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The '''Spanish jail''' or '''gaol''', known in Spanish as the '''''calabozo''''' ("dungeon") and corrupted in English to '''calaboose''', was constructed during Pensacola's [[second Spanish period]] at the southwest corner of [[Alcaniz Street|Alcaniz]] and [[Intendencia Street]]s. Despite conditions that were described as "deplorable" by federal surveyors who inventoried the Spanish properties after the [[1821]] transfer to the United States, it remained the primary detention facility for both Pensacola and [[Escambia County]] until [[1875]], when a [[Old Escambia County Jail|new county jail]] was constructed on [[Jefferson Street]] at [[Main Street|Main]].