Stony Mountain Institution
by Larry Trupp
Title
Stony Mountain Institution
Artist
Larry Trupp
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Photograph - Photography
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This prison was built during the mid-1870's after the Federal Government expropriated the land where it rests now. At the time, James Livingston was living on the property and refused to leave. He quickly set up his shack and piled stones. He also started a supply of ammunition and threatened to take anyone on who tried to take his land. When the engineers - Morrison and Barclay of Ontario - came to start work on the penitentiary, they convinced Livingston to put his guns down and talked him into becoming the prison yard's watchman. The prison was built from brick, stone and llimestone. It opened in 1876 at the cost of $125,000, complete with gun turrets. Stony Mountain is situated on the outcropping of limestone heaved up from a flat plain. The outcropping consists of 3 separate hills. Together they form a horseshoe facing south. It is a mile across from east to west and a mile and half from north to south. Near the prison, sits the Rockwood Prison which is a minimum security prison. Some of the prison staff live in the 32 homes built nearby. It is said that the prison was originally built to mainly house aboriginals. Two of its first inmates were Poundmaker and Big Bear who fought against the government for their land. It's also the same prison that kept David Milgaard and Thomas Sophonow....Taken in the early morning at Stony, Mountain, Manitoba, Canada.
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January 31st, 2013
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