328 Comments for Essex County Penitentiary

It has a claustrophobic to me.

Dark-Star: Unless Motts happens to be exploring the area! ;-)

Imagine walking down those stairs in a hurry with inmates behind and in front of you!

I see shoe prints.

The nicest thing in this photo is that door knob.

I've been waiting for another gallery and here it is.

CN is conventional teargas. Chloracetophenone (also called Phenacyl chloride or 2-chloro-1-phenylethanone) (chemical formula: C8H7ClO), more commonly known as “mace.”

I think its a combination of things N. They probably did not prep the metal properly before painting. That ensures having to redo it every couple years because it starts peeling.
The rust is I think a roof leak as rust may never sleep but it reaches a point where it slows down so much you won't notice a change for many years. For it to accumulate as it has here water has had to flow and soak into then carry away the surface coating on the rust to keep it going.

These don't touch my heart the way many of the other places do. Not exactly a place for poor souls and/or memories is it? These give me a creepy and, somewhat, scary feeling.

Have no clue about that door. wow! The Bionic Man O-O ...But, looking at the far left it appears someone sawed through the bars in several locations.

Hair cuts and snakes! My favorite!

ohhhhh...know it is an abandoned + old prison
- but have nevertheless not seen the inside of prisons much......
It all reminds me of stables - or a very old poor zoological garden

N,
You'll notice there are round seats attached to a swivel arm on each leg or the tables. No benches necessary or to lift up and throw in a riot.

Begs the question, "how did the snake hold the scissors?"

The fact that all of this documentation is probably never going to archived makes me sad. A part of history to be eventually lost forever.