2,646 Comments for Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital

Wow, what a shot. This has an other worldly feel to it, the greenish sky is what really makes this look so unique.

It does have an underwater feel to it & I agree that it does look like an image from the Titanic. This is an awesome shot.

where is this place???

Why would they leave all of their equipment?? They could've donated them to other hospitals or medical places.. What did they think? Everything had TB germs on it? -__-

I can't understand why much of the material in these abandoned hospitals wasn't salvaged when there was still some value to it. Seems so wasteful. I'm not just talking about these bottles, which were empty, but all of the furnishings, etc. Even the gorgeous tile in some of these abandoned hospitals could have been saved. I'd love to have some of it! (After it had been thoroughly cleaned, of course.)

I love this picture, the whiteness that the infrared has given this shot makes the place look clean & still full of life, even though it is no longer in use.

its a puke tray... seriously

These "pass-boxes" were pretty much indestructible. The (24/7) hospital I worked for installed this same kind in the walls between the darkroom and each x-ray exam room in 1970. We slammed the metal film cassettes (holders) into them with great force as that was the only way to let the person inside know that there was film to develop. Thirty six years later we switched to digital imaging (no film) and the pass-boxes were still in good shape with virtually no visible damage and very little loss of paint. The only service I recall them needing was the occasional tightening of the screw that held the handle on.

I literally went "OHHHHH" aloud when I saw this one. Gorgeous.

This is simply breathtaking.

I can remember my grand mother told me about tubercolosis. Now these days you dont hear a lot about it, if is'nt from an elderly family menber or some one that tells from the days that they were young. I can remember my grand mother told me, "There was a lot of sick people when i was young, and they had to stay at a sanatorium, and belive me, you dont want to goa to a place like that, Ever!"

But in fact roughly a third of the world's population is positive to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis. And is still on of the biggest healtissues in the world. Most of the cases are in poor countries, but as many immigrate from their countries they bring the tubercolosis with them..
And now with modern medisine, death of tubercolose is not a main reason, but patients with tubercolosos and HIV/AIDS have a bad immune system so their bodies cant handle the tubercolosis bacteria.

Sorry for my bad grammar. But i hope you understood what i wrote.

BTW, where are you Motts? Long time, no oppdate.
Best whishes from me.

Depending on location I would suggest that it is a drive unit for a submersible pump.

Without a doubt, a Payne elevator.

Rather than using a counter weight, the larger facilities with the need of more than one elevator used "opposing elevators".
The two elevators pulley systems were connected by a common shaft so that when one went up the other went down.
Notice the shaft on the left of the main pulley.
The motive unit shown in your picture is similar to a machine where I work. I would guess that it is/was made by Payne Elevator. But I could be mistaken.

Blessed Be,

Yup, a Cyclo-Flush or an Aero-Flush bed pan washer. The lids are made of stainless steel so the are of great value in the scrap market.