@MamaToFiveInPA I think it looks older than that, My Grandfather had A 1918 model T ford with wooden spooked rims that looked just like that and the hospital did open in 1904 might be something the person had owned or wanted?
Learned to fire these boilers while learning my trade. The upper valve on the left is a steam valve and the one on the right is an oil valve. The lower valve is a steam by pass to blow the excess oil out of the burner. There were four boilers all toll. These were all superheated boilers so we could generate our own power.
These 'look' to be used and un-used. Simple..... Baby Diapers are MUCH cheaper than Adult Diapers. It's all bout saving $$ and Getting the Job Done. These would be easier to 'deal with' on mental patients. The help did what they had to do. Left behind? Just watch any "Hoarders" Cable TV show... people pile them up in rooms and never think anything of walking them out to the curb. Once the 'closing date' was announced at Norwich I 'm sure the help adapted a 'give a s___t' attitude (PUN INTENDED) and didn't burden themselves with walking out all those bags to the dumpster....JUST THROW THEM IN A ROOM AND CLOSE THE DOOR! In their mind, the building would be bulldozed- not sitting there for 36+ years MORE!
You have to wonder , today, if those souls that took these photo's are still HEALTHY? So many oblivious comments on this site but, does anyone realize the valiant 'Trespasser's' are breathing solid MOLD & Asbestos? These old buildings should only be visited with a HazMat mask. This is the breeding ground for COPD and other diseases. I, for one, really appreciate the effort these folks took to take some unreal pix! I really feel bad for those idiots who carry "rattle cans'" in their backpack's and their only desire is to desecrate and rob these grand old buildings of their artifacts. Thanks for a Great Job Opacity!
Area's like this were used for 24 hour 50 degree Ice Baths and preparing for Wet Sheet Treatments. Another really sad thought. All these photo's~ incidentally, Very well done~ depict the sadness that is retained here. Despite all the rhetoric against President Reagan for being chiefly responsible for closing all these Mental Asylums, you have to think after visiting here , he did the right thing. People tend to think with negativity but, many folks were also HELPED here, as well. Just read beyond ONE website, blogs by patients and employees. Its not all about Ghosts & Goblins.
I've been in this building, November 2010. We actually made it to a lot of them. I think now that demolition has been scheduled, the security is much more lax. There was another group of people exploring the grounds at the same time. This is by far my favored abandoned institution. I hope to make it back before demolition actually takes place. Beautiful pictures, by the way. You do an excellent job embracing this hospital's compostion.
Motts, wonderful job. The photos are fascinating and speak for themselves. The building that these notes and photos were in, has it been demolished? Was there any name in the notes that you recall? It's clearly blood in the photograph. I know this is a long shot but, Has it crossed anyone's mind that the person in the photo could be male?
The photo and the notes have me obsessed. I am so determined to find out who the woman in the photo was and what the outcome was of the woman described in the notes.