Seattle_Dave The washer on the right is just like one I used in my high school gym when I was the football team manager in the '80s.

Location: Henryton State Hospital  Gallery: The White Elephant

	Seattle_Dave "Nevermore."

Location: Henryton State Hospital  Gallery: The White Elephant

	Seattle_Dave That's one hell of a warning buzzer. Ah-OOO-gah!

Location: Westport Generating Station  Gallery: Trudge

	Seattle_Dave Heartbreaking.

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: November Chills

	Seattle_Dave It's the same thing we saw in the "Hot Rails" photo, minus the rail.

Location: Acme Coke Plant  Gallery: Altostratus

	Seattle_Dave I understand, just a little No comprende, it's a riddle... I'm on a Mexican radio I'm on a Mexican, whoa-oh, radio.

Location: Hotel Sterling  Gallery: River View

	Seattle_Dave Arrgh. Short version: here it is. It's a Mott brand sitz bath. http://www.noreast1.com/dvsitz4.jpg

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

	Seattle_Dave Those sinks are still around. They're called Bradley Wash Fountains. They come in full round and half round versions. http://news.thomasnet....large/521/521350.jpg

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

	Seattle_Dave This would be a good background shot in a post-apocalyptic movie.

Location: Ypsilanti State Hospital  Gallery: Occupational Hazards

	Seattle_Dave I think Motts is right about the mirrors -- you can see the bracket that held the tops of a mirror just below each of the upper light fixtures, and especially on the middle one you can see the outline of where the mirror used to be.

Location: Ypsilanti State Hospital  Gallery: Occupational Hazards

	Seattle_Dave Five minutes of continuous siren would be a disaster in and of itself.

Location: Ypsilanti State Hospital  Gallery: Occupational Hazards

	Seattle_Dave They're light fixtures, nutsy.

Location: Ypsilanti State Hospital  Gallery: Occupational Hazards

	Seattle_Dave I believe those are just the enclosures in which the radiators were housed. The radiators themselves were probably salvaged. Does that make sense with what you saw, Motts?

Location: Ypsilanti State Hospital  Gallery: Occupational Hazards

	Seattle_Dave Boraxo.

Location: Hewitt State Hospital and Prison  Gallery: Live Wires and Dead Places

	Seattle_Dave I love how we are all fantasizing about how great it would be to have this plaque on our [whatever} when we could go to any trophy shop and have one made for a few bucks.

Location: Massachusetts Mental Health Center  Gallery: Movie Crew

	Seattle_Dave I wonder if Posey Van Pelt was related to Lucy and Linus....

Location: Heptner State Hospital  Gallery: Carnivora

	Seattle_Dave No, resr, they're definitely soap dispensers. Trust us, we're doctors.

Location: Eden Hall Chapel  Gallery: The First and the Last

	Seattle_Dave It's so sad that we have so little regard for history and beauty that we allow places like this to slip away. Thank you, Motts, for preserving these images.

Location: Eden Hall Chapel  Gallery: The First and the Last

	Seattle_Dave Hmm. Credibility much?

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 7 (Medical Building)

	Seattle_Dave More than meets the eye.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 7 (Medical Building)

	Seattle_Dave My dad always used to say "Bars and locks only keep out the honest thieves." By which he meant if someone really wants to get into a place, they will, no matter how you secure it. This proves him right. Again. (Dammit.)

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

	Seattle_Dave I'm sure standard stall widths have increased along with standard chair sizes as we Americans have...um...increased in girth. A cafe in my hometown dates to the 1920s and still has the original wooden swivel-chair seating at the counter. The seats are tiny compared to what we're used to today.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

	Seattle_Dave Ditto what Autumn said. =(

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

	Seattle_Dave Look at those beautiful stair rails. They'd never meet today's building codes; a toddler could easily fall through them. Artistically, it's sad; from a practical point of view I guess it's a good thing "they don't build 'em like they used to."

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)

	Seattle_Dave ack, me too! I was the handyman for a sorority for many years, and one of my jobs was keeping the drains clear on the flat roof sections. It's an ongoing battle. They always clog again, and the results can easily be catastrophic.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Building 93 (Infirmary)