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http://www.vintageplumbing.com/generic7.html If you look at this page you can see that this is a sitz bath like they used in the Victorian times.

FROM DAWN OF THE DEAD COMES........

SO IN CASE PEOPLE SEE YOU THEY CAN TELL YOU WERE BUSY DOING AN AUTOPSY!

I WOULD HOPE THEY ARE DEAD AND NOT ALIVE!!!

WHICH ONE IS IT DOOR ONE....DOOR NUMBER TWO.....OR DOOR NUMBER THREE!!!

That's just an old 'High Risk' room door. Those parts of the building wern't used when I worked there. In the early 80's FSH only housed Downs-Syndrom patients and wards of the State of MA. Looks like the East wing which ran North and South, connected to the East side of the main building.

Brenden, you're almost right. The different colors also represented the different 'wards'. During my stint there as a kitchen aide, that's all the different colors represent. However, earlier on (50's, 60's and 70's - when my grandmother was a nurse there) they were used to show the violence level of a patient and the corrosponding 'ward' they were in. Red was reserved for the 'Most Dangerous/Criminally Insane'. They were also broken down into 'Male/Female' groups.

Nope, all of my battery operated equipment has worked fine at all the places I visit, including cameras and flashlights (unless I drop them).

Yeah I passed by a month or two ago and saw they were gutting the place. The same is happening nearby at the former Danvers, Northampton, and Metropolitan State Hospitals.

I have been a long time observer of your site and find the photography fascinating! Kudos to you! Nice job! I grew up in Foxboro and I also worked in the main building (Bldg. #1) as a kitchen aide in the early 80's and used to drive an electric cart pulling a food wagon underground through the main underground tunnel to and from the 'Dexter Building'. I am also a Paranormal Investigator now with a group here in New England. I'm curious, while you were documenting the site did you experience any odd equipment failures during your shoots only to find the problem(s) magically 'fix' themselves apon leaving the area? I can tell you that the battery operated cart would lose its charge on many occasions, usually mid-way through the tunnel! I'm 42 now and all this happened when I was 16. BTW, can you believe that they're turning the place into condos!!??!!

looks like plenty of buckets to go to the limb store in the backround!

whats up with the toilet tank high above the sink in the corner? all kidding aside is that how that old plumbing was set up?

well this answers my last question

why is ther a handle on both sides of the door opening? was a double wide door or something?

Sudden Zombie Outbreak!

Nice!