3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Yes I've seen a few ward reports, which as Lynne stated are pretty boring as they state the daily occurrences over and over, as well as some case files, patient diaries, group therapy notes, autopsy reports, and restraint forms left behind. They are very few and far between, but it's strange how these personal and sometimes confidential items were left behind.

Yes, but this photo was taken while standing on the part of the deck that was above the water.

No, I believe he worked at the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in Philadelphia, which is still in use to this day.

Thanks Live, I wouldn't make any assumptions of the quality of care, as it's a very difficult if not impossible thing to determine from an abandoned building. I will say that the rooms were nice and airy, and a great view was to be had from the top floors; it is a great location for its original use, treating tuberculosis patients.

They're using a lot of Chevy Impalas in NYC nowadays. A copped out Mercury Marauder would be pretty sweet to have when doing this sort of thing though!

Yep most psychiatric facilities were built in rural settings, so there were no towns or cities to draw power from, so they needed power plants. These usually hooked into the local power grid eventually, although some still burn coal or oil. I can't think of any state hospital that didn't have it's own power plant. although I suspect the newer facilites use the local power grid which I don't really frequent because they are still in use!

It's the power plant for the hospital, where electricity and steam were generated to heat all the buildings on the campus. I've been to Tewksbury, yes it was a very nice looking place!

If I paid people off everytime I went out I'd be broke!

Center of the photo... see a green sign on a building in the distance? Follow the roofline to the left... there's the grey Crown Vic underneath the tree, looks like a blob from here though!

Clicking on the "Rocky Point Amusement" link at the top of this page will bring you to the location overview, which has history and links... here's the url: http://www.opacity.us/site58.htm

I'm pretty sure it was a kitchen.

Nope...

Yes I had the camera down as low as possbile and was shooting at a wide angle.

I think its the terra cotta shingles from the cupola roof.

Makes sense, thanks Nikki!