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When the place was consrtucted, it was considered state of the art. This was the place for humane care. As hellish as it seems to have been, consider what it had been like prior to Dorothea Dix's crusading efforts. I wish a lot of people could see the really old pictures of the place. There are 2 books around As The Century Turned Danvers 1890 to 1910 and Danvers 1850 to 1899. Both with Richard Trask as author, or contributing author. They have some marvelous photos of the new Kirkbride building and the grounds. The gardens were truly amazing. As much of a craphole Danvers State became after it was abandoned, It's a testament to how well it was constructed in the first place. Once upon a day all the crap you seeing as decay and rot was brand new and a not bad place to be.

These are a motor generator sets. An AC motor spins a generator. The output of the generator could be AC or DC. If it is DC (which it probably is based on the appearacne of the brush riggings and commuator) the output could have been used to charge the control batteries or provide field current to the main generators. This was very common in power plants from this time period. There is also a possibility that this could be an ampllidyne (also part of the main generaator field circuit) althouhg this plant may be a bit too old for that.

right now im proper confused and i wish id never mentioned it now.......im off.

Agree chopsuey. My school gave me piles...piles of f*****g homework!

coffee dispenser, i thought it was a soap dispenser

first time posting , been addicted for 2 weeks . beautiful shot mr motts i really
appreciate all your work you are doin a grea t service . thank you

Hi, I grew up in Norwich State Hospital. No, I was not a patient, but my father was a Doctor there in the early 80's. We lived in a house on the hospital property, right next to a building called the Bryan Building, which had been abandoned even back then. I have some GREAT memories growing up there, please post more pictures if you can. Thank You for preserving this through your pictures!

hey radical a you say you have so many pics of this place so why don't you post them on this website

http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/
http://www.opacity.us/...s_state_hospital.htm

diden't anyone notice the face in the ceiling near the bluish sylight?

I'm brand new to this website and I'm wondering what a Kirk is and what happened to Danvers State Hospital?

Wow...This pic is amazing!

I smell cheapness! Those costruction worker penny pinchers!!!

Looks like the Girl from the Ring!!!

HOLY S***! I SEE IT!