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[[Image:SpanishJail.jpg|thumb|right|200px300px|The old Spanish jail on [[Alcaniz Street]]]]
The '''Spanish jail''', known in Spanish as the '''''calabozo''''' ("dungeon") and corrupted in English to '''calaboose''', was constructed at the southwest corner of [[Alcaniz Street|Alcaniz]] and [[Intendencia Street]]s during Pensacola's [[second Spanish period]] and, despite conditions that were described as "deplorable" by federal surveyors who inventoried the Spanish properties after the [[1821]] transfer to the United States, remained the primary detention facility for both Pensacola and [[Escambia County]] until [[1875]], when a [[Court of Record building|new county jail]] was constructued on [[Jefferson Street]] at [[Main Street|Main]].

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