Gulliver Foyle Are you sure that's carpet? It looks like moss.

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Gulliver Foyle @ Larry D--Yeah, I remember all that stuff too. Now I feel old--like this building.

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Gulliver Foyle The 'writing' on the wall looks like some kind of hieroglyph.

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Gulliver Foyle That is hand-worked tile by old-school tilesetters. The work here was designed to last many, many years. Too bad it's in such a state of decay.

Location: Rathen State Hospital  Gallery: Steam

	Gulliver Foyle The safe looks as if it has wheels (right rear), if so, it may have transported any sort of valuables or accountable mail. I have seen railway safes for this very purpose in the past.

Location: Buffalo Central Terminal  Gallery: Another Tour

	Gulliver Foyle Another outstanding set of works. Your timely preservation of these architectural cast-offs is very well done.

Location: Foster State Hospital  Gallery: Cave Dwellers

	Gulliver Foyle @Norway The rats would normally move along the baseboard in an occupied building. There's nothing here to disturb them; they've nothing to fear.

Location: Foster State Hospital  Gallery: Cave Dwellers

	Gulliver Foyle @Nurse pixie-- The right device looks like a straight-leg orthotic.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

	Gulliver Foyle That 16mm canister holds approximately 25-30 minutes of film. I'll bet the film has degraded to dust or a solid mass of acetate.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

	Gulliver Foyle @Canada-- I lived near Mather AFB in California when the US was using arc-light strikes from B-52s in Vietnam. I remember hearing the bombers taking off and landing--one every five minutes around the clock. Peace is our Profession--Strategic Air Command.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

	Gulliver Foyle Antique blade package and greeting cards partially eaten by silverfish. Nice shot.

Location: Springfield State Hospital  Gallery: Thirteen

	Gulliver Foyle Outstanding work once again Mr. Motts.

Location: Mentha State Hospital  Gallery: Going Too Far

	Gulliver Foyle Could 'milkshake' be an synonym for drugs?

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

	Gulliver Foyle Rekrats & nvusofmotts: I never went back. Once was enough for me. But I also found the value of education--that in itself kept me far enough away from the authorities. So, in some cases, rehabilitation *can* work.

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

	Gulliver Foyle @coco Yes. But this is just one block of cells. There are probably more in tiers.

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

	Gulliver Foyle Reminds me of Preston School of Industry (PSoI) in California. A small part of my mis-spent youth passed in that place.

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

	Gulliver Foyle Looks like a solitary confinement unit.

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

	Gulliver Foyle @ferdy-- Calling for pizza is a bummer in a reformatory--the guards get to it first and leave nothing but chewed crusts.

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

	gulliver foyle You are probably correct BKW, but if this was a teaching hospital (or used by a university for teaching) the spaces may have been for lectures, classes, etc.

Location: Norwich State Hospital  Gallery: The New

	Gulliver Foyle The 'cart' device is also called a 'hamper'. One company I know still makes them--the C.R. Daniels company. http://www.crdaniels.c...amp;Category_Code=DF The machine on the right looks like a Milnor washer / extractor. www.milnor.com

Location: Henryton State Hospital  Gallery: The White Elephant

	Gulliver Foyle Used to be called a 'sleeve press', although it could be used for any small article of clothing / fabric. I've seen these devices in garment factories in the US up until about 1980, so they've been around a while.

Location: Henryton State Hospital  Gallery: The White Elephant

	Gulliver Foyle Looks like the remains of an editing table for building up reels of film for the projector. Could be used for rewinding, but the Strongs in the previous photo had a rewind feature.

Location: Henryton State Hospital  Gallery: The White Elephant

	Gulliver Foyle 'Prop' means it's 'propping' the door open. I have a sink just like that in my workshop lavatory. I could use some spare parts though.

Location: Henryton State Hospital  Gallery: The White Elephant

	Gulliver Foyle Another fine gallery. Good on you Mr. Motts.

Location: Westport Generating Station  Gallery: Trudge

	Gulliver Foyle Dive in? You first.

Location: Westport Generating Station  Gallery: Trudge