(place) by EverybodysCyclopedia Mon Apr 07 2003 at 3:53:35

Blackwell's Island, an island belonging to the city of New York, in the East river, containing about 120 acres. On it are the penitentiary, almshouse, lunatic asylum for females, workhouse, blind asylum, hospital for incurables, and a convalescent hospital.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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