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Guard Tower Panorama

The blending on this panorama didn't turn out very well, but this 180° view gives you an idea of the scale of half the prison.
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this place is massive
Dean
Thu 06-26-2008
it is gigantic , who would have thought
markymark
Fri 06-27-2008
its a jam packed place inside the walls thats for sure. My wife is a detention officer, and she talks about the walks they have to do every 15 to 20 mins.....this place would driver her crazy! she walks about 10-15 miles a day in some of the jails we have here they figured it out when some of them got pedometers...I bet it would double at this place!
Hey Mr. Motts you said this was a guided tour? how long did the tour last?
DaveWilly
Fri 06-27-2008
you stil did a good job motts ....it still shows you how big it is
IM HERE TO SAY
Fri 06-27-2008
Love the Guard Tower and the Gray Clouds behind the buildings.
Deb
Fri 06-27-2008
The tour lasted about 2 hours... I definitely would have liked to see more, but unfortunately we were denied access to a number of places due to liability and safety reasons.
Motts
Sat 06-28-2008
AWESOME! :)
Indigo
Sat 06-28-2008
That house looking structure to the very far right looks interesting to explore!!!
JAVA
Sun 06-29-2008
I wonder why the center building has so many sky lights - especially compared to the other wings
Stacy
Sun 06-29-2008
Very big, lots to explore here.
jackieb
Mon 06-30-2008
and many places to hide if you were an escapee
Cera
Mon 06-30-2008
Amazing.
Michelle
Sat 07-05-2008
Neat! The bars look ghostly & transparent. What is the brown building all the way on the right? It looks like a house.
Sara B.
Mon 07-07-2008
I believe that's the laundry building, where the top floor served as an auditorium, chapel, and gymnasium. A closer look here: http://www.opacity.us/..._projector_house.htm
Motts
Mon 07-07-2008
I spy another abandonment in the distance, can anyone spot it?
Andrew
Sun 07-13-2008
Someone really let the place go. Its a mess.
With all the building more buildings inbetween buildings... It isnt clean cut like most prizons at all.
I would get so confused... and lost.
Caitlin Bink
Sun 07-13-2008
I love how you can tell which of the buildings are original (shorter, more run down looking, more skylights) and which of them are newer construction shoehorned in between
Nathan
Thu 07-24-2008
The interior walls are several feet thick.

The outer wall goes down into the ground almost as deep as it is tall.
Guitorman
Fri 07-25-2008
Superb. Great shot and this panoramic setup is a nice idea.
Leo (France)
Sat 08-02-2008
I'm a Detention Officer for Anne Arundel County, and seeing these old abandoned places makes my skin crawl. I couldn't imagine working in an environment like that, crowded to almost twice its capacity. On the main page you said this place had a capacity of ~3000 but held over 5000 in 1970s, we only have 700 right now and we're pretty close to capacity. Crazy difference between state and county level prisons.
Aaron (Maryland)
Wed 08-06-2008
there is so much to this place. It remindes me of Rose Red.
ILYJLH
Fri 08-15-2008
looks neat how you can compare an old structure to newer ones in the backround.
Jade Jean
Tue 09-09-2008
MOtts so this place is in Philadelphia?
Trevor
Sun 02-08-2009
Surprised it hasnt been renovated at all
Trevor
Sun 02-08-2009
Motts,
Longtime lurker, first time poster. This is awesome and the blur makes this photo complete. The blending between new and old is fantastic. Love the shots.
S10Calade
Tue 04-07-2009
Yes, Trevor. I was there on Saturday morning.
ilovehorseyrides
Mon 10-11-2010

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