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did you notice that if it was electric, it had a sequentially-numbered yellow property tag on it? like they need to keep track of light fixtures? seems obsessive.

When I worked at a state hospital, the maintenance workers had to document each item and place a sticker on it to show that it had been inspected, that report was sent to DGS (Department of General Services) It was done for safety as well as inventory on anything that was electrical.

They're on mirrors, cabinets, shelves, even a tape-machine used for shipping boxes. They're everywhere, on everything.

Ed, Yes, I'm sorry, I probably should have been more clear on my prior statement, there were 2 different stickers, one was white, and the other was yellow, they both had the name of the facility on them and a number. If I remember correctly, the Yellow stickers were for items that ran on batteries or electricity and the white stickers were for all other items. Its been a while so I'm not positive about the color coding. Everything in every building had to be inventoried and the sticker showed that it had already been logged and inspected. I had a hand held calculator that I bought myself, but because it was in that hospital, it needed a sticker on it.... go figure

I saw two of those property tags on the same projector (the one closer to the stairs in Fury Ellis)

The esteemed Elevator snagged me a sticker intact from the bottom of a wooden cahir. Moisture had rendered the wood weak and slimy, and removal of the delicate sticker (not unlike that from a license plate) was a cinch.

what difference does it make now.

This is a really late comment now, considering, but my ex (who has worked in the maintenance divisions of hospitals his entire adulthood) says that those tags are perhaps to denote 'assetts.' After an item is purchased, it's given one of these and the corresponding number helps to track depreciation/value. Or, if it proved to be something that wasn't of major importance, a simple inventory system for location purposes.

Of course, he could be just full of shit. =) But this explanation sounds less fantastical than most, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Where I used to live, there was an old train station that stood empty for years. It could have been made into a beautiful museum, but some kids set fire to it and burned it to the ground. Kids can be so destructive!

thats goin to fall any day now!!

It fell.. when they demolished the building it was hanging in.

ok.........

I was upset to learn that they demolished Byberry I had hoped for a long time that they would make it into a museum. It would have been the only way I would have been brave enough to go there. I am a chicken and have heard to many stories.

Man, I grew up running all through byberry, especially the buildings across the street from where most of these shots were taken. I remember clearly seeing long hallway which was one of the underground hallways and at the end were double doors with a devils face saying "welcome to hell" . It was amazing having a place like this to party at. We had our own PARTY BUILDINGS ! Complete with underground catacomb crawl spaces and very dark and gloomy rooms, several with the floors falling apart,. You kinda had to hop over those sopts. sometimes a 3-5 foot jump was required. And the roof was crumbling up 6 floors up we would be sitting on large half broken concrete slabs. Getting completely wasted. It's amazing none of us ever had life threatening injuries. At least nothing a few stiches or a cast couldn't fix. To sum it up, we had life by the BALLZ !!! Later

ohh poor lamp