Old Cambria County Jail built 1872 closed 1997
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- old Cambria County Jail, In April 1870 the Cambria Freeman newspaper wrote, "[T]he commissioners of Cambria County purchased from Mrs. E.J. McDonald a square of land bounded by Centre [sic], Crawford, and Sample streets on which to erect the proposed new county prison. The price was $2,500."
Critics in Johnstown referred to it as a "Welsh castle" in ridicule, which was also a knock on Ebensburg's Welsh roots.
The prison was overcrowded for many years. A total of 123 men were confined in only 27 cells. They then went on to build an additional 52 cells in 1911.[4]
In the spring of 1997 the "Old Stone Jail" was abandoned for a new facility and temporarily was turned into a records center in a $400,000 project.[5] Jail tours are offered to visitors through the Cambria County Historical Society.
Escape of Michael "Smitty" Smith
Convicted in 1884 of killing a man from Johnstown, Smitty was set to be hung the next day. But after leaving a farewell letter to the warden, he managed to escape without a trace. The officers found that it was impossible to escape, because the walls were made of concrete and iron and they were about 22 feet high. The warden saw no trace of Smitty.
Smitty would have been the fourth execution at the jail. He was never found. #history #oldjail #cambriacountyjail #ebensburg #abandonedplaces join this channel to get access to perks:
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this is part 1 of my jail visit.. Thank you for stopping by appreciate it, I hope you enjoy the video please hit that like 👍 for some reason my video kept stopping in parts I never noticed till afterwards when i was home editing kind of weird. Hope you enjoy
It stopped stopping because the jail is sited. Long ago my father worked in that jail. He and another guard were taken hostage by a prisoner for a brief time. Thanks for the tour.
The jail is haunted I mean.
@@donnabrooks3223 i think that lady told the story about that in the video, but yea it kept stopping at points i never new it till i got home and was editing
@@donnabrooks3223 yea i was told that, i bet there is demonic spirits all thru that place
That was a cool explore at that old Cambria prison. Thanks to the two ladies who gave us a nice tour, and she got lots of shared stories! Waiting for the next, the part 2 adventure....
@rubirosasarte8198 yes it was all interesting to see and the stories very cool
It's so interesting that they are giving tours of this place. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to live there.
@hikingoutdoorfamily yea I'll be going back to see the dungeon and other parts of the jail
So cool. You should check out Eastern State Penitentiary.
@@jennifermiller697 we should go sometime you can drive lol
Interesting place
sure was bro
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@@EfrelOtic thank you
It’s looking so dangerous
@@RbnWebSolutions it's a old one
The school took us there for a field trip way back when it was still up and running. I was in elementary. We ate prison food for lunch. 🤢 We also went to the detention center. I think they were teying to tell us something lol 😅 good ol BV!
hahahaha that's funny i would of never ate anything there, it was creepy in there i could only imagine what kind of stuff they did to people in there. and thank you for watching and your comment hope you been doing well
I knew lots of people who went to jail there i lived 5 blocks away
yea i new a few people as well, that must have sucked in this place