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Allegheny County Workhouse
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Background
The Allegheny County Workhouse was a prison that was located adjacent to the town of Blawnox, Pennsylvania. Its full name was "Allegheny County Workhouse and Inebriate Asylum". The first inmates were received in 1869, and the facility closed in 1971. The prison housed mostly inmates convicted of minor offenses. Many of those prisoners maintained a farm of about 1100 acres (445 ha), which contained apple orchards as well as many other crops and many different types of farm animals.
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Year opened
1869
Closed 1971
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Population held
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Opened
1869
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Notable inmates
Alexander Berkman1870–1936 · typographerAlexander Berkman (born Ovsei Osipovich Berkman; November 21, 1870 â June 28, 1936) was a Russian-American anarchist and author.
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Sources
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- Wikidata (Q16938656)
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Allegheny County Workhouse. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/allegheny-county-workhouse
Chicago
"Allegheny County Workhouse." World Prisons. Accessed July 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/allegheny-county-workhouse.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-allegheny-county-workhouse,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Allegheny County Workhouse},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/allegheny-county-workhouse},
urldate = {2026-07-24}
}