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Hey Motts, any chance you got some shots of the steamer that's just the other side of this ferry? That one's called the New Bedford and she's got a fascinating history of service in WW2.

ok - I keep going back to look at the pic and I keep changing my mind- please someone tell me -

are the floors bending up ?

I guess its fall season on the carpet.

makes you wonder how many different colors of paint are on the doors--

gotta love your pics it is depressing but I agree that if you or your family was so out of it -getting put in may be the only way- trust me - my family have all been punched kicked and thrown down stairs- after my mom was released. Due to genetics- I am my mother -but I love meds- and scary enough I look at these pictures and believe it is peaceful-

I love this site, mr. motts but what is this person that now I have read this disgusting comments that have nothing to do with your talent or your skill to narrate???

yes even in a new facility the colors are of the time- meaning that what "now" says the most calm colors are- like blue...even in the military the training areas for soldiers have been painted a light blue- imagine that

My grandmother used to press records at Decca. I still have her collection of 78 albums of theirs from the 1940s and 45s through the 1960s. I didn't know they made players too.

there are no many places for mentally ill patients- even the brief care treatments are being threatned to be shut down- amazing enough there is no public out cry for all who go untreated and left to harm themselves do to the law in us that if you are not a threat to the others or yourself you do not need help. One cop told me as my mom was delusional and not on her meds- that crazy isn't against any law- I do feel that these places were not great but much better then what we have now i.e nothing

i feel very bad for those people

itsa shame

The Ned Moran was, incidentally, the ship of the day in the Daily Shipping Newsletter 2003 - 126. Here's what they had to say:

"The ss. Ned Moran sailed for Moran Tugs during 1954-1963, the tug with a brt of 206 tons had 1040 ipk, she was 20.48 x 8.28 x 4.27 mtr and build during 1930 at A.C.Brown & Sons in Tottenville, she sailed first under the name Federick sic) E Mesek in New York and was purchased by Moran during 1954 where she served until 1963 when she was sold to Witte's Staten Island yard

I've posted an undated photo of Ned in action on my website here:

http://home.satx.rr.co...land/Ned%20Moran.jpg

The door appears off center because a widened space was needed for those in wheelchairs (hence the ramp). There probably was an identical door at the right of the center one and a larger one to the left.

Makes one wonder how old this place is.