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Respiration

The air ducts were connected to each room in a very unique looking fashion.
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an old fashioned central air conditioning system? dont ya hate when they have strange set ups in a mental hospital... just makes it all the more weird.
silkster40z
Tue 03-21-2006
hmmmmm whats that in the hallway/window way up in the front...?
Quaker
Tue 03-21-2006
Looks like the A/C was an afterthought when perhaps patient and staff comfort became more of an issue.
AutumnTwin
Tue 03-21-2006
awesome hallway shot Mr. Motts!! As Always
Ed
Tue 03-21-2006
For some reason to me it looks like the halls are curling in... I need some sleep.
Cody
Tue 03-21-2006
Definately a retro-fit, as the ducts are connected the the doorway entrances....It does give it a sinister look, though...
Quaker, good wuestion...I wonder what that is up there...Motts, do you remember?
Tony C.
Tue 03-21-2006
The lonely chair! :)
Motts
Tue 03-21-2006
Yup that is one "different" looking air system! Great shot Motts.
Jude
Tue 03-21-2006
this looks like someone of the administration said to the worker: "ummm... these rooms need some air respiration so build some no matter how weird it will look like." - and the worker did as he was told.

lol :D
Chipy
Tue 03-21-2006
It reminds me of a monster or a creatures stuck to the ceiling and making its way in to the rooms.
Truckie
Tue 03-21-2006
ohhhh this is a neat picture, gives me an erie feeling, like someone or something is going to pop out into the hallway!! ;-)
rtotten
Tue 03-21-2006
Wow those ducts make for some crazy patterns on the ceiling kinda makes this photo even mor mesmerising than some of the other great hallway shots, sweet stuff motts.
Kahuna69
Tue 03-21-2006
This pic has it all - colors, texture, perspective, etc.
Lynne
Tue 03-21-2006
Great picture! I've never seen air ducts like that before. The corridor seems to go on forever..
hrm
Wed 03-22-2006
I know the buiding is old, but that is the stupidest idea of how to do ventilation that I have ever seen!
Mona Lisa
Wed 03-22-2006
Those are some freaky looking air-con ducts. Imagine being ill, already having problems with reality, and having to look at those all the time.
acuteward
Thu 03-23-2006
Ah, creepy, just creepy. I love it! This place is in good shape for being abandoned 32 years.
Mystwict@aol.com
Fri 03-24-2006
Wow... I love how the ducts lead you to look further down the hallway and the symmetry becomes obscenely apparent...I love it!
Bri
Sun 03-26-2006
the lighting in this pic is great is that a person i can see at the end of the hallway!! spooky
rowley
Mon 03-27-2006
THE AIR THINGY MAJIGGY IS REALLY SPIFFY! ~ WOW ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE IVE COMMENTED!
JAVA
Wed 03-29-2006
Ethetics, there were none. Practicality, like who cares.
Johnny Mac
Wed 03-29-2006
Hey, JAVA, I've missed you!
Lynne
Wed 03-29-2006
I'm not sure when the building was built, but has anyone thought that central air wasn't even considered in the orginal plans because it didn't exsist. If that was the case, attaching the ducts to the exterior of the ceiling/walls would have saved a lot of money once the initial construction of the building had been completed and inhabitted.
Cole
Thu 03-30-2006
Exactly! The facility where I currently work didn't even have air conditioning until the 1970s. And it STILL doesn't work all the time. ;-)
Lynne
Thu 03-30-2006
Nice to be home again......
kty
Thu 04-06-2006
I'm not convinced this place has been abandoned for 32 years, anyway, I too must comment on the ducts. I first thought they were ornamental architecture!
Max
Thu 04-06-2006
motts have u ever came across someone in the buildings that u have explored and they freak out on u
tim
Sat 04-22-2006
Nice, have to agree with the others, that looks really weird...
I want to know what that thingy in the end of the hallway is, the thing that kinda looks like a person...
Mim
Sun 04-23-2006
it must've been really hot and odiferous in there on such a scorching day
Johnnsy
Mon 04-24-2006
Nah it usually only smells bad when things rot away in damp conditions, there wasn't much left here.

tim - yes, security!
Motts
Mon 04-24-2006
Does the grafitti to the side read "cole slaw"?
Baritone Blues
Wed 06-07-2006
very nice shot looks like a ghostly face way up there
BIgDaddyE
Mon 10-09-2006
This photograph just proves my point of dim-witted government officials approving such an ugly design for a hallway.

Signed: An American Soldier in Germany.
Joseph
Sat 03-03-2007
Those ducts were probably put in much later after the building's completion. It was probably the best they could do without making a huge mess.
Kolfritz
Sun 07-08-2007
This has to be one of your coolest photos yet!!!
Amazed
Fri 02-22-2008
phenomenal
Alyssa, middletown NY
Sun 12-28-2008
Intense metal ductwork there!
Tiki
Sat 12-19-2009
Love the title of this picture.
RIUEL Member
Sun 04-17-2011

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