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A pic of a different angle from another site. Makes this pic make more sense.
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Hi emy,
Not from what I've seen of that show. Imagine any movie that portrays people in hospital against their will but they do not belong there. That would be closer to how it was. You have to understand that the staff only did this to children they could get away with it on, as you can find good stories about people who were treated well in the Shelter and the Hospital online. I have deduced from my experience and what I have learned since investigating that the victims were children who had no one on the outside to protect them. That includes those who would have but couldn't. The trump card for it was that they used ECT and drugs to erase the memory of the torture and abuse from the children;'s minds. I expect any that have recalled bits and pieces probably think it is imagination or hallucination otherwise I would be able to find them online seeking me as I am them.

That shrub or tree has grown up a bit too. Guess it is salt tolerant or didn't get much salt water.

Reminds me of the only loop I ever did at Six Flags Magic Mountain. I was scared and my dad talked me into it and somehow it bothered him when afterwards I said "that's all" about it. Because in my mind I had built the whole deal up so big. He made fun of me for while on that one.

Stargate

That's the lithium shuffle face.

Yikes!

Icewox, Its not that "it chips off" as it is just as prone to stay intact if it was applied correctly. It is the fact that children tend to put anything that fits into their mouths and paint chips are common in poor places where they wouldn't spend the money to do the prep work before painting that prevents the paint from peeling or chipping off. Most of teh chipped paint you see has some other color under it right? The chipping is due to that surface not being properly prepared to let the new paint adhere properly.
Also if the paint is not mixed right it won't have the correct formulation in all places and some of them with less oil/lead will dry out and chip instead of growing that tight oil paint skin.

I see at the top right of the picture some remnants of the removed stairs. Looks like they were metal and cut off with a torch. I would be interesting to see the rest of the stairs in the place to compare.

Toot, Its probably the lead in the paint that holds the mold off.

Could be an outlet/return plenum for a duct delivering heat or AC

Tony, I had forgotten about that particular form of block.

Bad Tony :)

Several ideas occur
1. Wood steps may have rotted out.
2. The contract was written up to remove the stairs by someone who forgot to include the cage or was hoping to get the cage removed gratis. Ironworker's are nice people but they don't do gratis very often.
3. The cage was useful in the removal of the stairs and no one wanted to pay for scaffolding (and the men to build it) to remove it once the stairs were gone.
4. the steps were cement poured on a thin metal form that rusted out as the cement decayed and it collapsed into the pit we can't see.
5. ??? Your guess is as good as any of mine :-)

Rust generally moves very slowly once it has achieved a certain thickness but if there is moving water or something that carries the surface away it will move faster and deeper into the metal seeking to create that skin again.