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I would imagine that you need to officially stay behind the new fence they put up around the structure. You might be able to contact someone over there and get closer access, who knows.

Nicole, yes these locations are generally unsafe, since they aren't maintained anymore. A massive portion of this particular machine has fallen due to snapped cables; anyone under it would have been crushed under tons of steel.

A few folks have died while exploring an old building or drain. I've had a brush with death at one or two places myself.

I grew up in Sandusky OH, and watched the unloader in the video many a day while fishing off the city dock. Even worked there once for a short time as a part timer many years ago thawing coal cars during the winter. It is still in heavy use.

This area in front of the buildings was a small golf course for a while. I think it was open to the public, I vaguely remember my brother playing it.

I lived across the highway from the hospital/prisons had a view of them from my bedroom I remember this sign posted next to our phone in the kitchen. when there were escapes there was a phone chain, we would get call with a discription of the person and had to call the next person. There was also testing of the sirens every Monday 9am without fail...you eventually got used to it. I had the sirens memorized and i think the only one we never heard thankfully was disaster.

This was probably a window from the office into the med room. They put these windows in so scrips could be handed into the med room to be transcribed. It facilitated communication between Doctors, nurses and staff.

Back when forensics were still there the balconies were used as the smoking porches after the large dayrooms were opened. Before they opened the front dayrooms all the units used a small unventalated smoking room with no outside air coming in

Hey Motts! Do you ever feel that these locations aren't safe? It seems as though there are lot of things that could go wrong especially here with all the cables hanging down.

hello I'm a photographer if I wanted to take pictures of a model at this location what they let me get close to the actual building?

I cant thank you enough for all the cool photos and the videos that made all this come together. So very interesting and insightful. You Rock the Machinery Motts! :)

An Awesome Shot! Id frame this one. Heavy Metal is Perfect Mica! Truly is Massive Heavy Metal that *Sweaty* men use to attend to. Tony!!!lol.

The Barney...Hmmm, was that the name of the spider or the zombie? :) Great photo as always...You can see how big that coil was in the background.

That autoguy is just too smart :) Guess he has to be to outwit all those zombies that lurk in these places. lol.

Barren, this environment
- don´t see any insistent, obstinate and stubborn weed plant of green struggling anywhere. Dandelion. Ivy.

This looks fantastic!