Stainless

A tub or a scrubbing basin perhaps!?

I think that this is just a sink, possibly used to scrub up for surgery/medical proceedures.

I agree with ShortarseJO.

could be anything, I wouldn't hazzard a guess.

For starters it would not be a sink for surgical scrubbing. They have a knee gatch that you uae to turn the water on and off. The item in the cupboard is a "mixing" valve. You can set the desired water temp and the device maintains the temp. Handy to have in areas where the water has to be a certain temp.
It reminds me of the tubs that were used to bathe handicapped children., in a long term care facility for multi-handicapped children.
I was there for a rotation during nursing school.

Nicely polished!!! Course stainless steel does not rust =)

stainless steel has a half life of 10,000 years I think

I think your right eldokid

Looks like a pizza oven..

Nice & shiney!

Looks to clean to be abandoned!

Used to wash the body afrer an autopsy.

Tari, that is what I was thinking. Anyone know for sure what that was used for?

eeeeeuh , no heads bobing around in it?

oh my. next sink and no soap dispenser again!

I think Claudia is right about this one. From the mid 1960's until it closed in 2000, this was an institution primarily for people with severe mental retardation. My aunt was a resident at Western Center for several years until she passed away there from complications due to her condition in 1984. I remember visiting her with my family in the summers when I was a little kid. It was so sad to see all those people there in the condition they were in. But my aunt was always cheered up when my Grandma would visit. Despite having the mental abilities of a 1-1/2 year old, a vocabulary of 2 words, and being legally blind she was always happy to see her mom. One of the two words she ever knew all her life was "Mum". I think that speaks volumes about the strength of the bond between a mother and her children.

But this wash tub I think is elevated so a gurney can be wheeled right up beside it and the patient easily placed into it for bathing. I don't think this was the kind of hospital that perfomed operations, autopsies, and that sort of thing. It was more of a residential institution for the severly mentally handicapped.

It is indeed and elevated tub for those who could not walk or sit on their own. On first glance you might think this place was dark and sad but for 12 years of my working life this place was filled with laughter and love. When it closed I lost many who I considered to be my extended family.

Koenig-that is awesome that you have such good memories of this palace. My brother and sister were handicapped before they both passed away last year-they had neurofibromatosis. My sister was severely handicapped and doctors recommended institutionalizing her but my mom wouldn't do it-she took care of her till her death-2 days before her 26th birthday. I don't thinkmshe would have lived so long if she was institutionalized-it was the love of our family that kept her going for so long. My brother was blind and was hit by a car last year-4weeks after my sister died. Rough year last year...

Think CSI!