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Penn's Common

Here is the original 1847-1848 cell block that extended northward from the base of the great (94-foot-high) tower. Within this corridor were 44 cells, eleven on each side and on each story. The five steps seen in the rear led to the 1889 annex, which was built to contain another 50 cells.

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