The Breakwater Lodge in the

Victoria & Alfred Waterfront The V&A Waterfront, often referred to as The Waterfront and The V&A, is a mixed-use suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, featuring upmarket residential apartments, a major shopping mall, a marina, and multiple large hotels. The Waterfront sit ...

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, South Africa was built as a prison in 1859. It is now part of the

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and a hotel. The original prison was built in 1859 for convicts from Britain at the suggestion of John Montagu who was the colonial secretary to the

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from 1843 to 1852. They were transported to The Cape to work on the construction of the breakwater which would allow the harbour which is now the

to be built. The remains of a treadmill on which prisoners were punished can still be seen. During the later part of the 19th century other prisoners were accommodated at Breakwater prison and it was the first site to racially segregate black and white convicts. In 1902 white prisoners were moved into a new building, called the Industrial Breakwater Prison, which remains today. The design with four

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turrets and an enclosed courtyard was styled after

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and

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prisons in England. After ten years as a prison it became a juvenile offenders institution and from 1926 until 1989 a hostel for black dock workers. Since 1991 it has served as the business school of

and hotel run by the Protea chain.

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