This mill was once a major producer of all sorts of paper goods, but when another nearby mill started to expand, these little companies fell almost instantly. Closed in 1993, and then falling victim to arson in 1999, it made for an interesting close to home trip.

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Built in 1925, this was originally a medical center, then Tb ward, an elderly home, then finally a childrens' hospital which closed in 1996. The small campus and its location right next to the Atlanic gave this hospital a warming feel.

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This served as a TB hospital from 1904 to its own death in 1991. It included its own in-house pharmacy, dental office, operating room, and inpatient surgical department. Lincoln had 130 beds with only 5 full-time physicians that provided all the long term care for this deadly disease.

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The largest tire manufacturer in New England began to close down when it outsourced its business overseas in the 1980's. The main administration building continued to be used as a pet grooming salon and general office buildings while the manufacturing floor was left to rot due to the high level of carcinogens in the grounds. The factory officially closed in 1985.

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Iron Horse Manufacturing began operations in 1913 in the town of North Billerica, servicing the Boston and Maine Railroad. While much of the Iron Horse Park is still active and serving the various needs of the remaining railway industry, the original Iron Horse building is mostly empty, though a lumber company has begun storing lumber in the massive building. Recently the last of the old locomotives were removed from the building and the tracks that run through it are one of the few reminders of the great "iron horses" that once rolled through.

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This school for the feeble minded and epileptic was built in 1922 after the closure of Fernald State School and Wrentham State School. The campus consisted of a main theater, an infirmary, numerous dorms, nurses' housing, and an "infirmary ward" for ambulatory patients. The school was eventually shut down after the landmark case of Benjamin Ricci et al. vs. Milton Greenblatt et al. in the 1970's brought the horrific conditions of the school to light. The most infamous ward, K Building (the back ward) was the first to be torn down in the late 70's.

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Worcester State Hospital was one of the first state funded insititutions to be built in MA (following Boston State). Finished in 1870, the Kirkbride was designed by Ward Delano and its massive clocktower could be seen from all points in Worcester County. Contrary to popular belief the original Worcester State WAS NOT a Kirkbride. The Kirk was later built around the few existing wards that had become overcrowded in 1853. After closing its doors in 1975, a 6 alarm fire struck in 1991 that engulfed over half of the vacant hospital. The only things left standing to this day are the clock tower/administration building, and a few wards.

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Northampton, the 4th Kirkbride to be built in the US, opened in 1858 under the direction of Pliny Earle, one of the most successful asylum superintendents of the time. The first discussion about the future of NoHo took place in 1974, but a decision still had not been made by 1979 when administrators closed down "Old Main", the focal point of the old Northampton. As new treatments evolved, the hospital census fell rapidly and by 1991 only 120 patients remained. The last 11 patients were transferred to a psych facility in Springfield in 1996 and NoHo's doors were closed forever.

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The Pines Hotel and Resort was built in the Catskills in 1933 as one of the premiere ski resorts in the area. It boasted an indoor ice skating rink, theater, and extensive golf course. The property closed its doors in 1998 and is now owned by a developer who planned to built single family homes behind the old hotel, but has failed to pay taxes on the property. The town of Fallsburg is currently bringing action against the developer and the future of the Pines is unknown.

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Another side of my photography that I'm trying to get better at, here are some pictures of friends, explorers and even some of my enemies now.

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This training school for the mentally retarded was established in 1910 as the Connecticut Colony for Epileptics. In 1917 it merged with the Connecticut Training School for the Feebleminded at Lakeville to become the state training school. The site alsoserved for a lot of file keeping for surrounding hospitals, and also took in over patients after the closure of Seaside Regional in 1996 and Norwich State Hospital. But just like countless of mental health centers it lost the fight to deinstitutionalization and was closed in 1993.

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In 1893 Massachusetts provided their first hospital to care for and treat people suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction and it was named The Massachusetts Hospital for Dipsomaniacs and Inebriates. In 1905 the state started allowing transfers of "male chronic insane" cases at the hospital, and the site was renamed Foxborough State Hospital. By 1910 the state decided to send the patients that were there for alcohol and drug rehab to a new unit at Norfolk State Hospital. The doors of the hospital later closed in 1975, The campus is now being renovated into a condo complex.

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This pristine setting opened in 1899 as a 76 room inn on the historic town green. In 1951 the inn was bought by a religious order who added a high school to the back half of the property. The Academy closed in 1972 and the building has sat vacant since. The property was recently slated for redevelopment as a hotel but, like the Pines Resort in NY, the developer failed to pay taxes and the property was foreclosed. This piece of history went up for auction last month but at an asking price of $500,000 there still were no takers.

