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Where are you Pat ?

This was one of three boilers which had 3 burners. The 4th boiler had 4 burners and they put out a pressure of 480 PSI.

Learned to fire these boilers while learning my trade. The upper valve on the left is a steam valve and the one on the right is an oil valve. The lower valve is a steam by pass to blow the excess oil out of the burner. There were four boilers all toll. These were all superheated boilers so we could generate our own power.

That belongs to a horror movie set... it becons the idiotic actress into the torture room...

thats just amazing! nothing beats the feeling of camping out overnight, waiting to take pics in an abandoned hosptal. i wish there was a way to have hot coffee in the morning

maybe a tanning booth?? lol

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It must have been a sad day when those engine were idled, Never to run again. When the US lost it title as a industrial power house, much of it's soul has been lost. Everyone thinks going to collage and getting a lame degree will save it? Gotta love the global markets ?

Ah another classic fitting pic to end a most classic gallery ever. Motts dude, you really know how to get the right snap to end your galleries at times. The symbolism (intended or not) is absolutely perfect. Nice going and keep snapping away!

Holy Mighty Ding Dongs of Ultimate Doom!!! I would absolutely LOVE to have that panel!!! I would be pushing buttons on that thing, turning the dials, everything all day long! Would be excellent to be used in a low budget Sci-Fi or horror classic!!! Oooo Motts you made my day man!

Yes, quite strange, but then again, over in Cleburne, TX there is a really good hamburger stand right next to what used to be the Johnson County Jail, then Youth Services (AKA Juvenile Hall or something like that), now its Johnson County Emergency Operations and the Johnson County Morgue. Not sure if its the County Morgue facility or the Medical Examiner's Office.

I know in Brevard County, FL they are in the same facility (used to do janitorial off and on there), and in Alachua County they are separate. I think it is the Morgue facility though. So yeah, hamburger stand (and a damn good one I must say) next to the morgue.

Nice and very interesting shot. The tube thingy in the foreground (out of focus [slightly]) used for washing (I guess) the cadavers after autopsy is completed looks a bit like a microphone. Now, I would not put my mouth on that thing, even if someone dared me and claimed to pay me in platinum or as me if I would do it for a Klondike Bar

Nice shot Motts. This time this looks to be ultramodern as in "just used" or something along those lines. Very nicely done.

Extremely sterile yet extremely eerie and fascinating at precisely the exact same time. Really cool. Of course, I wonder who would accept a bet to lie down on one of those things for a snap? I certainly wouldn't do it for all the gold in Ft. Knox, a quarter of a trillion greenbacks, or a Klondike Bar. But I am sure there is always someone willing to...like down...for a snap. Or a slice.

That is quite a cool snap. There are MUCH bigger autoclaves than this one. ALCON Labs (owned by Nestle since 1974 or so) has a GIANT one that is not used in its Ft. Warth, TX location. Pretty cool looking too. And ominous. In fact that whole place made me nervous. Worked as a temp there once...

Also looks (kinda) like a nuclear bunker access door or airlock compartment door as well. Still, Motts, you rock on these snaps man!