Iron Leg Chains
Datec. 1850s
DimensionsOverall: 11.4 x 91.4 cm
Credit LineGift of Middlesex County Jail, London, Ontario, 1963
Object number1963.025.005
Label TextCertain prisoners held in the Middlesex County Jail wore these leg irons in the 1850s. It hindered their movement, restricted their pace, and made escape attempts more difficult.
NameRestraint
1830
c. 1954
