In the clink

Do you remember using the expression "in the clink" to mean 'in jail'? Sometimes, on television, you would hear someone say that a criminal was going to wind up 'in the clink,' meaning that he would wind up in jail or in prison.
Well today, we discovered that the origin of that expression is right here in London.
In a very OLD neighborhood near the London Bridge, there is a museum about a very OLD prison. And guess where that old prison was located -- on CLINK STREET. It was thus known as the CLINK PRISON or just the CLINK.
It's remarkable how that expression was a regular part of our vocabulary all the way across the ocean, without our ever having been in London or knowing about its roots.