Photo: "Layered"

The Safe Cabinet Company began in Ohio in 1905. The company manufactured safes and was in operation for 20 years before merging with The Rand Company, to form Remington Rand in 1927.  

The Safe Cabinet Company headquarters in Marietta, Ohio was comprised of a a series of large multi story warehouses and a beautiful administration building constructed with large columns at the front entrance. The front half of the building contained multiple stories of offices, while the rear boasted a theatre, spanning from the basement to the second floor of the complex. 

Photo: "Exceed"

Stairway leading to the attic of the Babcock Building at the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum. 

The Babcock Building, known for its red roofed cupola, was constructed between 1857 and 1885 in the Italian Renaissance Revival Design and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. 

Photo: "The Space Between"

Corridor inside the former U.S. Marine Hospital on the Mississippi River in Tennessee. 

Photo: "Swimmers"

Splash is a water-dwelling dinosaur, who plays in shallow streams all across the Pacific Northwest. 

Photo: "Corridor Renovation"

Construction began on the Babcock Building at the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum in 1857 and continued for seven years. 

In many of the wards, roll down fire doors were installed, after the building's original construction, to help prevent flames from spreading into other wards if a fire broke out. 

Photo: "A Dinosaur's Playground

Speck, Rex and Ridge playing at Zig Zag Falls in Oregon.

Photo: "Low Tide"

Low tide at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Northern California.

(Night. 30 seconds. Lit by ambient light.)

Photo: "No Heat"

This main hospital building at the Tennessee U.S. Marine Hospital was constructed in the 1930's. It replaced the 1887 hospital building that played a role in the in the study of yellow fever. 

Photo: "Crayon Box Rain"

I left San Francisco before the sun came up last Wednesday, to head south for the holiday. Just as I got out of the drizzly weather, I was greeted with a gorgeous, orange sunrise followed by a vibrant rainbow on the I-5. 

Photo: "Blinded"

Second floor room inside the former U.S. Marine Hospital in Tennessee, constructed in the 1930's to replace the former hospital building from the 1800's.

Photo: "Swaying Sun"

I got back to San Francisco this morning after a weekend in San Diego visiting family for the holiday. 

I drove most of the way last night, camped out in the Subaru and finished the drive this morning. The first hour of the drive was a bit boring, but I happily arrived in Santa Nella, one of the few decent stops along the I-5, during blue hour, so I picked out a spot along a farm road and shot the sunrise in the cold crisp air for an hour. It certainly helped to break up the early morning drive. 

Photo: "Ward 5"

In 1778, Congress authorized the creation of a Hospital Service Act, to care for disabled and sick Marines. In 1779, they extended the care to include the Navy. 

By the end of the Civil War, the Navy operated eight hospitals, including this one in Tennessee, constructed in the 1930's. The patients received excellent health care here and by contrast, weren't nearly as crowded as the Navy facilities.

Photo: "The Only Light"

Another view, during blue hour, from inside an Administration Building dayroom at Mayview State Hospital, a former psychiatric hospital in Pennsylvania. 

This is the last image in the cue from this asylum. Sadly, it is currently being demolished, so these are some of the last images from this place...

Photo: "The Fallen"

In 1778, Congress authorized the creation of a U.S. Marine Hospital fund, known as the Hospital Service Act, to care for disabled and sick Marines. In 1779, they extended the care to include the Navy. At the time, each enlisted man had 20 cents deducted from their paycheck each month to pay for this program. 

In 1887, a marine hospital was constructed on Indian land near the Mississippi River in Tennessee. The hospital operated for almost fifty years, and played a role in the study of yellow fever, before being torn down and replaced with a new building in 1937. 

Nuclear Reactor Building

Had this plant been completed, this building would have housed one pressurized water reactor. The reactor, composed of uranium fuel rods, would have been kept under intense pressure while immersed in water. Water heated inside the reactor core (due to a fission of atoms) is pumped first to a steam generator, then transfered to a secondary system where the water is turned into steam, powering the turbines. Because this system is designed in two separate circuits, there is much less chance of radioactive contamination. 

Satsop Nuclear Plant construction began in 1977, but was halted five years later due to budget issues. The site was maintained as though construction would resume a few years later, but in 1993, the project was cancelled. The plant now sits 76% completed, but has been repurposed by a number of businesses, including NASA.