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Tuberculosis, also known as Consumption during the turn of the last millenia. (1800-1900). Refered from here on as TB.
Is the most common major infectious disease today.
Transmission can only occur from people with active TB disease,
The cause of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), is a slow-growing aerobic bacterium that divides every 16 to 20 hours. This is extremely slow compared to other bacteria,TB is spread through aerosol droplets which are expelled when persons with active TB disease cough, sneeze, speak, or spit.
What happens with this disease is that the alveoli inside the lungs(the little grape bundle looking things that help with oxygen transfer and CO2 diffusion), begin to harden and stop functioning.
Often the result of this is the patient coughing up great amounts of blood.
The term consumption came from the appearance of the patients looking as though they were being consumed from the inside out.
During the later parts of the 1800's patients were sent out west in hopes that the higher elevations and drier climates would help them breathe.
Later when the Iron Lungs were developed, they found equal if not better success in the treatment of this disease.
Iron Lungs also went into common usage when the polio epidemic hit, and there were paitients
whose chest muscles were affected and they were unable to inhale and exhale without assistance.
Tuberculosis Hospitals did not begin to open in the United States until 1885. The American Tuberculosis Association, changed names and is now the American Lung Association.

In the many years and study of this disease, there are treatments and vaccinations available. For more information on the disease and your area of the country, contact your local health department, or speak with your own doctor.

Doc Holliday the famous poker playing gunslinger from the wild west days. Died of TB, in a Sanitorium in Colorado in 1887.

I hope this was enligjtening enough, if not, do a search for Tuberculosis in the search engine of choice, and read up.
I could have gotten deeper on the subject, but I didn't want to sound like an Epidemiologist.

"Actually, most Satanists (LaVeyan anyhow) don't usually refer to their symbol as a Penticle/Pentagram at all, they call it a Baphomet"

Actually, I do believe the Baphomet is an upside down battle axe.

One, two Freddie's comin' for you.......

nice one, motts. great perspective.

Seeing this building just makes me swell with American pride at how we sure do like things big and excessive! Hayl Yeah! I just wish the people in power were the ones who appreciated our forefathers' love for size and beauty. Ican't help but wonder, though, that huge building full of girls. f Ms. Bennett didn't run a tight ship, can you imagine all that giggling and screaming?

I wonder if this was possibly a chapel? The rafters and roof supports are telltale of 50's church architecture.

Ditto ds, and a fine piece of work this is!

That door looks like the one that leads to Norman Bates' basement in "Psycho"!

Lyric, You just reminded me of that Halls commercial with the wolf. Has anyone seen it? It is hilarious!

That engine is from a ship not much less that probably 600' long. Odds are it was one of four, even up to six egines that took turns working in tandem. Horsepower is in the 1000's and the engine takes up more space than a UPS truck.

.!!!...Strong verbal reactions are the answer to strong visuals, Msr. Motts!!!

To me, this is only one of the reasons why your site is so fantastic.... (I'll rave more another time., OK, now.)

Your photos compel responses from many of us . I think all of our comments prove that your work "catches " tremendously varied emotions, and compels us to verbalize our feelings...an opaque rainbow of emotions, lets say....
Much like the reaction to the work of a great painter or sculpturer would be ( yeah, I sayed it! )
Because of the feelings generated, the work ends up having a following.
I love the following.

Opacity....
...As said in a comment: people find a location (here) interesting or relevant to them (or "whatever grabs their fancy ") and then make their assumptions: Perhaps believing that life is only, "black and white" (like the photos) ; or that life seems only bad or good; that it only digresses or progresses; that we only have ONE way of seeing things.
Emotions are not refutable.

Opacity....
Nothing is black or white only.
Nothing is this or that way only... it ain't so. It just ain't so...not in photos, not in movies, not in any time-line is anything only black or white; one way or another (except on a one-way street, remember for safety, please!)
Don't assume your friend or child or dog loves parsley or hot peppers as much as you do....
This said, mind you, I want it to be know that I don't do this personally. Assume, I mean... well, I really try not to cause I know too much to do this! And , well Bennie Hill said, " Never assume...."

Anyway...strong sentiments are loved by all.
Thanks from "quest" to everyone who has moved into this "community" because someone (Monsieur Motts and crew, I speak of you) cares enough for this community to be built. :-)

Awesome, lamp post,, Love these old industrial bldg.

A little more Victorian, but, yes, that is the basic premise... :)

thanks, doc 8-)

you need glasses then lol