Cubitt, of Ipswich, and recently erected at the House of
Correction for the county of Surrey, situated at Brixton. The
view is taken from a corner of one of the ten airing yards of the
prison, all of which radiate from the Governor's house in the
centre, so that from the window of his room _he commands a
complete view into all the yards_. A building behind the tread
wheel shed is the mill house, containing the necessary machinery
for grinding corn and dressing the flour, also rooms for storing
it, &c. On the right side of this building a pipe passes up to
the roof, on which is a large cast iron reservoir, capable of
holding some thousand gallons of water, for the use of the
prison. This reservoir is filled by means of forcing pump
machinery below, connected with the principal axis which works
the machinery of the mill; this axis or shaft passes under the
pavement of the several yards, and working by means of universal
joints, at every turn communicates with the tread wheel of each
class.
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