The Ushuaia Jail

Ushuaia , Province of Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina

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    Ushuaia: Fin del Mundo

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    ... it's been great to finally be able to 'settle' somewhere for more than 3 days, and take our time about things. We now have just 6 hours to go before we bid a temporary farewell to Ushuaia, Argentina, South America, and set sail to the White ...

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    Ushuaia

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    ... environment to match, it was intended to reform the repeat offenders from the Argentine jails. The city very slowly developed and after the jail closed in 1949, a port was established and it's now the major port for cruise ships on their way to/from ...

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    Still in town

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    ... of the work they also had a small railway built in 1910, the southernmost n the world, although it was only 25 kms long. The jail was closed down in 1947 and the buildings given to the Navy. Today the buildings are classed as a national monument, with ...

  • 4

    How low can you go?

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    ... Fortunately for us it was out of season too, therefore saving us around $8000 US for the privilege. We were however directed to the jail and maritime museum, which was very interesting. We also used our complimentary map to take a tour of the town ...

  • 5

    Southern Jail Birds

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    ... the limits of the jail.  The workshops tended the jails needs and rendered services to the whole of Ushuaia.  Outside the jail, convicts were used for building the streets, bridges, buildings and for logging.  In the same vein, a railway ...

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    Visit the end of the world - check!

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    ... prisoners.  Conor says his favourite part was pretending to wash his hands in the very basin that was used by the inmates, a section of the jail has been preserved to see the real historic nature of the place. See the picture, for Conor in his ...

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    The southernest city in the world!

    Our next destination was Ushuaia, Argentina. Being the southernest city in the world, I was expecting freezing cold temperatures & gustily winds. However, it wasn´t so. Surprisingly enough, camping in national park was colder! Whilst Jeff and ...

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    Fourth Day in Ushuaia

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    ... was cool because we saw a whole bunch of old boats that had sunk and pirate ships. It had lots of models of old ships. The jail museum had a few hallways to show what the jail was like. I forgot to mention that the museum was originally a real ...

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    The end of the world

    ... colony and on January 1896 the first group of 14 convicts arrived on board the naval ship "1° de Mayo". And from 1902- 1920 the jail was built using the prisoners. Outside the jail the convicts were used for building streets, bridges, buildings and also ...