3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Thanks for posting Kathie, we'd love to hear any more memories you have of DSH when it was still operational!

They are divided sections of a room, two to four beds would be in each partition I imagine.

The entrance to a steam tunnel actually.

I don't think it was, unless the facility was originally a children's TB hospital but I haven't read anything of the sort. The drawers just seem very fragile for regular adult usage.

It's on the Hudson River in central NY, visit bannermancastle.org for more info

There were bellows in back where one could push and pull a handle to "breathe" for a person inside.

Nope, it's still hanging there, but it will inevitable fall with the building's impending demolition.

Thanks guys, and to answer your question yes the steel track remained inside.

The hood rose into the attic where I think it hooked into a cupola that vented outside.

Yeah I've been in a few that were still hooked into the grid... this plant was pretty silent and dark though.

Many of these places have pseudonyms, otherwise they'd just be nameless.

Sometimes I travel alone, usually I'm with a trusted friend or two. I've never had any supernatural experiences.

Yeah it's great to put the camera away and just explore, I enjoy doing that here in NY where I'm not driving forever to see a place!

Thanks, I feel great... I don't think I've gotten sick since this trip (July 2005), been eating healthy lately.

Only four really old asylums in MA... :-)

So many places so little time...