i happened on this site looking for pics of
it. my father worked there, as a young man an attendant, older as a fireman[ keeping the huge boilers running. he worked there for 30 yrs.
i used to play there as a young girl or visit while dad worked. the tunnels & sub tunnels fascinated all us kids. As did the patients over the years. later when i was older i worked as an attendant when they tried de-institutionalizing the ppatients. the older people were patients my father and mother had also taken care of when they worked there.
as did several of my family members.
rich in history this place is, good in some ways not so pleasant in others
as to the nature of why they may have been there. it for me was a pleasure and a mystery, and sad all at once.
a beautifull place all in all, structurally and placement. a good deal of people
there did make it back to the world,
so many stories , so many lives affected.
it was an honor for me to assist in any small way i did. i do hope they keep whats left. so many stories to tell.....

p. s. Grafton state was quite interesting
in how it worked also.