4,081 Comments for Norwich State Hospital

I was in one seclusion room that was like no other I had ever been in. It had a big window in the wall with a partition on the other side that could be easily moved aside by patients or staff. You would be given a bedpan to squat over and pee in on the floor like a dog. When I was on the other side of the window i never knew what the patient locked up needed more, human contact or privacy to pee or shit. By the way, some people have been put in seclusion rooms so depressed and lonely that they have suicided. I don't think seclusion rooms are designed for particular populations like "spitters".

Love it-notice the optional lens bracket supporting the extra length (and weight) of the lens. Must have been quite a throw from the booth to the screen!

they look like ritter dental chairs

deep.

It just dawned on me that someday you may be taking pictures of the very room where I now sit. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was no longer a need for a building like the one I work in? I would be thrilled to look at it as long ago abandoned. S

Almost looks like someone cut an angel out of the glass.

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It's showing them they are here and we do care. Maybe something to put them at peace!

I'm dutch too and it's almost abnormal they put a little piece of Holland in the US haha! But yet awesome. Love the piano, very nostalgic.

koonkap, I disagree. These are most certainly asphalt/asbestos floor tiles.

i see a child in the pink chair

does anyone else see the nurse with the baby over her shoulder in the hall?

At my first job (1979) there was a machine similar to this. The MD who owned it was not a radiologist and mainly interested in how much money he could make (the machine was at least 20 years old - and obsolete - in 1979). The scary part is not the machine...

Parts of this photo do look like they could be from an old x-ray machine --- other parts???
FYI = x-ray machines are not dangerous if they are not plugged in, turned on, rotor started, and exposure switch activated. Otherwise x-ray techs (and even housecleaning staff) would not have lengthy careers due to their premature deaths.
Old radiation therapy machines (for treating cancer) could be dangerous if the radiation source has not been removed. Even then, unless the containment system were compromised, they are not dangerous. Employees have to be able to be safe while working around these machines --- positioning patients, cleaning, etc.

"its people that break and enter that make abandomed buildings be torn down"

Not sure how you came to this conclusion. From what I've seen over the years, these buildings are demolished due to availability of funds, transfer of property, politics, or arson (as opposed to taking photos).

Norwich was always pretty wide open, no breaking necessary.