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This was interesting. It reminds me of the fracture tables we currently use to reduce fractures before we fixate the bone. Though crude, it has an incredible likeness.

This is a great site! I just happened to come across it while doing some research on electroconvulsive therapy. After reading 'The State Boys Rebellion', it made me more aware of institutions like this one. It is easy to blow through your life and miss so much. I never gave it any thought. Now I am captivated.

took me awhile to get back to this sight but thought i would mention that when my boss was still in college she worked as a gym teacher at pennhurst because her dad was the staff physician, well long story short she needed volleyballs one time and was told to order them suffice to say she worded the order forn wrong and instead of getting a case of 12 balls wound up with 120 cases of 12 balls somewhere in these tunnels is a storage room with all those balls so she says lol thought this was worth a mention

That's what you get when you hire the building crew from the Winchester Mansion...

I think it is a casting table for a body cast. Peole with severe scoliosis condition may have dysfuctional lungs that requires assistance so the equipment in this room and the iron lung does go hand in hand.

Does a toilet with armrests count as a chair for lone chair shots?

Why is one window bricked up?

There is this college in Des Moines that has an air raid shelter that is actually hard to get to. They had all kinds of Civil Defense stuff in it from geiger counters to doseameters to food, emergancy toilets, iodine pills, and strechers. I have not been in the shelter for 16 years or so. We wouldhide in there and party. Of the dozen shelters I have been in or so, most had streachers. Kinda scary to work in a place that would have them

I love the stern warning about intentional throwing stuff. I would have been cannned 4sure. That sign just begs to bee ignored!

The only thing more beautiful than the asylum in this shot is the gorgeous landscapes. So many hills and fields.. this must be remarkable in bright daylight.

My dad worked at a installation like this. He worked in supply. It was a small base, like 300 peeps tops. He said that the Air force had all kinds of little "projects" that went on @ the base that he wanted no part of, cuz of the secrets involved. During my tenure in the Army, I wanted to know everything I could about secret stuff. An old vet told me the best advice. He said that the more you know the more disposable you become. How true

wierd how the soot is randomly covering some bricks and not others

"STAY QUIET"
popped out at me.
I wonder how strict the orderlies at these places were...

Mr Mott's.... You never cease to amaze me! You are as fascinating as the places you photograph. Never stop!


And Lynne.... Your wisdom is never ending.... I always love reading your comments. :)~

I'm a little disappointed there weren't more shots including the roof like this... the contrast of the different cool-colored shingles to the deep red of the building is my favorite part of this picture.