3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Already done just need to post it ;-)

It might be just to save time and money... these ceilings are very tall, and the rooms are usually painted over and over again, so instead of lugging the 12' ladder into each room and paying for all the extra paint they just square it off.

I really don't remember, I think there was a sink, not sure about the toilet. After seeing 50+ of these places they start to melt together in my memory!

The hospital closed in 1996, but this building could've been closed much earlier... it's difficult to find such specific information.

Wouldn't an autoclave-type machine need to have an air or water tight seal?

Someone identified a mattress cleaner that looked a bit different: http://www.opacity.us/image1621.htm

I've seen lots of blueprints and the like while inside, but I generally don't spend much time rifling through them, the interesting ones are usually gone anyhow.

I enjoy collecting artifacts like postcards and architectural drawings to places I've been to or am planning to visit, which is how I came across the old floor plan.

Nope, nothing left.

The colors in true life were pretty wild, I guess it's all lab chemicals mixing together on the floor!

That door led to the porches in back... behind the camera is a similar alcove and to either side is the single main corridor that runs from one end of the building to the other and cuts down the middle.

I should have one or two from another trip...

Not shocked, more amazed, because it was unusual... the reason for the cages is for the safety of other patients and the staff, it doesn't imply that the residents were not being helped. If a giant 300 lb dude was throwing one of those beds at me I'd appreciate those cages very much!

It's been a crisis here too, everyone has questions for you! Hope everything is ok at work.

I actually found WSP by accident as I got lost on the way to Dixmont, it looks incredible. It looked like a skeleton crew was kept on site, sounds like something that would require permission...

Yup Mr. Dobi photographed the place many times in years past, and I'm glad he captured it when he did. He is on my links page under "New England Ruins" and I've had the pleasure of shooting the "Morrison State Asylum" with him last summer.

Yeah all those boards are now off the windows, I'd love to capture the interior of the place with natural light, but it's too late for that.