56 Comments Posted by Mathue

It's quite possible that the ventilation systems remained on even after the prison was shut down, this would explain why the facility looks so good.

Interesting tension braces and turnbuckles on the ceiling. What is so heavy above this room?

A couple of interesting links;

http://www.lileks.com/match/gallery/131.html

http://www.phillyfiren...tp/Publickerfire.asp

It's far too small for an EMD 567 prime mover. It appears to be a very large inline 6, could be diesel. There appears to be a 'roots blower'. The exhaust suppressor is simply much newer than the generator itself.

> rich_edwards79

Rich, do you know of a different source for that video, I can't get the silly NBC feedroom to work whatsoever

When the heating and ventilation systems get shut off and water gets inside the tile edges start to curl. Winter freeze/thaw cycles then 'pull' the tiles right off glue that adheres them to the floor.

Boy, compare this to http://www.opacity.us/image3051_sinking.htm and you get an idea as to what these hallways should look like.

I wonder what the exterior shot of this same location looks like? There is an incredible amount of structural stress and deformation occurring. If the winter snows are heavy enough this winter it would not surprise me to see this section give out.

Must have been a slow collapse, the windows on the lower most floor still have their curtains.

The power is left on to prevent 'street miners' from stripping the place of copper. As for the life of these bulbs, if you have a high quality bulb and a good industrial ballast you can gets YEARS from a bulb. The store I manage still has almost 90% tubes from when the store was built 10 years ago, whereas the 40 or so halogen Par3 50 watt lamps have been replaced 4 times over during that same time.

It's a piece of HOBART food prep equiptment