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Torture irons on SUCCESS (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Nathan Adams said:
    Ouch!
  • Skip Goforth said:
    Reminds me of my dentist.
  • rjnorgard said:
    By the way, anyone wanting to know about this extraordinary vessel can read all about it on my website and blog. Rich Norgard www.shipsuccess.com www.shipsuccess.blogspot.com

Torture irons on SUCCESS (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Nathan Adams said:
    The Success was a floating museum which "the horrors of penal transportation in Great Britain and the United States of America between the 1890s and the 1930s." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success_(prison_ship)
  • Skip Goforth said:
    Satan's lil' workshop.
  • Erik Harmon said:
    These don't seem to be torture devices but restraining devices. Most of them are clearly prisoner irons. The spiky one in the center would be attached to the end of a long pole and thrust against an escaping person's neck, trapping them between the arms which would spread to allow the person's neck in and then swing shut. Once the escapee's neck was trapped between the spiked ring, they had incentive to stop running. This was used by police officers on the mainland as well for centuries, although originally they were made of flexible wood or metal and without spikes. When I think of torture device, I think of something that was designed solely for the purpose of inflicting pain on people, whereas these devices are primarily for restraint.
  • Sonya Bigboots said:
    Looks like my basement :)
  • rjnorgard said:
    It should be noted that the ship 'Success' never transported convicts and these devices were never in use on board this vessel. She was a stationary prison or "hulk" near Melbourne, Australia in the 1850s. She toured the world as an exhibition for 50 years and was an extraordinary example of early 19th century shipbuilding, having been constructed of native teak in Burma. My website has her complete history. Rich Norgard www.shipsuccess.com www.shipsuccess.blogspot.com

Gun on SUCCESS (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Giovanni Portelli said:
    there seems to be something lodged in the cannon
  • Successful Thought said:
    漂亮
  • Richard Norton said:
    In 1912 [the Australian prison ship, Success, turned museum ] crossed the Atlantic and spent more than two decades doing the same thing around the eastern seaboard of the United States of America and later in ports on the Great Lakes. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success_(prison_ship)
  • Harry Angstrom said:
    If you look again, it seems that it is just the back of the bench that might appear to be lodged in the cannon.
  • rjnorgard said:
    Interestingly enough, this cannon was up for sale on Ebay a few years ago! If want to learn in more detail about, and see many more photos of this extraordinary vessel, check out my website and blog. I have researched this ship for over 40 years. Rich Norgard www.shipsuccess.com www.shipsuccess.blogspot.com