Lyttelton Gaol Site

The infamous Lyttelton prison was here. As the main South Island prison it incarcerated thousands between 1851 and 1922.
Seven men were hung within its walls. Its Hard Labour Gang built roads and stone walls around Lyttelton. They also built Fort Jervois on Ripapa Island and the Quarantine Station on Quail Island. Sheep smuggler James McKenzie was imprisoned here and escaped. The site is Heritage Protected.

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