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MANSFIELD - If you re interested in manufacturing, you soon will be able to come and see hundreds of products made in north central Ohio including appliances, tires, pumps, Klondike bars, cigars and pieces made for streetcars.
The North Central Ohio Industrial Museum will officially open to the public this summer inside the lower east diagonal wing of the historic Ohio State Reformatory, showcasing the history of manufacturing in Mansfield and surrounding areas.
Jerry Miller of Ontario, who has been spearheading the effort for seven years, this past week opened the museum to invited guests including dignitaries, financial sponsors and donors of artifacts. Miller said a lot of the historical items were stored in the early 1990s at the Bissman Building and now have a permanent home.
The bulk of the film, Judas and the Black Messiah, was made in Cleveland and filmed a few days in November 2019 at the Mansfield prison that was the backdrop for the hit movie The Shawshank Redemption.
The motion picture, directed by Shaka King, is based on real events in Chicago surrounding the 1969 murder/assassination of Illinois Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and the story behind FBI informant William O Neill, who infiltrated the party on behalf of the federal law enforcement agency.
Ohio State Reformatory represents Illinois prison in movie
The historic Mansfield reformatory was used to represent the Illinois state prison in which Hampton spent time for allegedly assaulting and robbing an ice cream salesman.