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Built in 1902 this was a colony for the insane in Gardner Mass, then in 1930 it became the "Gardner Insane Asylum". Most of the campus has been renovated into a state prison in 1991 right after its closing as a hopsital, as a quiet and long walk led to some interesting finds however.

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Photographs i really couldn't put anywhere else but still wanted to share them.

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Theres not much about ofor history on this power plant, but what I do know is that it was built in 1925 and served the city of Fitchburg Mass until 1989 when she shut down. The trip itself was kind of odd becuase of the fact this a place I looked at all the time but with the bricked off doors and windows I thought the only way I was getting in is to jack hammer a hole.... well... I guess i was wrong. enjoy

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In the 1920's, New York State had operated six mental hospitals to facilitate the growing need for psychiatric care, and all were extremely overcrowded. The state's answer was to build the solution to this problem once and for all - Pilgrim State Hospital.Originally designed to house 12,500 patients on 1,900 acres of land, Pilgrim still holds the record of being the largest psychiatric hospital in the world. Initial construction lasted from 1930-1941, but the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) began construction three additional ward buildings to raise Pilgrim's capacity to a total of 15,000 patients. These buildings - 81, 82 and 83, are massive eight story structures with X-shaped wards that are still being used today. During patient decline in the 1970's, they were renovated to be used as a state prison in the 80's, but to much local opposition, they were modernized and put back to psychiatric use in the 1990's.

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The Kings Park Lunatic Asylum was established in 1885 in what was once rural Suffolk County, and consisted of a few wooden buildings. As need for mentally ill facilities grew, New York State took control of the establishment in 1895 and it became Kings Park State Hospital, where it kept expanding until the 1960's. The entire hospital became a self-sufficient community, the patients and staff performed a wide variety of tasks including farming, construction, clothes-making, and food preparation. KPSH expanded to include over 150 buildings, a power plant, and a railroad spur to transport passengers, coal, and construction materials from the LIRR line. The hospital reached it's peak population at over 9,000 patients in 1954. By this time, overcrowding was a major issue, and treatments such as shock therapy and prefrontal lobotomies became the alternative method to continued care on a personal level. The cost to run such an enormous machine became too large of a burden for the state, and with the overall de institutionalization method on the East Coast, the hospital began closing buildings in a slow but steady process in 1970. In 1975, the institution became known as the more familiar Kings Park Psychiatric Center, or KPPC.

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This hospital was once a state sanitarium used to treat tuberculosis sometime before 1930, and was later converted to a residential psychiatric hospital. In 1979, the facility was used soley for adolescents, combining the dwindling populations of the programs at surrounding adult state hospitals. It might have been a developmental center after 1993; the history remains unclear. The building remains patrolled by a skeleton crew of workers, maintaining various services still running inside and keeping it sealed tight.

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This is a new side of photography im just starting to scratch the surface on, but so far its been alot of fun and a major learning experince. Everyone was so great to work with I cant thank them enough.

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This catholic school was built during the turn on the century, and was left to die durring the early 90's for its age I was very pleased with what this school had to show me.

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The site of the DiGeronimo State School was originally a military camp for World War II soldiers as well as a detention center for German and Italian POW's. Following the war, in an effort to improve the quality of life for the state's mentally disabled, the 1,200 acre campus was developed for use as a state school for the mentally disabled.

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I cannot give to many details in this place becuase of the fact it's very well known but still rarely looked into. And well I like it that way :o)

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Established in 1901, this facility was originally a farm colony for a nearby psychiatric hospital, but was expanded to become its own entity in 1912. Patient population peaked in 1945 with over 1,700 patients but dwindled shortly thereafter, finally closing in 1973.

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Norwich State hospital opened in October of 1904, it was originally constructed of just 1 patient building. Over the years the hospital began to grow in leaps and bounds. 30 years later the hospital was comprised of 50 buildings on 900 hundred of acres of land. The entire campus is connected by underground tunnells and walkways. 2 wards on the campus housed the "criminally insane" patients these where more jail-like cells than hospital rooms. in the 1950's the hospital population grew to over 3200 patients.

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Set in a sleepy town this place was really locked in time, with all the books still on the shelves and the score board in the gym still blinking zero... it was really an odd feel.

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This institution has its roots as a state almshouse - a place where the mentally disturbed or challenged were housed along with criminals until the time when they were separated due to the efforts of Dorthea Dix and other mental health activists. It changed to a state hospital for epileptics in 1895, and was the third epileptic institution in the country.

The facility still operates to this day as a state developmental center.

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