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This shot really does make me want to go investigate....

Im in RI, am I able to go in there???

Thnx as always Motts! I always love to see big machines. I had spotted this place with Google Earth some time back. Now it's gone so the location can be revealed. Thanks for letting us experience these things through your efforts and your camera!

HNY 11 to all!

Ah, I was wondering how the weight dropped!

It's the Soylent Green food processor.

I wanna lick that stuff!

Old school automatic. Has a coupler on that weight cable that will melt and separate in a fire, allowing the door to roll closed. At least that's the plan.

I have been in three NFL locker rooms on tours and every one of them had several freezing cold water tubs in the training rooms. One of the tour guides said they were used to relax tight muscles. All I could think of was that Sienfeld episode
*shrinkage*

Oh "long time, first time"

Seriously addicting site, Mr. Motts. I have done some exploring in the 7 states I have lived in through the years and understand your passion. I am currently living in Arizona, and have dates with a few sites around my area. Please keep up the highly interesting {and addicting} work.

Is an unused chair really lonely? I mean, having somebody's ass in it's face all the time? And they don't even get to choose whether it's a nice ass or not. Maybe the chair likes getting a break? The fresh air has to better than what it got before!

I'll go with another building that was on that foundation. Now it's the high dive for the zombies.

Like everything else, time is slowly taking the wrecks away, Witte Marine ran the yard for many years and slowly cut up boats but many that were sunk stayed where they were. Every ;winter and every storm eating away at the remains. In the 70s complete boats were there, now only the heavy metal of the hulls and boilers and engines remain, mostly under water. It is a cemetery of sorts, so much history was here, history of New York Harbor, NYC ferrys and fireboats, fireboats that responded to the GENERAL SLOCOM fire and the NORMANDIE fire as well as dozens of Railroad tugs, barges, lighters, derricks ect. Now these work boats of the harbor sit quietly being eaten up by the water they worked in. let them kind of "rust" in peace.

Wow. I'm shell shocked from reading all these comments. Very interesting. Motts photographs illicit a lot of emotions from different people depending on their life experiences and perceptions of these institutions. And that's one thing that makes Opacity a great website. We are allowed to freely comment on these magnificent images. I've learned a lot from Lynne.

Not just looks like one. It was used to hang and display disobedient workers.

My father was a vet of wwII and we lived on the island 1950-51 while he went to school. I was about 6or 7 at the time. I don't remember the hospital but I do remember the big home and the fence all around the island. I really enjoyed the pictures because they were well done and keep the history of the island alive.

great alignment