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Thanks for the info, Lynne, it's always nice to get some background information from someone in the know.
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I did a Google on Maxon. There are over 3.4 million hits. There are many different companies under the name. ...
http://www.google.com/...p;btnG=Google+Search
I had a radar detector the size of a brick that was made by Maxon, I wonder it all three of these are connected/same company ~
Yea, not much privacy there! The floor could use a sweeping and a mopping ~
That does look balanced on end somehow. Nice shot!
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Those are some interesting doors. Whats with all the "apperatus" on the insides? They almost look like extra doorknobs, or something....very elaborate..
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Thanks Motts!!!
**Yes Jude, we do!!**
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The description was something I read off an old floor plan, I assume it was for patients, I don't know what it's purpose was in later years. I think there are vertical bars over the windows, you can see them just outside the wooden window frame.

This room was closer to administration, so it wasn't a violent ward, and remember quite a number of people paid money to voluntarily admit themselves here for rest and relaxation in the 1800's; many parts of the asylum resembled a resort back then!
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We grazed a knife over some of the paint to see what was underneath, where we found the rabbit and some other words and designs.
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Second floor, I believe.
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Renovations haven't begun here or at Riverside, so there's not much of a proven point that it does work.
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It's a decent sized room... I don't know what the building will be used as after renovation, it will still be on the psych center property.
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The green stuff is mold or algae growing on the walls, the doors lead back to the main corridor.
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I believe these were patient dining rooms, which may have been converted to multi-bed dormitories during the overcrowding years.
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I just posted a sample of my 'artwork' on the PBR Blog...

http://puddleboyrules.blogspot.com/