HM Prison Pentonville hundreds throughout the British Empire. For instance, Pentonville was used as a model for the eventual construction of Corradino Prison in Rahal Gdid, Malta by W. Lamb Arrowsmith in 1842. Prisoners under sentence of death were not housed at Pentonville Prison until the closure of Newgate in 1902, when Pentonville took over executions in north London. Condemned cells were added and an execution room built to house Newgate's gallows. At the same time Pentonville took over from Newgate the function of being the training location for future executioners. Irish revolutionary Roger Casement was hanged there on 3 August 1916 and
Bow Curve Bow Curve The Bow Curve is a branch railway line in Bow, east London, that connects the Great Eastern Main Line (out of ) and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (out of ). The line, in length, connects on the GEML with on the LTSR. It once formed part of the London and Blackwall Railway and had one intermediate station called , but today it sees no regular timetabled use. It may, however, be used for diversions during engineering work or emergency timetable changes. The line was opened by the London and Blackwell Extension Railway (LBER) on 2 April