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In a dark room, it could feel like going back to the womb

YES! Absolutely most awesome massive Taunton event picture galore:
there are Lamps EVERyWHERE hanging in chains - and all can think is: "There is electricity!" ...........Light it up...light it up........
What do we know?

I see a face

giant centipede

strange to see a date on it

I agreed with both of you

a place to play musical chairs for zombies. wounder what music they play?

look like someone glued jigsaw puzzles to the ceiling to me

I can't believe all that copper and brass has not been stolen yet!!!

Amazing gallery!

Truly fine...
- Taunton: the place full of Lamps on Chains.
They are everywhere.

These state-owned places often have some kind of metal tag or stamp on the furniture and equipment, I would assume for inventory control. The laundry also could've been sent off to a central cleaning facility, so an identifier would help if things got mixed up.

I assume the towel's been sitting there since the building closed in 1975.

Recessed single doors

The doors were tall, but not 16 ft - the transom window above reduces their height a good bit.

I think the moisture got into many of them, turning the biscuits into mush. There could've still been some dry ones left, but I'm sure these expire at some point (60 years is asking a lot!)