They're collected in a sluice under the table which leads into a drain pipe inside the center column.

Thanks; I'll leave that question up in the air for now :-)

Luna I think you're confused as to who broke what, as well as the reasoning behind it.

Craig, thank you for all the great information about the machinery and the coking process!

It was at an old coal-fed power plant of a similar height - I started walking down one of these and noticed some large holes in the floor a quarter of the way through... it's just a dumb way to die if the stairs are OK :-)

I'm not sure, there's a stainless steel cylinder with a valve at the end attached to the rubber straps via foam padding... some kind of respiratory component perhaps.

Drop lights, it appears.

It was frosted using a very small square-mesh pattern.

I'm pretty sure they are old fire doors.

Yep, the moisture and the changing temperatures over the seasons will cause the paint to crack and eventually peel or flake off. Many of these places were painted over old coats over the years, so there's usually various colors underneath each other creating an interesting effect (this room was yellow before white).

I believe that being listed on the register makes it a lot harder to tear down a building, but it can still be done with enough political or financial pull (eg. Wal-Mart flattening Dixmont State Hospital, listed on the register November 28, 1980).

MCS was supposed to be demolished in 2009 using federal stimulus money.

Funny... the architect of BCT, Alfred T. Fellheimer (of Fellheimer & Wagner) also worked for Reed & Stem, who was one of the two architectural firms for MCS. Hard to say if he was involved with MCS, but it does not show up as one of his projects at Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.or...lheimer_&_Wagner

No, es en Bélgica.

Makes me think of the way-station for Blaine the Mono in Stephen King's Dark Tower series.

This has GOT to be paint over tile...otherwise, how is this possible?

This looks almost like what would be left of someone who took an unplanned trip through a wood-chipper <8-O Creepy feel to this one, though I don't think it was intended.

Not sure why, but these kinds of sinks (especially in rows) always give me the creeps. The legs look "stuck-on" and "extra" and "in the way", and just coldly clinical. I know, I know, they ARE in an INTSTITUTION, but they always seem so "institutional" when used in non-commercial settings.Whenever I see a picture of a house with a sink like this, I'm creeped-out by the non-homey, "industrial" feel to it. I always want to scream "go down to Home Depot and buy a sink that's meant for a HOUSE!!!!!!" OK, small concern in life, but I don't want any part of my house to look like it belongs in a hospital.

Oh, hey, just a tiny spackle job and both floor and roof should be good as new :-). Should be able to finish in an hour or so.....

Nothing more than a general creepy vibe sometimes...

Ah, thanks Junkyardave!

Yep, it was pretty empty except for some oddly arranged furniture... I may have taken a photo at a later date.

Nice illustration find Felyne!

The yellow object appears to be a small trash can.

Thanks eldokid! I just visited some places up that way this winter, there are definitely a few pretty neat spots around the capital

I'm sure this shot has been taken by many, many people...