Water Tower

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not even scary

mark

Fri 10-28-2005

It's a water tower, dummy. Who said it was supposed to be scary?

Colin

Fri 10-28-2005

Uh mark this is an abandoned places exploration site not a horror site.Some of the pics on here are eerie true but that isn't what this site is about.

Orchid Lunar

Fri 10-28-2005

nice picture, with the clouds in the backgroud, and looking up at the tower. black and white is great fot this picture.

ali

Sun 11-06-2005

yup yup no lie just went there 2night no lie it was fuckin crazy just to go in cops everywhere in pick up trucks i only got to get to like the top of this hill and then i saw the water tower and i was goni to go in mopre but then a ccar came down the hill and thats wen me and my firends scatterd this is onle crazy plaxce and deff. goin bac looking very forrward to goin bac!!!

mike

Sat 11-12-2005

it will be friggin' weird driving by danvers state on the highway and not seeing the spires or the water tower when avalon bay starts the demolision.

danvers state junkie117

Wed 02-01-2006

such a shame they r tearing it down and only keeping some of the original kirkbride building! if restored i am sure it would be beautiful! actually it was beautitul. i have seen pics of the place before it got all destroyed and old

Amanda J

Thu 02-02-2006

I worked there for two years in the Housekeeping and Kitchen department. I had the master keys I got from a guy in Security, to all the "tunnels" and got into wards that almost no one could go into. Patients records from the 1860's still in boxes, totally creepy. Now some wrecking ball is going to ruin all that Danvers brick (all bricks made right in Danversport and hauled by horses). The watertower was shown a few times in the movie "Session 9" hey rent that movie it shows the kitchen where I used to work.

drBob

Sat 02-18-2006

Is the water towers sister still in place across the valley at the site of the TB hospital? Did you go in thr tunnels? Rumor was the tunnel went across to the TB hospital and there was a bomb shelter in the valley between the two. I have been in the TB tunnels but didnt go far down them. Do you remember the TB hospital? They tore it down in the early 70's

Tunnel Rat

Wed 03-01-2006

Great place... Its a shame they would ruin something so eery and beautiful.

PNEC

Thu 03-23-2006

Motts -
Stick to the Black & Whites
Most things especially old biuldings like this seem to stand out more in black in white. Almost like your experiencing it as a historical place and sometimes when you see it in color, it tends to take away that feeling. You just seem to see a brick building, and not a place captured in time, if that makes sense....

Wed 04-12-2006

I can still see the water tower from my work in Salem , can't see the top's of the building's any more.

Tunnel Rat

Thu 04-20-2006

Hey drBob -- regarding Session 9 -- did you have to scrub those big pots?? How did you do it?

Janice

Thu 04-27-2006

Notice the antenna's on the tower. Before they shut it down in '92,, it was used as a radio tower.

kfb

Thu 10-26-2006

There are many hospitals like Danvers that are being demolished.The land is worth alot of money to developers.Some of the land at McLEANS hospital is being used to build condo's.For those who do not know McLEANS.It is located in Belmont Ma.The hospital is still in operation treating people and involved with alot of research projects.

William

Tue 11-07-2006

Okay first off THANK YOU. :) i've been looking for photos of this water tower on the net and this is perfect! :) im trying to do a 3d model of Danver in SecondLife to try and keep the memory alive ^-^ wish me luck.

Dave

Thu 12-21-2006

The tower was the abosulutely last piece of demolition. It only was taken down in March.

Big Ed

Mon 10-01-2007

Looks like he same water tower thats at my work. I work at a hospital that was opened in 1905, maby the same company made this one to.

Master D

Fri 01-11-2008

I went up there today and they still have the wooden stairs

shell

Sat 03-01-2008

I work for a Sprint-Nextel contractor, I have spent many hours on this site on maintenance and upgrades of cellular base station equipment, while the grounds are dead, the water tower is very actively moniored and has active equipment for 3 different cellular carriers, the state's 800MHz public safety radio network, and the Feds. I would advise steering clear of this area, it is montiored on both video surveilance and the po-po will come a running fast if anything trips. Other than that, this is an eerie place, I've worked many near abandoned properties that house active cell sites and this one is the creepiest I was ever in.

RFS

Mon 03-21-2011

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Date Shot:	June 2005	Image ID#:	3330
Date Posted:	Tue, October 25th 2005	Camera:	Canon 300D Rebel

Location Name:	Danvers State Hospital
Current Status:	Renovated
Built:	1874	Closed:	1992
Opened:	1878	Demolished / Renovated:	2006
Location Age:	138 years	Abandonment:	14 years

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