3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

You're right Truckie, this is in the administration building. I think the local DSH explorers pushed it into this nice room with no boarded windows from the wards, or at least someone told me a while ago. It might've been pushed out the window by now though.

Ah it's a movie... the phrase was so familiar. I've never seen it, so I can't be blamed too much ;)

Looks like it, I've never noticed them before.

Yes, long exposures show the rotation of the earth in star trails.

It's also convenient to have a loading dock outside and a place that doesn't require stairs to transport the body in and out of the building, hence a basement or ground floor.

Some piping I believe.

It's insulation, just catching some green reflected light.

Happy B-Day Ed! Nah these are from June.

Grifspop, most of these exposures were around 12 minutes, at F8.

Yes, the plexiglass is great, and also the fact that it's lit at night and you are allowed to photograph it is really great; it shows that the city hasn't shunned the hospital, they are quite proud of it.

Nah, the brick parts of the building are so old and deteriorated that they have just started to crumble by themselves.

I think they were for retrofitting the building with new phone lines, etc. Much of the piping up here seemed to be done after the place was built, and crisscrossed many rooms as to render them useless, so I would guess this nice little attic space was rarely used for a long time.

No thanks needed, but thanks for the thanks :)

That square object above the peak is housing for what I believe is the ventilation system, they cover all the vent openings in the roof.

It's a gingerbread house, made of candy, with a lollipop-tree next to it.

The hospital is off limits to the public; it is currently being developed by MassDevelopment and Beals and Thomas.

I've added another article about the fire and demolition on the Dixmont State Hospital page.