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Cell Door - wooden, circa 1900
Reg. No: SH 850019
- Summary:
- Used: Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1867 - 1950
Heavy wooden cell door with peephole and locks from a single room at Beechworth Mental Hospital, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900 - Description:
- Heavy wooden door has double layer of panelling running downwards on outside and across on inside. Has lock as well as heavy bolts (vertical) top and bottom. Has trumpet-shaped brass peep-hole (narrow end outside) with small brass plate above it in centre of top half of door. Has metal grid, with 4 vertical slits, near bottom of door.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Beechworth Mental Hospital (Beechworth Asylum)
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 203.00 cm (Height), 7.00 cm (Width), 82.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | building security, mental health, mental health institutions, psychiatric hospitals |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Institutional Life |
| Tertiary Classification: | building fittings |
| Date Made: | circa 1860s |
| Place & Date Used: | Beechworth Mental Hospital (Beechworth Asylum), Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1867-1950 |
| References: | card with exhibit. |
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