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Connecticut home to one of nation s oldest prisons and former copper mine
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 06, 2021, 8:00pm EDT
Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine is one of the oldest prisons in the United States, and it s located in East Granby, Connecticut.
The site was exclusively a copper mine originally, but it was abandoned because it was never very profitable.
After the site was abandoned as a copper mine, it became a prison from 1773 to 1827.
During the American Revolution, loyalists were imprisoned at the site.
The site was eventually abandoned by 1827, and the prisoners were moved to Wethersfield State Prison