667 Comments for Essex County Isolation Hospital

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That is so macabre, it looks like something out of a horror movie, but its so amazing.
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Thats a really kewl door. Yet its a bit depressing.
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I think it looks really comforting even with the decaying, but then again- I'm crazy.
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WOW!
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old gorneys like thiese are now considered "high art". people slap glass tops on them and call them dining tables,
they sell for thousands fixed up.
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Check out those Civil Defense barrels in the back. We got a bunch of them in the early 80's filled with toilet paper and other goodies. They are stackable and are great for storage.
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I think that's one of the best but sad pictures in all forums period. Gives me chills that not long ago this was all reality. Creepy!
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what kid would find comfort in that color period?
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Help me, MinxGirl, help me . . . . . . . (gurgle gurgle gurgle)
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*LOL* Lynne - I hear ya babe!
Yeah OF COURSE ITS DRIED BLOOD EVERYONE! What else could it be under a rusted out gurney? *LOL*
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[Sigh . . . . . . . . . . ]
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this contraption and the metal rack just behind it on the rear left side are were used for blood transfusion. the glass bottles for the blood where put into this device in the front to shake it and prevent the blood from cloting.

here ( http://www.opacity.us/image3124.htm ) is a similar metal rack for a soap *oops* blood dispenser. ;-)
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Hmm, odd I must say. Maybe they just through dead people in the furnace?
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this could be metropolis: no trees no green, just concrete, glass and steel. will our future look like this if we go on with the pollution? this pic is very depressing.
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S3an: Just a guess, but I bet it reads something like "I'm a stupid idiot with nothing better to do than destroy history with my spray can." Or something like that...