Western State Hospital, Tennessee
A few days ago, a few G+ users were discussing asylum colors on an image. Here is another example of the very common "institutional green," inside a 1930's era psychiatric building at a Tennessee hospital.
Photo: "Perspectives"
This 1940's era two-story building connects with the Administration Building, at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard, and seems to have been used last as classrooms and lecture halls.
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Photo: "Roost"
When construction began on the Hartsville plant in the late 1970's, the Tennessee Valley Authority never imagined less than a decade later, they would be canceling construction of the plant.
In 1983, when the plant was canceled, the reality set in that the needs for nuclear power were not as great as many predicted years before.
Now the plant sits abandoned, a home for vultures and small birds nesting in the building's orifices.
Photo: "Admin Offices"
Former administrative office, Babcock Building
The administration section of the Babcock Building at the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum was the last section of the building to be constructed and was completed in 1885.
Within the central building was a central hall, with offices on either side, and a connector hallway to allow for passage from between the north and south wards. The second floor contained operating rooms as well as residences for the doctors and supervisor.
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Photo: "Dark Dawn"
Dawn at the Golden Gate Bridge.
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USS Mount Hood AE-29 Hull Cleaning
On Wednesday, August 21, the USS Mount Hood was removed from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet and transported to Mare Island to receive a hull cleaning before making the long trek through the Panama Canal to be recycled in Texas.
The USS Mount Hood, a Kilauea-class ammunition ship, was the second ship to be named after the Oregon volcano. Her hull was laid down in May 1967 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Sparrows Point, Maryland and commissioned in 1971. Her homeport was Concord, California, a short distance from where her hull is being cleaned.
She was decommissioned in Bremerton, Washington in 1999, and transferred to MARAD and placed in Suisun Bay shortly thereafter.
Photo: "Corridor, Forensic Building"
Corridor inside the forensic building at Mayview State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
This building was responsible for housing the criminally insane, those guilty by reason of insanity, which is one of the reasons the building is very stark and mundane.
Sadly, this campus was demolished earlier this year.
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Photo: "326th"
Marine Hospital, Tennessee
Many of the rooms at the former Marine Hospital were repurposed over the years. It appears as though this room was first the office of the commander and later used for blood collection.
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Photo: "Cannonball"
A colorful June sunset from Treasure Island.
Photo: "Light Falls"
Light seeps in through a window in a opposite room, lighting up parts of the corridor of the Walker Building at Central State Hospital in Georgia.
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Photo: "Halfmoon Lake"
Halfmoon Lake, Montana
During a trip to Montana with my family last month, we stayed in a campground about a mile from this small lake. My brother and I noticed the clouds were starting to look nice as sunset was approaching, so we jumped on the bikes and rode the mile to the lake. Sadly, by the time we arrived, most of the clouds had blown over, but it was too serene to pass up a shot.
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Photo: "Cool Down"
This building connects to the 1870 Administration Building at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, but was constructed many years later. However, the front offices, shown here, were adorned with wood doors, similar to those in the Admin building.
(Sidenote: I'm heading out of town today to work on a project for the next 2 weeks. I will have limited computer time, but hopefully I'll be able to post a photo every once and a while. Have a good few weeks!)
Photo: "Mossy Reflections"
Since Central State Hospital in Georgia closed in 1974, much of the Walker Building has experienced serious damage from years of heat, humidity and rain. A few rooms are full of water and the majority of the wood roof on the top floor has collapsed.
Photo: "Ward, Babcock Building"
South Carolina Lunatic Asylum
Development on the Bull Street Village in South Carolina, which is the area containing the old South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, might begin as early as fall, but construction is expected to last for two decades.
Plans include the addition of new homes, stores and offices as well as a baseball field. The Babcock Building, shown here, will be converted into a conference hotel.
Much work will need to be done to make the structure of the Babcock safe again, as there are a number of areas on the ward floors that are in a similar condition as the flooring shown here. Portions are fully collapsed, giving a peek of the floors below.
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Photo: "Autopsy Room"
(From the archives, 2010)
Laurelton State Village for the Feeble-Minded Women of a Child Bearing Age was constructed in 1914 and was the first facility of its' kind. It was designed to detain and provide mental health care for women between the ages of 16 and 45 and was a self-sufficient institution.
In 1969, males were being admitted to the hospital which forced the hospital to take a new direction and it became the Laurelton State School and Hospital.
The site closed in 1998 and relocated the 193 patients.