3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Hard to say the length of the tunnels, as there are dead ends, loops, and sometimes I back track for different angles, but I'd guess a mile or two for sure.

Yup, it was a small niche that dead-ended.

Thanks for the correction!

Thanks! The layout of the tunnels was a bit disorienting since there weren't many landmarks or windows to acquire orientation, but it wasn't so vast that you could get lost for too long.

If your flashlight stopped working, then that's a different story...

Thanks for the stove info Roy!

Hm, I would guess two pipes are for water (hot/cold) and probably a third gas line, added after the tile was put in. There also seems to be a 220v outlet installed below for an electric stove... it does seem that some renovations have begun to take place but never finished.

Glass block is tougher to break than a pane of glass, and usually stays together as they're mortared in, so definitely more secure than a regular window for sure... very popular in the 1950s. Here's a photo of some that have been smashed out: http://opacity.us/image244_window_holes.htm

The smaller box on the bottom seems to be for telephone wires. I had thought the upper box was just a fuse panel for the old round-style breakers, but it doesn't look much like one. The hole in the top seems to be for a light, and so perhaps it was some kind of call system for the servants to be summoned into a certain room? (just a guess!)

Definitely sucks to be trapped like that... thanks for sharing your stories from Dever! The entire facility was torn down from 2014-2016, and there does not appear to be anything left of the school. The site is now called the Myles Standish Industrial Park.

I've never heard of sanctioned tours of the place; has always been the latter.

It was very difficult to track down what happened after the owner died. I read about rumors of a caretaker living there for some years, but what happened to all the furnishing is a mystery.

Nah, but I don't really give those beliefs much credence so I'm pretty biased. There are places where just, god-awful horrors happened to thousands of people, but once they get turned into condos or malls, no one seems to complain.

Although this place has been covered fairly well on the internet, the person who revealed this location to me had asked to keep it vague.

Interesting, reminds me of 99rooms.com so many years ago. Thanks for the link.

It's been a long, long time since I was there. I recall it not being on the ground floor, as they often are located. Perhaps the 3rd floor of the main building, and probably near an elevator shaft.

Nah, it was powered by DC voltage.