2,646 Comments for Clairvaux Tuberculosis Hospital

Aw, looks like they're having a party!

Chair keggers get pretty wild.

To contribute something productive-

Given it's a TB hospital, the most logical guess would be that it's a mobile chest X-Ray.

WALL-E!!

Or Johnny 5 from Short Circuit.

Seriously, I can't be the only one who sees this...

It almost looks like it fell right through the floor, though apparently that's not the case.

Mr. Motts, have you even been present in a building when a floor collapsed or something came through a ceiling? I always imaging the deafening sound it must make when something gives way in a condemned building.

Ash, people with TB often lived in these hospitals for a very long time. They had all the comforts of home such as salons and exercise rooms. TB is very contagious, so they were essentially quarantined. In this way, the outside world was brought to them.

Nice shot! Those old x-ray machines might still have the tubes inside of them! The only danger visiting this room would be if you opened the equipment up and tried to remove the glass tube...if the tubes ever break you could be exposed to high levels of radiation...even if the equipment is off and old like this!!

BE CAREFUL~!

cool!

Joe and Curt I hate to say it but that sounds like something I would say.

Y on earth would there be paper work for court orders for homicides and stabbing cases don’t you think that should be in a court house and not left too root....my god wonder if they are unsolved cases? i hope not if the are hope there family’s don’t find out...... good sot keep up the good work.

no old Polaroids do this naturaly when they have been exposed too water... hmm looks like popcorn beside it lol... good shot

The font style reminds me of the opening credits of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I have always loved this place. I'm glad to see more photos.

You are very brave, my friend. Thank you for risking your safety to capture these images, and for sharing them with us. It's a bit of a paradox, I think. It makes me sad that these places just sit and rot, such beautiful architecture. But then we wouldn't have this beautiful decay, and the excitement of exploring them. They are better than any museum or history lesson, I think.

Yes, I've heard an entire floor give way in an old hospital once; all the narrow floorboards cracking sounded like fireworks inside the place.

Not sure if that's a sink. Looks more like a drawer to me.