3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Looks like plaster fell off the ceiling in sheets.

Through the doorway is a curving staircase to the basement.

There are metal rungs attached to the smokestack wall on the right; possibly vestiges of an outdoor ladder if this spiral staircase was built after the stack.

This was shot out a window of the building it connected to :-)

I would imagine the stained glass comes from what was a chapel located in the hospital complex, but it's possible that it was used in other areas. Some old psychiatric hospitals in the U.S. used touches of stained glass in the wards:
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http://www.opacity.us/...3_colored_curves.htm

Bricked ceilings don't look very easy: http://www.contractort...gh-17974/#post192002

Thanks diggya!

What a shame. Thanks for the update

Thanks AmazingViewer - I do have some places in KY shot, just need to get to them (I'm pretty backlogged) :-)

Thanks, some of these old galleries have many typos :-)

Thanks, the seats and arm rests are wood, while the frame is stamped metal.

There's a kind of scissor lift that's used to get them up and down from those high drawers, called a morgue lift or cadaver hoist I think.

I should note that this particular wing was not part of the original Kirkbride plan, but rather added on to it in later years (early 1900s I would estimate).

Yes, I think most of the bedroom doors in this wing were metallic.

I think the sloping is an effect of the super-wide angle. I think this particular wing was constructed pretty much as-is, with the top floor; I haven't been able to pinpoint what date it was constructed. It's definitely not part of the old 1848 construction (concrete floors, metal doors, etc). Early 1900s I'm guessing.