weasel Bri, that would make a good idea for a sci/fi movie. "Attack of the killer engines"

Location: Studebaker Stamping Plant  Gallery: Around the Bend

	weasel Aww.. the left side fan has a sad looking bent over blade...it wants to be in use.

Location: Studebaker Stamping Plant  Gallery: Around the Bend

	weasel OK, dumb question- are these actual old "brand new" car engines from the original factory? If so, how old do you think they are, decade wise?

Location: Studebaker Stamping Plant  Gallery: Around the Bend

	weasel I have a question- are the ceiling beams usually thick wood or iron eye beams in those old buildings? Also, are the floors in the hallways hardwood under the tiles, or subflooring? I would assume hardwood since in the old days they did not half-ass things like now. :)

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	weasel mmm... tastes just like potato chips!

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

	weasel I did not mean busting it up like hell and taking out chunks illeagally, by the way. I meant to salvage it by full permssion of the owner. :)

Location: Saint Michaels State Hospital  Gallery: Cleaned Out

	weasel Not only is it relatively easy to salvage a gorgeous piece of woodwork like this staircase, but it is also saving a piece of history. I have seen entire staircases like this for sale at a local contruction salvage depot. I hope preservationists make an attempt to save this and the fireplace in this abandonment before they get destroyed.

Location: Saint Michaels State Hospital  Gallery: Cleaned Out

	weasel The metal protects the door from being scraped up by stretchers and wheelchairs. Otherwise, the door would need to be constantly repainted. Before automatic door openers, the door would be pushed open by the gurney, I think.

Location: Linton State Hospital  Gallery: Deep Breaths

	weasel Well said, Johnny Mac!

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: A Farewell Visit?

	weasel The kirkbride is gone...demolition completed last month.

Location: Dixmont State Hospital  Gallery: Departure

	weasel Looks like a cowboy ...

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

	weasel Straitjacket, I know you are young, but you writing makes you sound very mature. You must be very intelligent. Hang on to it, you'll go far, kid. :)

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour

	weasel "This is one of the greatest pictures in the history of photography in my opinion." (quote) So true!

Location: Northwood Asylum  Gallery: Silence

	weasel Believe it or not, when we bought our house, the KITCHEN and second floor HALLWAY were painted that hideous color. Our painter guy had one hell of a time painting over that nasty shit. :0

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	weasel Damn it! I can't take anymore reality shows!

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Into Darkness

	weasel Those little octagons are the same exact ones that my bathroom floor is made up from. Must be from the same time period as my house.

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Into Darkness

	weasel I seem to remember a pink powdery soap coming from one like that I saw a long time ago. It was really weird soap, not liquid like today's kind. Kinda like pixie stix powder. Yum!

Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center  Gallery: Buildings 39, 138, 139

	weasel If i was by there i'd go metnal hearing screaming of insane ppl..insane ppl rule quoted by: Meghan It takes one to know one..oh you are just illiterate, not mentally challenged as well I hope?

Location: Bennett School for Girls  Gallery: Close Calls

	weasel umm...ok, Paris

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: Emptiness

weasel *sigh* I bet that safe is in a dump in a pile of rubble. :( It belongs on display down at the Heinz Regional History Museum. They should have made an effort to create a Dixmont exhibt like the above poster mentioned. The historical signifigance is so great it turns my stomach to know that it will all be forgotten and swept away in time. Kids will see the retail store in the place of the hospital never realizing that they are on land that is as signifigant as a civil war battleground. Greed makes me ill.

Location: Dixmont State Hospital  Gallery: Departure

	weasel Very sorry to hear about that, ???. People like you who mention the people who lived in those walls remind us all how real it all was. We have to keep those memories alive even after these places are gone. Thank you for sharing, take care.

Location: Pilgrim State Hospital  Gallery: Emptiness

	weasel Serrena, yep, I stiil gots the uniform at my mom's somewhere. Hubby wants me to wear it for him sometime....

Location: Salesian School  Gallery: Forgotten Prayers

	weasel Interesting observation, ChaserOne. I love learning about the old canal systems. So you think this is part of an old aquaduct from an old canal? Neat. That would put it in the area of the 1820's to up to the civil war in age, before trains were the chosen form of transport.

Location: Rochester Subway  Gallery: Underground

	weasel I went to Catholic school for 12 years. These are common structures on the grounds of convents and monasteries. They are prayer grottos, Motts is correct. Usually a statue of a Saint or of Mary is placed inside and it is a place to pray and to reflect in a religious manner. Some places have beautiful flowers and gardens planted around it. Most likey not a building.

Location: Salesian School  Gallery: Forgotten Prayers

	weasel Umm.. I just had to post something somewhat coherent under this picture since the most recent comments just dropped my IQ by a few points just by glacing at them...I am here guys!!!! It will not log me in at the forum no matter how many times I try. Help! Sorry OT here.

Location: Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry)  Gallery: A Grand Tour