4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

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Wow I didn't notice someone was standing there...
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It's not the safest thing in the world but yes.
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It is most definitely patrolled.
thats the last Picture??? :( :(
Rissa, I sure wouldn't want to be live and be in there!
I can't imagine this was the happiest place...
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Doesn't quite make me feel I want to Exit.
brenda
Was this a kind of joke picture? the person's face in the right hand bottom window looking in at the camera? Or is it my eyes playing tricks?
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how sad :(
in pretty good shape!
Kinda looks dangerous when you think about it.. no guard rails to hold on to while going up and down and..... no platform at the top to turn around by....
Do you know how many Secretaries / Clerk Typist fought over those typewriters?
Nanticoke State Hospital used White Stickers like that. Maintenance used them for inventory on all electrical equipment, even if it ran on batteries (like calculators). (I worked at Nanticoke State Hospital for 10 yrs before it divested - like so many state hospitals did,.)
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cant you just feel what it was like? Great shot!