Motts Actually, it wasn't psychiatric at all, it was a municipal hospital that had certain floors dedicated for catering to the wealthy.

Location: Cynthia Lee Memorial Hospital  Gallery: Debris

	Motts It was about 5 feet tall... I didn't see any lighting inside, it was probably used to hold flowers and other decorative items.

Location: Cynthia Lee Memorial Hospital  Gallery: Debris

	Motts Adam, please see the About page, it might answer your questions.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	Motts Sorry, I don't give out that kind of information.

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	Motts Yeah I wear a mask in steam tunnels and places with a large amount of friable asbestos that could/will be disturbed. Just as a side note, a P100 rated filter is a good idea if you don't want asbestosis later on; a paper dust mask or bandana will do nothing for you. Do the research before you go.

Location: Isolation Hospital  Gallery: Flooded

	Motts Aha! So that's what this is, a shower trolley! http://www.opacity.us/image1956.htm Thanks for the link Lynne, now I will have a better idea of what the function is of the equipment I'm looking at! And yeah, it's definitely a slab tub, there was a full sized bathtub in the room too.

Location: Roseville State School  Gallery: Open Sores

Motts Well, a "state school" was basically a hospital for young people with mental illnesses, and many of them had physical ailments as well because of birth defects and other complications. Some of them needed constant medical attention, and as with any hospital, there will be many deaths involved with treating these people, especially when we didn't have the medical technology and understanding of today.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: The Sadness

	Motts Thank you, and yes I do hope to visit the UK and/or Scotland sometime soon to photograph the asylums there.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Sunlight

	Motts Around 30 seconds, I think.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: A Farewell Visit?

	Motts Pennhurst was a more or less "local" state school for young people in PA, I would guess over a thousand patients lived there at any one time.. a lot less than 15,000. More patients = more deaths. Pennhurst had a two drawer morgue by the way, the top door was used to access the refrigeration equipment, much like this freezer.

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: Emptiness

	Motts The vulture was hopping around during this long exposure shot.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	Motts It resembled a brick with ridges that held the plaster in; they look like the wall in this photo. http://www.opacity.us/image427.htm

Location: Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital  Gallery: Gray Skies

	Motts Rusty water from the ceiling and cribs.

Location: Roseville State School  Gallery: Open Sores

	Motts I don't remember seeing the power on anywhere except for maybe a few street lights.

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

	Motts Depends on how big the place is. I think the longest time so far is 11 hours straight inside one place, and it was gigantic.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	Motts It's copper, if I'm not mistaken.

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

	Motts The lights were on; I try to leave the building as is, turning lights on and off isn't a good idea unless you want to see the place get sealed up tight in a few days.

Location: Roseville State School  Gallery: Open Sores

	Motts Morgues and medical facilities are almost always centrally located in these mental health facilities, but sometimes they are in seperate or well sealed buildings or wings; I've missed out on a few for those reasons.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Overcast

	Motts Only about an inch or two... it looks deeper because of the perfectly still water's reflection.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Overcast

	Motts 3 D-cell maglite... I have a habit of losing them though!

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe

	Motts I think it was a fire extinguisher on the floor.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe

	Motts A fire hydrant, I believe.

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Into Darkness

	Motts Nah, that's just the window frame.

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: Emptiness

	Motts Permission? What's permission? But seriously, you don't need permission to photograph this ruin, although you are not allowed behind the fence in the day and no where near the place at night.

Location: Renwick Smallpox Hospital  Gallery: Investigating the Shell

	Motts April, 1993.

Location: High Hills Developmental Center  Gallery: Home in the Hills