The Gallows Gallery 2

Gallows from around the world. Click on thumbnail to see bigger picture.

Full size reproduction of Judge Parker's gallows at Fort Smith Arkansas	The Kansas gallows used for the last hanging in the USA before suspension of the death penalty	The Sierra County gallows in California last used in 1885 (now a restored museum piece)	San Quentin's gallows in California - last used in 1942
The gallows at Tombestone Arizona	The execution chamber in Washington's Walla Walla prison	Another view of the Walla Walla trap last used on May 27th 1994	Delaware's amazing gallows last used on 25/01/1996 to hang Billy Bailey
The gallows at Adelaide Australia last used November 24 1964	The gallows at Darwin Australia last used on August 8 1952	Looking down through the trap at Darwin. The gallows is preserved as an exhibit	The gallows in Pentridge prison in Melbourne used for Australia's last hanging
A recreation of the gallows at Hong Kong's Stanley prison	The gallows in Japan's Osaka Detention Centre	The gallows at Pretoria Central Prison in South Africa	Looking up through the trap at Pretoria. It was last used on November 14, 1989

With special thanks to Angie Lau & Nick Short for some of the pictures.

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