Show blackwells wells island blackwells Clack wells island Is in east river rive r and belongs to nc new york city I 1 it t ila lias s an ail area of about acres a les and contains the lie penitentiary almshouse jul luna a tic asylum ashlum for women workhouse blind asylum hospital for anclin incurables ables and a convalescent hospital nearly all these were erected froni from granite quarried on tile the island by convict vic t laor labor the style of f architecture being of a turreted and b battlemented battlement cd design of tile alie feudal character tilt the island Is bordered by a heavy granite sea wall also built by t the ile convicts and a large amount of far farming faring ing and gardening Is carried on by the inmates of the penitentiary |