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The Chain Cupboard

Newgate Prison

Source: The Illustrated London News, Dec. 29, 1888, p.775

View of the Chain Cupboard

Inside are:
1. The Anvil for working out Rivets
2. Chains from which Jack Sheppard freed himself
3. Pinions
4. Axe, formerly carried before Prisoners at Executions, another version being that it was made for the Cato-Street Conspirators, but not used
5. Old Irons

The rest are modern and in use.