The Heads
The Anglin brothers had to create dummy heads that could seem real for any guards passing their cells. They successfully did this with the use of soap wax, toilet paper, and real human hair that they snuck out of the barber shop on the island.
Unusual Equipment
Morris had the job of creating a pump of sorts for the rafts and live vests that they intended on using to leave via the water. The raft idea actually came to him from reading an article about it Popular Mechanics magazine.