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The facade of the old building, and the newer, bulbous water tower.
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Man, I hate those new water towers. One day about 10 years ago at one of the places I worked a painter fell off one just like this and was killed. It was horrible. Wasn't wearing his safety equipment. The nurse on our unit was the one who arrived first and he had fallen from the top of the tower all the way down onto the parking lot. She was past shook up when she returned, as you can imagine. It was especially sad because the facility was in the last steps of closing and within two years everyone had moved out and now the place sits abandoned.

It has a nicely painted water tower, though. :-(.
Lynne
Thu 11-08-2007
The mother ship has landed.......
nvusofmotts
Fri 11-09-2007
Not a good way to go. Falling off a water sphere that is.. I think the best way to go for me, would involve a college cheerleader.

(Of course she'd probably just run me over with her car)
Weebs
Fri 11-09-2007
It looks like a giant toy golf club
Kristiara
Fri 11-09-2007
College cheerleader! heh heh heh I love those slate shingles!
Janice
Fri 11-09-2007
I always thought that they looled like an onion that got stuck on a straw.
Megan
Sat 11-10-2007
So Lynne where is this abandoned hospital? =D
Eddie
Tue 11-13-2007
I always wondered what it would be like if one of those babies boiled over and popped like a percolator? :-)
C-Note
Wed 11-14-2007
I like the building but don't like those bulb water towers. I'd rather look at the old ones even though they are kind of creepy. I wouldn't want to have to paint one of those things
Jackieb
Tue 11-20-2007
I'd be really neat to airbrush a giant eye on it.

Really creepy but neat.
Canada
Thu 11-22-2007
I'm waiting for the giant graffiti to start. Then you'll hear about some redneck falling off in an attempt to preserve his sister/wife's honor.
Big Ed
Sun 11-25-2007
wow, history is a big thing for me. i love it. its cool. kowning why!, or what happend!
niki
Sun 12-02-2007
We have a water tower like that here. We hate it. I prefer the older one on the other side of town.
Jeanette
Thu 01-31-2008
LOL.... I beg you to please stop with the theories of what that thing is... my belly already hurts to laugh so much comment after comment !!! ... but seriously, I was told by them no to tell anyone that those things in fact are intergallactical antennas for the great invasion on 2019...
I wonder what Motts thinks about his fans... pure looneys!!!!
KEMPKES
Fri 02-01-2008
lol, wtf?
perk
Tue 03-04-2008
Thats not a water tower. Thats the record holder for the world's biggest soap despenser.
Michael Zerishnek
Sat 08-23-2008
Looks like a giant bladder.
Kat
Sat 11-07-2009
"Exit out the window...but be careful of that first step--it is a DOOZY!!:

My tummy hurts from reading all these comments...

I am SO glad I found this site!
MamaToFiveInPA
Thu 12-16-2010

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