charlie that rose window is awesome, too bad that someone does not do something to preserve the treasures before they are torn down.

Location: Château de Mesen  Gallery: Break

	Charlie Yeah, Ozzy. looks like an old dust mask.

Location: Hasard Cheratte (Coal Mine)  Gallery: Deterioration

	Charlie Those are probably remnants of dust masks worn by miners to keep coal dust out of their lungs. Most still got coal and rock dust in their lungs and developed what is known as black lung.

Location: Hasard Cheratte (Coal Mine)  Gallery: Deterioration

	Charlie In the US everything would be torn down and the area reclamed or returned to nature if the mine was permenently closed.

Location: Hasard Cheratte (Coal Mine)  Gallery: Deterioration

	Charlie The lamp room is where the battery lights the the miners wear to see in the darkness of the mine are charged.

Location: Hasard Cheratte (Coal Mine)  Gallery: Deterioration

	Charlie I live in a coal producing area in the US. That big Wheel would be over one of the shafts to operate the cage (elevator) for hoisting men and material down into and out of the mine, or the Skip shaft for hoisting coal out of the mine. One shaft would be for ventilation, with a big fan to pull air into the mine through the cage shaft.

Location: Hasard Cheratte (Coal Mine)  Gallery: Deterioration

	charlie I think it is a casting table for a body cast. Peole with severe scoliosis condition may have dysfuctional lungs that requires assistance so the equipment in this room and the iron lung does go hand in hand.

Location: Linton State Hospital  Gallery: Deep Breaths

	Charlie Ahhhh, The beauty off the past! I wonder what wood they used for those. Mahogany was a much used and easy wood to work in those days..

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	Charlie Beautiful woodwork! I agree; the banisters should be in a mansion. I know some people that would pay big for those.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	Charlie Those columns look like they came from a Persian palace.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	charlie i remember when the first tv came into my hometown. we owned it and we had a slew of people over everynight. these thngs weighed a ton.

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

	charlie clean it up and I would live here.

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

	Charlie why is everything here in aqua or pink. Sickening as best. How depressing for someone who longs for sun light, green trees and blue skys.

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

	charlie Like looking out of a railway tunnel after and earthquake. Note the tracks.

Location: Severalls Hospital  Gallery: The Beginning of the End

	charlie I am a new fan and do mean fan! Love this site what a talented photographer you are mr. motts

Location: Severalls Hospital  Gallery: The Beginning of the End

	Charlie The colors are amazing in this one

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Down The Spine

	Charlie This looks like a great place for a party. Hmmmm

Location: Linfield Industrial Park  Gallery: A Walk in the Park

	Charlie Beautiful crumbling sad place.

Location: Renwick Smallpox Hospital  Gallery: Investigating the Shell

	Charlie Amazing. I love it

Location: The Enchanted Forest  Gallery: Through the Fog

	Charlie I love this one...so lonely but colorful and fun

Location: Rocky Point Amusement Park  Gallery: Chaser

	Charlie I needed that! Beautiful absolutely beautiful

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Mental Floss

	Charlie Thank you

Location: Studebaker Stamping Plant  Gallery: Around the Bend

	Charlie Robots....beautiful

Location: Studebaker Stamping Plant  Gallery: Around the Bend

	charlie If the bathroom was for someone in a wheelchair. the toilet would be high.. wheelchair level, so one could transfer to it easly. I know. I'm in a chair.. Cool photography, Motts..

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

	Charlie If this incredible building had been in Europe and had been destroyed during WW II, it would have been rebuilt after the war. Most in this country have no respect for the Architecture and beauty of the past.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies