4,081 Comments for Norwich State Hospital

My grandma had a side table like that in her living room. It's a floor lamp with a table halfway up the post. This one is missing the shade, obviously.
I'm curious about the light bulb, though. I've never ever seen a light bulb with anything other than the typical bulb shape. So it begs the question- Did that bulb not burn out for 50 years?

I've seen those same fixtures on eBay for $100's. I'm struck at this location's lack of vandalism. Really nice for a change.

With the clothes & hangers on the floor, the drapes, the chair... It's like somebody just left his room one day and never returned. Only a movie set could compare.

It's a pile of horsehair (mattress stuffing).

Robski - I don't think so, many people have been through this hospital after it closed.

The switches under the window were manufactured for the Simplex XL projector. Both have an "ON" light, and one has what looks like a dimmer knob.

there's no pride in workmanship anymore, everything is manufactured elsewhere, it's a shame

I would so love to find one of these beasts and offer to buy it. Years ago a friend of mine had a pair he got out of some old theater and offered them to me FOR NOTHING. I just had to move them out of his basement. I turned it down because there was no way I could move these monsters up a flight of basement steps and I couldn't find anyone at the time to help me. Everyone said "what do you want those things for?" I often wonder if they are still down there, rotting away.

phiftybuick - yes, they did burn carbon rods for light, which is why they have the hoses coming out of the top for venting the heat and gasses.

Mine does too Merc24. I don't even remember where I got mine.

Because most of us would rather get a haircut than go to the dentist.

no they just didn't have any new

I would be wharing a mask walking through there

irony

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