Abandonment
Central Islip Psychiatric Center
My trip to Central Islip was brief, but interesting. I stopped here after exploring the Kings Park Psychiatric Center. I was torn between my desire to explore and my desire to get on the road for a very long drive home so I was only able to explore one building.
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Foxborough State Hospital
Foxboro State hospital opened in 1889 and treated patients until about 1976. Unfortunately I was not able to explore the hospital before renovations began, but I could not let this place be renovated without seeing it at least once.
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Plymouth Cordage
Plymouth Cordage was founded in 1824 and became one of the largest manufacturers of rope. They manufactured rope for the harpoons of whaling ships, America’s Cup yachts, and cowboy lariats among many, many other uses.
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Gaebler Children’s Center – Trips 1 – 3
Built near the Metropolitan State Hospital campus, the Gaebler School was created specifically to address the needs of children with mental illnesses. As with many institutions of it’s type, the stories of former patients who resided within these walls are not always pretty. It is chilling to walk the halls of this building, passing seclusion…
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Just a few photos of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral in Boston. Shot these because I was…in the neighborhood.
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Iron Horse Park – 2006
Iron Horse Park is surely one of the locations I have explored the most. It was an old Boston and Maine Railroad repair facility. Always fun and photogenic! There are far too many trips in my libraries to post them all separately, so I’m combining them into just a few.
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Paul A. Dever State School
Originally built in 1942 as a military facility and POW detention center, this complex of buildings was converted into a mental health facility. Countless identical buildings, interconnected by tunnels, are now abandoned.
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Cranberry Specialty Hospital
Cranberry Specialty Hospital was opened as a Tuberculosis sanatorium. The unusual architecture (for the North East) was lauded at the time, as were its facilities and state of the art heating system. Shots are on Neoppan 1600. There are also some experiments with in-camera double exposures in this set.
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