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Shallow Basin

Shallow Basin

This probably had to do with hydrotherapy, there was a small bathtub on the other side of this room.
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that photo is disturbing. it would be a bad ass album cover.
axl
Tue 09-27-2005
very very disturbing
sara
Tue 11-01-2005
looks like somebody ripped the soap dispenser right off the wall!!
?
Mon 11-28-2005
yea me and my boys just saw that today it was crazy
A-Roc
Fri 01-13-2006
CHYEAH.
i can see it now...
'extreme precautions - this is a mental hospital'
witht that pic on teh front cover.

and that is clinically disturbing.
holy mackrel.
megente
Mon 05-01-2006
The place is not suppose to be an pleasure sight its where a couple of you guys belong they need to open the place back up crime would go down very quickly!!!!!!!!
A mother that cares
Mon 06-19-2006
hi mom. maybe you need to be first when they reopen
figusmakem
Tue 06-20-2006
JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT A SWALLOW BASSIN WAS USED TO WASH BODIES
RVCARAQUET@DISTRIBUTEL.NE
Thu 10-05-2006
there wasn't a soap dispenser there... those tiles are missing because they ripped the pipes out for the copper
bosco
Fri 10-06-2006
EWW THATS GROSE WHAT IS IT ??
YOUR MOM
Tue 01-09-2007
Well from what I rember it was the room next to the morgue, MAYBE it was used to drain the fluids from the bodies....???... And yes it was disturbing....Not to mention when you first see it in the dark with the light of a flash light........
442
Sun 03-18-2007
Wow, the retarded comments really make me laugh. This is a hydrotherapy basin.
CraigMoyer
Tue 06-26-2007
Look at the stain on the wall. the upper half. It s the ghost of booberry. Back from the dead
paulo
Tue 08-14-2007
I know this is a bit late coming, but it is a slab tub
TMS NYC
Thu 03-13-2008
ba⋅sin
   /ˈbeɪsən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [bey-suhn] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, esp. for washing.


Der. It was to wash the patients.
LauraSweetums
Fri 12-05-2008
A double this would make a perfect wedding night sleeping place
teehehe ... right ?
Alicia - Sweet Goth girl
Fri 05-21-2010

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