576 Comments for Haverford State Hospital

This place really looks good; if only it could stay that way.

What a waste. My daughter used to be in a bowling league in school and they knocked down the whole building to put new highway in--pathetic!

I don't think I really want to know what happened in there.

wonderful, such an honor for you to take these shoots..extremelly, lucky fellow photographer...

cas, no blame lays at your door, you explained it very well..

casle they made those dental exam light
s i hated

Hey, would'nt you say these rooftops are way to easy to jump off of. Not good for the depressed. I know I'd be tempted.

And , by the way, barium is less expensive than lead, here in Germany, all walls are covered in barium sulphate(the stuff that a radoiologist gives you to drink when x-raying your stomach

only in therapy rooms walls are lined with lead. in x-ray diagnostic the beam is very weak. Belive me, I am a radiologist so I do not say stupid things( sorry for mistakes I made when writing, I am from Germany and I dont speak English wery well)

I'm sorry chopsuey... :( I wished I could explain it better. Maybe someone could make it a little less confusing... please.

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

X-rays use radiation and lead protects your body from the radiation. The walls of an X-Ray room are also lined with lead. Lead is very dense, and cheaper and more available. Look at this site for more information:

http://www.leadinfo.com/ARCH/rad.html

why do they give you a lead lined apron to wear if your in a xray area?

I have 4 working x-ray machine assembled by myself and I can assure you that neither one contains radioactive material.Only SOME doors are sheilded with lead foil. X-rays are strictly man-made , no radioactive isotopes needed.

there is no lead sheilding. the walls are painted with barium(absorbes radiation) You don't need lead sheilding for roentgendiagnostic machines