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That's foreboding. I wonder what they were trying to keep in or keep out. Love the change of light between this side of the fence and the other side. Beautiful photography.
Larry
Mon 11-22-2010
still looks sanitary.
money
Mon 11-22-2010
Looks like a barrier to keep out the zombies!
JennyB
Mon 11-22-2010
Brains!
and scrap metal!
A D Nilsen
Mon 11-22-2010
Sure looks clean. Not even any graffiti. Nice.
TootUncommon
Mon 11-22-2010
Mr. Motts. Would you consider making this a wallpaper?
Fla. Gator
Mon 11-22-2010
Makes me wonder what the cut-out towards the top right side was for. Seems low for conduit that has since been removed. Interesting. Probably zombie related according to the other posts!
Mike
Tue 11-23-2010
Old sprinkler line before it was renovated perhaps? Hard to say...

Fla. Gator, unfortunately the vertical photos don't make great wallpapers, as almost half the image gets cropped out (especially for the wide screen monitors).
Motts
Tue 11-23-2010
can see lifeless people staring back at me from those walls....very creepy
Joe
Wed 11-24-2010
Looks like an ordinary storage room to me , No Zombies
Ferdy
Thu 11-25-2010
I don't think they usually "stored" people in the wire walled rooms, most likely just materials. The walls are raised off the floor for easy cleaning, but the wire wouldn't be safe for people.
pegasus64
Sat 11-27-2010
The very sterility or starkness is interesting in and of itself.
Caro
Mon 11-29-2010
Drugs and other things.
I've been both a patient & a visitor in similar settings and I know someone who worked there before they shut the building down. These type of lockups were used to hold things like medications, bandages, linens & other things they didn't want the patients having at random.
Likely the drugs were kept in locked cabinets - long since pulled for scrap - or moved to other buildings in the network.
frawggie
Fri 12-03-2010
Ahh, I see what you meant about the building not being very exciting. A nice shot regardless....even without the peeling paint and debris on the floor. :)
Kathy W.
Sat 12-04-2010
It's called inventory control. It is very difficult for hospitals to keep track of what is used and on whom. When the equpiment is locked up and you have to go through a procedure to get what is needed you are more apt to remember to charge it to the patient. Where I worked they tried this, stickers that peeled off and were attached to the patient chart, and actual pieces of paper that were taped to each chargable item. Nothing works very well. Fact of life in hospitals.........some supplies will disappear
Claudia
Sun 05-22-2011

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