Summary
Used: Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1867 - 1950
Heavy wooden cell door with peephole and locks from a single room at Beechworth Mental Hospital, Victoria, Australia, circa 1900
Physical Description
Heavy wooden door has double layer of panelling running downwards on outside and across on inside. Has lock as well as heavy bolts (vertical) top and bottom. Has trumpet-shaped brass peep-hole (narrow end outside) with small brass plate above it in centre of top half of door. Has metal grid, with 4 vertical slits, near bottom of door.
Significance
Example of building fittings and security in psychiatric hospitals in Victoria Australia
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Beechworth Mental Hospital (Beechworth Asylum), Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Date Made
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Place & Date Used
Beechworth Mental Hospital (Beechworth Asylum), Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1867-1950
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - institutional life, Building fittings
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
82 cm (Length), 7 cm (Width), 203 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
820 mm (Length), 70 mm (Width), 2030 mm (Height)
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References
card with exhibit.
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Keywords
Building Security, Mental Health, Mental Health Institutions, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
