191 Comments Posted by STEVE

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Wow, that's really nice
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Well I didn't know this hospital had an indoor pool
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Lonely wheelchair.
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The lonely chairs in the other buildings are yet to be promoted to this building
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That bed's eating the pipe....
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I'm not going to give away the location of this place, but it's really cool to think that this whole place has been developed around. Like, there's a shopping mall across the street from this place. This place is so cool!
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went tonight awsome time never been there before took a ton of pics deff a creepy place easy to get lost in the basement haha but made it to three floors and some what into the burnt sec no cops so went well
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this hospital is really haunted if u get the chance to go in there its up to you. iv seen things in there it's some scary shit! if u like being scared go in there, but remember its not acting, its reality! its real!
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The Room that your in in this pic is now completely destroyed. The 2nd floor caved into the 1st floor, and there is no roof. I have vids, as well as a pic of a ghost staring at me through a window if anyone wonts to see it. Motts?
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Motts, I've been watching your stuff for a year (or 2,?) but never posted until today. YOU SIR are an absolute master with the camera. What a great eye...

I always love the derelict hospitals and institutions and such, but the "heavy industrial" sites with their rusty BIG iron really floats my boat.

This is a really great album. Thanks so much for sharing your excellent work with us!
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This is an old Buffalo Ironworker. (Google for images of various models)

It's a punch press. I worked at a company that had one. Ours would punch a 2" diameter hole in a piece of 3/4" thick steel plate in about 1/4 of a second. Keep your fingers clear!
It contains a large motor with a belt and pulley drive system that spins a massive flywheel. Ours took about 10 V-belt-screeching seconds to get the wheel up to speed. I believe the motor on ours was about 15 HP.
The user fitted a punch of the required diameter to the upper ram. A matching punch die went on the bottom. A piece of steel--- the "victim" to be punched was slid in between punch and die and a button was pressed that engaged the ram and punch to the massive spinning flywheel.
The ram went down and it made a huge "KA_THUNK" noise that shook the concrete floor, and a slug of steel dropped to the floor leaving a nice perfect punched hole in your steel plate. The one in the photo is an oldie, but that's certainly what it is.
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if anyone hears of a walking tour of the inside of this building please e-mail me at figg5150@yahoo.com i will fly up there to attend.
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i lived right across the street from there (on abbottsford) and i convinced a couple friends of mine that we should go inside but we got caught before we can enter the building. i wish we could've gotten inside, this building amazes, me i have tons of pictures i took myself of this place.
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ive been there. intense..
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That's heroin stuff right there. Hardcore junkies.