3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

I don't remember seeing the power on anywhere except for maybe a few street lights.

Depends on how big the place is. I think the longest time so far is 11 hours straight inside one place, and it was gigantic.

It's copper, if I'm not mistaken.

The lights were on; I try to leave the building as is, turning lights on and off isn't a good idea unless you want to see the place get sealed up tight in a few days.

Morgues and medical facilities are almost always centrally located in these mental health facilities, but sometimes they are in seperate or well sealed buildings or wings; I've missed out on a few for those reasons.

Only about an inch or two... it looks deeper because of the perfectly still water's reflection.

3 D-cell maglite... I have a habit of losing them though!

I think it was a fire extinguisher on the floor.

A fire hydrant, I believe.

Nah, that's just the window frame.

Permission? What's permission?

But seriously, you don't need permission to photograph this ruin, although you are not allowed behind the fence in the day and no where near the place at night.

April, 1993.

This hospital is actually patrolled by a private security company, who was driving around the buildings furiously; this local cop was just reading the newspaper in a shady spot.

The hospital reached it's peak population at over 9,000 patients in 1954.

The facility was designed to house 15,000 patients during its peak operation.