Man, I wish I went into this thing, I'm fascinated by stuff like this! The Northville Tunnels Project is an attempt to recreate the grounds in 3D using Half Life 2. Contact reporter Ed Wright at eawright@hometownlife.com or 517-375-1113. The tunnels beneath the Edgewood grounds have long been a topic of discussion. The railroad allegedly moved assembled nuclear weapons from Los Alamos to a storage facility at Sandia. Posted By: Harrry Re: Northville Tunnels. However, they were a wild life preserve full of deer flies and mosquitoes and poison ivy, so few with good sense choose to venture far from the sun lit hospital grounds. i was reading on this site how everyone cut school and got high in this building, sounds like fun, anyhow is anyone doing anything fundermental with there life i mean did u guys get jobs.and if so who hired u. I REMEMBER BACKIN THE DAY GOING INTO THE MAIN BUILDING WITH MY FRIENDS ON COMACK ROAD THOSE WHERE THE DAYS. