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Mmmmmrrrrrphhh.... WAAAAH! I WANNA SEE 'EM TOO! ;o)

YOW! Seriously impressive! Imagine all them babies cranking away?! Hopefully one will get used for "industrial archeology" demonstrations some day.

Thanks! I remember some shredded mesh window screens blowing in the wind...

NOW we're talkin'! I could spend a whole day just looking at those engines. I believe the massive steam engines for the rolling mills were removed from this site some years back. Huge giants!

Now pots for venison stew.

Those gears would make for lovely lawn ornaments! A playground for the Eloi.

Looks like them plugs where they let the molten steel out?

David Vincent needs to investigate. The Invaders are setting up shop.

When these giant installations are scrapped, it can send ripples through the scrap iron markets and reduce prices. Sometimes local groups want things preserved as historical sites. Maybe the owner thinks the stuff will sell some day to be used elsewhere? It's a good question, especially when some types of iron scrap topped $200 a ton. Motts mentioned 7 police cars. The owners get free security compliments of the local municipal infrastructure? Ok, takes a little "grease". Almost free.

That TZ ep is the one with the rotten old bag yelling "Hen-reeeee!" at Meredith. A classic.

Dennis Hopper, the Deacon, stands up there and throws down cans of Smeat.

Beautiful tile & sinks. OMG!

From photos I've seen from Waverly Hills and others, I think most TB sanatoriums must have had porches like this. In this photo (see link) of the old Texas State Sanatorium in Tom Green County there was a sun porch exactly like this one. (Sanatorium, Texas)
http://mcgovern.librar...ost/N-S/sana_06.html
The patients were wheeled there in their beds to spend some time in the sunlight. When we bought some old property with lots of old buildings to explore, I found a bundle of letters written to a young woman who was ill with TB and staying there. She was in there for a much longer period of time than most patients were allowed to stay, her husband was a State Rep who must have had some clout. Most patients were only allowed to stay for 6 months I believe. She was in there for about two years. She eventually died, leaving behind her little son. The letters were heartbreaking.

Beautiful pictures which are sad and humbling at the same time. This is a great American story which obviously has a terrible ending. Remember these pictures when you buy foreign and Chinese products. Dont let them kill our great country!

Love your pics! What do you suppose the filmy things are at the bottom part of the first two windows? Ghost children or curtains maybe? The second one in is sticking outside the window!