Small displays show off various news articles and memorabilia collected throughout ORW’s history. Attendees of Friday’s event included former employees of the institution, including a few former wardens. Members of the City of Marysville staff also came out for the event.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell)
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The Ohio Reformatory for Women celebrated its 100th anniversary Friday.
Pictured above, ORW employee Erin Maldonado shows a mechanism that was once used for opening the cell blocks in the connected hallway. The lever was connected to a bar that ran across the top of the doors. Guards could choose to only open certain cells at once, or all of them together.
(Journal-Tribune photo by Will Channell)