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AUTOCLAVEs were also used as crematoriums when othe appropriate facilities were not available. Usually indicated by the depth and width of the unit. It does look AWFULLY LARGE.

GODDOG! I did something stupid again!

These photos are amazing! The lighting is stunning and the images are so hauntingly beautiful.

ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE.
I worked with the company that did the demo here. It's creepy, even at 0800.

To me, it seems kinda pointless to have a calendar in a mental hospital, unless it was for the benefit of the staff. I mean, I'm sure most of the patients were too "out of it" most of the time, if not all of the time, to know, or even care, what day, month, or year it was, anyway, and in a place like that, I'm sure each day was pretty much the same as the day before.

Anyway, thanks, Mr. Motts, for this site which has to be one of THE most fascinating on the Web. You can actually spend HOURS on here! There is no question that you are a MASTER photographer!

I have a lei exactly the color of the one lying to the right of the machine(red) on the fish netting that graces the wall behind my fish tank.
Makes about as much sense, too.

My take:
Two or more people were in the building surveying it - coworkers. Person A gets stuck in a room and is communicating to Person(s) B on the notecard so they will get person A out - "the door is lock you have to LET ME OUT" and shows it through a window. Person(s) B is trying to figure out the door and is giving person A instructions like 'twist the knob' or 'lift the door' and Person A again writes "How". Person A is freed and people go back to exploring, data collecting/surveying and split ways. Person A eventually leaves and writes a note on the same notecard to Person(s) B so Person(s) B knows A has left - "See you tomorrow" (at work). Person A considers if its okay to leave B alone and decides that it would be best to tell the police (aka security on the grounds) that a coworker is still checking things out in the building so that they know B is there and make sure B gets leaving okay.
Make sense?

Very interesting... yes the rollercoaster was intact, I'll try and get to the gallery soon.

Motts - was the wooden rollercoaster still intact at Lincoln Park??

That particular ride you could actually feel the rollercoaster structure shift back in forth at the highest points in the ride on a windy day.

Further, it was a ride that claimed several lives. The first being a ride mechanic who managed to get himself hit by a car.

A really impressive shot. I am taken by the light on the wall, and the rest of the room is like something out a nightmare.

Of all the bizarre therapies of bygone years, ECT is one of the few with merit. It's still used, mainly for those with depressive disorders, when they don't respond adequately to medication.

You know..............you really have to go............



HEY ! They stole my idea ! Well, not quite ; all it needs is a motor and racing slicks.

Looks almost as bad as my place before I cleaned it up last autumn.

A commercial D260 scanner would gobble that up.
Wouldn't be much point, though.

2:30PM- EST

GADS!!!

Oddest wheelchair with a flimdingering back panel and a clear plexiglass seat.