1827-1837 Moses C. Pilsbury
  • 1837-1844 Amos Pilsbury
  • 1844-1850 Elisha Johnson
  • 1850-1851 Leonard R. Welles
  • 1851-1852 Elisha Johnson
  • 1852-1854 Leonard R. Welles
  • 1854-1857 William Willard
  • 1857-1862 N. Daniel Webster
  • 1862-1870 William Willard
  • 1870-1874 A. J. Botelle
  • 1874-1879 E. B. Hewes
  • 1879-1885 August Sargent
  • 1885-1893 S. Chamberlain
  • 1893-1899 Jabez L. Woodbridge
  • 1899-1911 Albert Garvin
  • 1911-1918 Ward A. Garner
  • 1918-1920 Charles C. McClaughry
  • 1920-1929 Henry K. W. Scott
  • 1929-1934 Charles S. Reed
  • 1934-1954 Ralph H. Walker
  • 1954-1956 George A. Cummings
  • 1956-1957 Frederick G. Reincke
  • 1957-1961 Mark S. Richmond
  • 1961-1963 Frederick G. Reincke

Wethersfield State Prison was the second state prison in the state of Connecticut. Used between 1827 and 1963, it was later demolished and the site turned into a park on the banks of the Connecticut River.

  1. ^ Connecticut State Library, State Prison - State Agency, Connecticut State Library, 1999, http://www.ctstatelibrary.org/agencies/stateprison.htm, accessed on 27 October 2013

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