Larry D I acquired a 1937 Drinker-Collins iron lung from a junk yard and had it restored at Rick's Restorations in Las Vegas, home of American Restoration on The History Channel. The show (episode title "American Respiration") aired Tuesday, May 7, and will be airing more times over the next few weeks and months.

Location: Linton State Hospital  Gallery: Deep Breaths

	Larry D You are indeed a modern day artist Mr. Motts. A blind chimpanzee can snap pictures. But it's the man behind the lens with the creative eye that transforms the camera into a paint brush. Thank you for letting us live vicariously through your view finder.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D I can picture this space over run with rats. Especially with all the garbage on the floors.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D You rock autoguy.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D It's like a prison within a prison. I bet this cell was reserved for those who throw their excrement or spits at the guards.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D Very intimidating. I can see how someone would go insane stuck in a place like this.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D Cutting those bars with a torch is a lot of work for just a few dollars in scrap metal.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D Incredible photo.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D It looks so damp and miserable. Motts, what did this place smell like?

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D The cell blocks are silent now, but can you imagine the din of noise from those confined here?

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D That lock looks like something from the 19th century. Beautiful photo.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D Thank you Motts. This is a wonderful surprise and I can't wait to get lost in your photography. I can only imagine what these walls have witnessed.

Location: Old Essex County Jail  Gallery: A Home for the Homeless

	Larry D Magnificent engineering.

Location: Carrie Blast Furnace  Gallery: Furnace Climbing

	Larry D Manly men did manly things in there.

Location: Carrie Blast Furnace  Gallery: Furnace Climbing

	Larry D You rock momma. I love reading your posts. 8-)

Location: Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker  Gallery: Men on Mars

	Larry D In the late 1950s, NASA recruited West Virginia coal mine engineers to design and build the early gantries that launched men into space. That's why the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo launch pads looked a lot like coal breakers.

Location: Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker  Gallery: Men on Mars

	Larry D Incredible set, Motts. Brought back a lot of memories.

Location: Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker  Gallery: Men on Mars

	Larry D I grew up in southern West Virginia in the 1960s and remember abandoned coal breakers dotting the landscape. They were called coal tipples there but looked very similar to this. In the late 70s I worked in one of these as a slate picker. I stood next to the moving conveyer belt and pulled out anything was wasn't coal. Nasty job.

Location: Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker  Gallery: Men on Mars

	Larry D Stark, cold, and lifeless. Yet, strangely beautiful.

Location: Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker  Gallery: Men on Mars

	Larry D Buttons and switches and dials, oh my. Awesome shot.

Location: Old Saint Nicholas Coal Breaker  Gallery: Men on Mars

	Larry D I'm always impressed that ceramic tile will hold it's shine pretty much forever.

Location: Ospedale Bartolini  Gallery: Changes

	Larry D Nature sez "come to momma. You now belong to me.

Location: Ospedale Pedagogico di Aguscello  Gallery: Ruinous

	Larry D What an awesome find.

Location: Ospedale Pedagogico di Aguscello  Gallery: Ruinous

	Larry D This is why I stay out of these places. So many ways for the inexperienced to get bitten.

Location: Ospedale Pedagogico di Aguscello  Gallery: Ruinous

	Larry D Looks like my mother's clothes pin bag.

Location: Manicomio Montedale  Gallery: The String Man