Every year I attend a week long job related school. Some of the classes were pretty interesting others crushingly dull. The good thing is it’s located in an area where there are a decent number of smaller abandonments located a short distance from the school campus. Before class, during lunch and after school I drove in a mostly aimless fashion to see what was around. I ended up visiting a couple of abandoned factories, a closed High School, and the remnants of 2 small state hospital campuses. Some of these places I knew a little about beforehand but most were just the results of driving around and keeping my eyes open. Here are some of those pictures.
An old bakery factory that produced Enterman’s products. Although I’m sure in the day it was perfectly clean and pristine, the image of those filthy, mucky bakery machines will probably spring to mind whenever I see an Enterman’s display.
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The next day just around the corner from the bakery was an abandoned High School. Built in 1939 its been closed for about 10 years. I let myself in and wandered around for about an hour. Then I heard some people come in and decided it was time to split.
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There where some tasteless 70’s revisions, mostly limited to cutting down on the number of windows, but mostly the original trim and finish was intact.
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The Central Sanitorium had at one time been a tuberculosis hospital and later a mental hospital. I hear d it was rehabbed for other uses but figured I would check it out. The cool old buildings where now used for low income housing and group homes. However next door was an abandoned nursing home. Not the cool old decay I hoped for but worth a couple of shots anyway.
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DunRovin
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Fun with electricity
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Close quarters
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22. Witches hat
An old bakery factory that produced Enterman’s products. Although I’m sure in the day it was perfectly clean and pristine, the image of those filthy, mucky bakery machines will probably spring to mind whenever I see an Enterman’s display.
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The next day just around the corner from the bakery was an abandoned High School. Built in 1939 its been closed for about 10 years. I let myself in and wandered around for about an hour. Then I heard some people come in and decided it was time to split.
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There where some tasteless 70’s revisions, mostly limited to cutting down on the number of windows, but mostly the original trim and finish was intact.
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The Central Sanitorium had at one time been a tuberculosis hospital and later a mental hospital. I hear d it was rehabbed for other uses but figured I would check it out. The cool old buildings where now used for low income housing and group homes. However next door was an abandoned nursing home. Not the cool old decay I hoped for but worth a couple of shots anyway.
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DunRovin
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Fun with electricity
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Close quarters
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22. Witches hat
