Daytrippers: Old Newgate Prison in East Granby

EAST GRANBY – It is a Daytripper that is, perhaps, more than a decade in the making.
After almost 10 years, the Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine has reopened after renovations.
As on-site manager at Newgate, Morgan Bengel, said neither the prison nor the copper mine, which date back to the early 1700’s, were ever very successful ventures but it’s been a pretty interesting tourist stop.
“No one can comprehend what this is,” Bengel said, “I mean Connecticut d