Motts I think that's a box for the fire hose (no sprinklers).

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

Motts Larry, yes I've had a ward door slam shut in a strong gust of wind, get jammed, and there was nothing on the door I could grab to pull it towards me. The doorknob was gone, but the lock assembly was still in place, so you couldn't even get your finger through. Luckily I had a hooked tool that could make it through the tiny hole there, and pulled it back. Most problems I hear about are self-locking mechanisms, but I've always been very diligent about propping suspect doors open (knock on wood).

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Motts The air quality wasn't all that bad surprisingly (for only being in the room for a minute); it's all about ventilation.

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Motts A great deduction indeed, thanks evilavatar!

Location: Springfield State Hospital  Gallery: Thirteen

	Motts I went back once after the fire, the state of the building is a bit depressing.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Gatherings

	Motts Yes the water was shut off - in an unheated building in New England, the pipes would probably freeze and burst the first winter if they weren't.

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

	Motts Old hospitals did have large windows in the operating room, especially before electricity became a standard... I feel that this hospital (built in 1921) would be far beyond that era though. Perhaps the room was not originally intended as an O.R., or the room wasn't an O.R. at all...

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital  Gallery: Effects of Insomnia

	Motts Broken refrigerator = not good.

Location: Mount Sinai Hospital  Gallery: Effects of Insomnia

	Motts Yes; when both wings of the building were completed and the WW I veterans moved out, each wing was devoted to a gender.

Location: Foster State Hospital  Gallery: Cave Dwellers

	Motts Being successfully released from an institution seems like something to be proud of, no?

Location: Dever State School  Gallery: Institutional

	Motts I would imagine the office tower was closed in 1979 with the rest of the terminal, but it's possible these rooms fell into disuse even earlier (BCT was first put up for sale in 1959).

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Another Tour

	Motts I think the marble was in the bathrooms, but not much left in terms of fixtures. My memory is a bit hazy.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Another Tour

	Motts Thanks, I would guess somewhere in the 40-50 foot range.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Another Tour

	Motts Yup the building has been undergoing the massive task of restoration since 1997 - check out http://buffalocentralterminal.org/

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Another Tour

	Motts The shot is looking up from the platform which supported the bells.

Location: Church of the Transfiguration (Buffalo)  Gallery: Golden Light

	Motts No organ pipes or bats that I was able to see...

Location: Church of the Transfiguration (Buffalo)  Gallery: Golden Light

	Motts You need a shallow-draft vessel to get close to the ships.

Location: Staten Island Boat Graveyard  Gallery: Wrecks

	Motts Thanks for the info Eleanor and GeneralError, it would make sense to find such a device in this hospital.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

	Motts Yes places like this with a lot of rotting wood usually have a musty smell of damp, rotting wood. It usually isn't very powerful except in basements. I don't think it's a bad smell, but perhaps I just have a positive association with it...

Location: Riverside State Hospital  Gallery: Wonderland

	Motts Yup Canadian plants draw 56,500 cubic feet of water per second and American plants draw 32,500 as the 1950 Niagara Water Diversion Treaty dictates.

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

	Motts It was only hovering around freezing that day, but very damp of course.

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

	Motts Those are pretty wild looking ruins there in Kabul; there's also a neat tank graveyard there. I'll mark it all down, who knows what the future will hold. Thanks for the missing text Sundown!

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

	Motts The tallest one was about 2.5 feet high.

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

	Motts I'm not sure if this is the real reason they're open, but I think that if a building is sealed in too tightly it can become overrun with mold in the summer months, leading to more rot and intoxicating the air. I've seen preserved buildings with air vents (or even fans) installed in the boarded up windows to ventilate the structure.

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution

	Motts Yes, I was hoping to shoot Pripyat and Kiev this year but funds ran dry for an overseas trip.

Location: Toronto Power Company Generating Station  Gallery: On the Side of Caution