977 Comments for Hewitt State Hospital and Prison

Yes this is a reciprocating steam engine driving an electric generator. This type of engines appears to be what is called a uniflow but without closer looks it is hard to tell. It is a good looking engine and does look like everything is there. It could probably be run on steam if it were properly drained of the condensate when they stopped using them

The insulation on the pipes are in fact to keep the steam inside at a high temperature. If it loses temperature then it starts condensing back to water. It has nothing to do with not heating the room or not burning someone. It is entirely a matter of making the equipment run correctly

These are obviously reciprocating steam engines. The jacket is insulation so you do not lose heat. When you do lose heat you lose efficiency and the engine then runs poorly and is costly to run. About the question on heat of steam. Heated water under pressure at 200PSI is 400 degrees hot. The steam in turn can be superheated to 750 degrees and more depending on the type of superheater unit. It is amazing that these old engines are still in place

No, it's not in MA. The exact location will remain under wraps on this website for now.

Is this in Massachusetts? What city?

i know that copper yeilds a higher scrap rate then reg metal, as ar as the asbestos,my bf is a heating tech and when he does abaitments the asbestos is usally contained to the furnace and duct work, sometimes tho it is in the walls as an insulation... so pulling copper pipes as long as theyre not wrapped in asbestos should be relativly safe.(I know i cant spell please dont pick on me)

what was the chalkboard used for? i see the words chopped and whole was it for medications?

This shot looks like the scene in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" where the little aliens are starting to come down out of the ship.
I'm not saying Mr. Motts and crew are aliens,lol, and hope I don't offend, it just struck me funny. I have a weird eye and even weirder sense of humor.

Of all the places in any mental hospital/prison, its always what is underneath that gets to you. The transport tunnels and service tunnels of any hospital can scare the bejeezus outta you.

That's wonderful. I hope that when I'm old I'm not forgotten on some old gurney at a geriatric center...

i like the monkeys. 'specially the singin kind!
HEY HEY WE'RE THE MONKEYS!

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The use of freezers/coolers is to aid in slowing down the process of decomposition, but don't be fooled into thinking that the bodies still won't smell. I have never been inside a cooler or been near a freezer that isn't funky and that's considering I have olfactory problems, so I can't pick up smell as acutely as most people. I can only imagine the stench with this kind of freezer.

This pic depicts the freezers in the background as warm, toasty and inviting crematory ovens.

I'm surprised that there hasn't been a "forgotten body" in some of these abandoned places. Unfortunately, there are a lot of bodies that go unclaimed by family and considering that some of these places have left behind a lot of forgotten biohazard stuff, it wouldn't be a surprise to find human remains.