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Hall

Rob

yes... definitely creepy & foreboding

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: Depression

Tunnel Out

Rob

Another great gallery Mr. Motts! I've just found out about Opacity for like
a week now, but it's surely addictive. I really like your galleries and background info about the locations. It's like visiting the place just by looking at the photographs. Too bad we don't have places like this over
here in The Netherlands. Keep up the good work Mr. Motts!

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

The Sound

Rob

Another epic photo...time seems to stop when your perched at the top of the the second most beautiful building ever built...1st belongs to Edgewood hospital before the vandals destroyed it from the inside out...great pic!!!

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

Roof

Rob

Amazing shot...spent an amazing night up there...truly an unforgetable experience that I will look back on for the rest of my life...93 is the /most beautiful structure on the entire island...whenever I am in the area I have to drive through just to admire her beauty

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

Bathroom

rob

damn... looks like a perfectly fine rest room to me. with the exception of the color.. all the grout around the tub and the tiles is still white!

Location: The Pines Hotel  Gallery: Trip with Drie

Ward Peaks

Rob

I was at Buff State in '77-'78. We would cut through the hospital property to get to a liquor store nearby. You could almost hear the screams and crazed laughter of those locked away.........

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

Hallway

Rob

Like a rolling stone.

Location: Glenn Dale Hospital  Gallery: Vines

Administration

rob

yes theres security, i went to the point where motts took this picture (you can drive up) and was shortly joined by a security guard who kindly asked me to leave :)

Location: Whittingham Hospital  Gallery: Shut In

Scorched

rob

wow! somewhere that's actually near me!!! i must live 20 mins away from this place

Location: Whittingham Hospital  Gallery: Shut In

Weaponry

rob

KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Location: Pennhurst State School  Gallery: Forgotten

Morgue Doors

Rob

The morgue is in the basement, though its really not much to look at anymore

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Into Darkness

Morgue

Rob

Concerning the cans of cat food... I was there with a friend and we watched a lady drive up to one of the dorms and opened up many cans of cat food and a whole bag of dry food for the family of cats that live there

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Into Darkness

Between Baths

Rob

These shots are amazing. Has anybody ever transcribed the writing on these walls? I'd be very curious to know what it all says. Normally I'd write it off as graffiti, but obviously somebody really had something to say to go to such an extent.

Location: Manteno State Hospital  Gallery: What Little Remains

The Gold Room

rob

the tubs might not be painted they might be copper

Location: Manteno State Hospital  Gallery: What Little Remains

Morgue

rob

My mom spent all of my childhood at Pilgrim. I vividly remember the weekend trips to visit her when she was finally allowed visitors...barred windows, screaming half-clothed women and pretty much utter degradation.

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: Emptiness

Building 93

rob

a bunch of my friends and i just went ther yesterday... its pretty wierd. we got into bld 93 . it took a while. there is wierd crap everywhere. it was daytime and we walked through only 3 rooms b4 we tunmr back due to darkness...are there really alarms that can be tripped throughout the buildings??

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Group 2 and Some Building 93 Exteriors

Ward in the Weeds

Rob

Beautiful picture!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Group 2 and Some Building 93 Exteriors

Hydrotherapy Tub

Rob

I can't find the picture either. Please post a link or something.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

Exposed Nerves

Rob

Notes are written on the machine by maintenance employees. The RS means right side for reassembly when machine is apart. Looks like a shaft mounted exciter by which the main generator gets its DC. The steam turbine that drives the main generator spins this also eliminating the need for two mg sets.

Location: Eagle River Power Station  Gallery: Corrosive Industry

Wex-cide

Rob

Actually this stuff is still being used at the Umass Amherst College. And it still causes irritation to skin and lungs and just overall reaks.

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: The Quad

Exterior

rob

honestly, does anyone know for sure whether there are alarms or anything like that. I reached the area with the 2 holes and saw instructions on the wall. I couldnt really read them and i have heard talk about alarms so i turned back. Were they once there and gone now?

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

Symmetrical Staircase

Rob

Worked there for 15 years-quite a place!!

Location: York Street Jail  Gallery: The Big House

Cat in File Cabinet

Rob

Judging from the decomposition(I don't really know the location, but it seems like a fairly closed-off room) it was probably dead for at least 10-15 years. This probably means it was dead prior to the closing of the hospital...which is fairly sick.

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

Books

Rob

Did you read any of them Motts? Did they say anything interesting?

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

Wall Fan

Rob

"What does this mean for us and our many fans?" - Futurama - Bender's Big Score

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