The first thing I thought of was an unpressurized fire hose, as well, which really makes sense, as there appears to be a couple of deeply charred pieces of wood on the steps. Was that fire damage? (A VERY cool pic, BTW.)
Indeed. It's where they plugged in the chair before it shook itself apart and the Janitor had to come and cut off the power cord for the health and safety of everyone who came into that room expecting to use the electric chair after it was broken. Oh, wait...
I actually was housed there during the summer of '87. I was on the uppermost tier and can attest to the overcrowding, the buckets in the cells, and the dumping of some of those buckets into the cells of some of the more hated inmates (There were 2 peodiphile brothers housed in one cell that were constant targets while I was there). The bottommost tier inmates had it worst. There WERE people that pissed on em, spit on em and dropped EVERYTHING on em. Plus, whenever it rained or was humid, the walls leaked and leached moisture.... I also remember one guard that was HUGE and was good to the inmates for the most part. His nickname actually was Tiny! Horrific time for sure...
Everyone, this is the special *Ephemera* section and not the Abandoned Locations section where Motts Galleries are. Every once in a while you will find a nice surprise here as well. This is an awesome collection of cemetery photos. Love the ones covered in ivy and vines. Cool Moody skies surround everyone of these as well. Thanks Much for the Great Views!
Quite a mansion! Thank you also for the two historical pictures.
There was a very nice big balcony up on the roof.
Was awesome up there by the beautiful river, back in the days.