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I really doubt that's a children's ward.

Wallpaper i say

Definitely a post-apocalyptic picture

Durn barbarian medical professionals. ;-)

i currently work for one of these institutions run by NY state & although it may have been a horrid place up into th early 80's all of the ny state run institutions now put the clients before anyone or any thing which is good BUT the are dangerous jobs in alot of cases. this place was for developmentally challenged people whom if they went off only had the mental capacity of children so they did not understand that they could hurt or even kill someone. i know this because many of my family members worked at letchworth. the institution i work in is for metally ill & on a daily basis i deal with my clients with the up most respcet & always treat them as i would want to be treated BUT i never forget that they are ill & some have killed before so i am always watching over my shoulder.

I used to go hang out here all the time and i always loved the mosaics. They are so stange, it seems to me that they are slaves on a plantation.
They were actually made at the Moravian Tile Works in Doylestown. Ive been more than twenty times and the only patrol I ever saw as one MP in a blue mini van. This place is a national treasure, I feel blessed to have explored it.

"Them pipes out the top" were exhaust pipes to remove the heat & smoke produced by the burning of the arc rods. There was a postive rod & negative rod & the diameters were slightly different. Worked like an arc welder & the light was even brighter. Those were the good old days of the 50's

Really interesting! Almost like if you were using a walleye lens.

Looks like stuff that I found growing on a block of cheese in my fridge ;)

That's a crazy european soap dispenser!

Ozzy: Thank you for the link containg the thirty (30) photographs of this main railway station. This old building is even more beautiful than I had imagined. That one color photo looks to be from the 1970's. But that same color photograph is also disturbing to me. In this photograph there is a woman with a little girl and they are standing extremely close to the train. ( Too close for comfort if you ask me ! ) And they are also standing on the concrete strip that runs in between two rail road tracks. This is not a good place to be.

I went to a safety breifing back in March / 2007 and a General in the Army told us that several American male and female Soldiers have been hit and killed by the trains here in Germany because they were standing too close to the railroad tracks. Apparently these dead Soldiers did not realize that a train, by virtue of it's very nature in structure and design, will physically be greater than the width of the railroad tracks itself.
I can tell you that when the "ICE Trains" in Germany are rolling down the line you better step back from the tracks !!! ( ICE stands for inter city express. ) I have seen the ICE Trains flying down the tracks at 3 O'clock in the morning. And the ICE Trains do not stop at little German towns either. ICE Trains are moving so fast that they will actually create their own wind. It's no joke.

Thank you again.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

3:52 P.M. / Saturday / 21 / July / 2007

Biftek: I am responding to your comment that you wrote on the 19th of November, 2006.

Please relate the story of what happened to you and your friend when you were walking around the childrens ward.

Thank you.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

2:50 P.M. / Saturday / 21 / July / 2007

william schafer:

What were the dated years that you were in the service ?

The reason why I am asking is because the latrines in the United States Army are starting to change and I mean really change alot !

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

2:39 P.M. / Saturday / 21 / July / 2007

Melissa:

Please tell the us the murder story.

Thank you.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

2:25 P.M. / Saturday / 21 / July / 2007

Nevermore: thank you for the reply.

When I make comments on this web site I will usually write down the very first thing that comes into my head. Also sometimes these photographs will remind me of a story or a situation that I know about or that I have been through and I will write that story down too at least most of the time. I cannot say that I always write down things every single time because that is not true.

Well Nevermore thank you again.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Mannheim, Germany.

2:01 P.M. / Saturday / 21 / July / 2007