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Elmira was one of three locations chosen as training centers in New York (Albany and New York City were the others) due to its location and railway hub.
Coordinates: 42°6′53.03″N 76°49′44.64″W. Elmira Correctional Facility, also known as " The Hill ", is a maximum security state prison located in Chemung County, in the City of Elmira in the US state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
Elmira Correctional Facility, also known as "The Hill", is a maximum security state prison located in Chemung County, in the City of Elmira in the US state of New York.
Jul 23, 2021 · Here is a description of the geography of this portion of the camp: The lower half of the camp dropped 20 feet toward the pond and river, where weeds grew in loose, sandy soil. Foster’s Pond, 12 yards wide and 580 yards in length, dominated this portion of the prison.
May 30, 2010 · Location. 42° 4.945′ N, 76° 49.3′ W. Marker is in Elmira, New York, in Chemung County. Marker is at the intersection of Winsor Avenue and Hoffman Street, on the right when traveling east on Winsor Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elmira NY 14905, United States of America. Touch for directions. Other nearby markers.
A panorama of the Elmira (New York) Prison Camp in December 1864 by photographers William Moulton & John Larkin. This is an early commercially sold view of the camp taken from a platform overlooking Water Street. The camp was built on 30 acres on the former Camp Rathbun or Camp Chemung.
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Elmira was the first correctional institution of its kind in the country where the term of confinement depended upon the observable progress made by the prisoner. All sentences were indefinite with the maximum being the period specified in the Penal Law for the particular crime.
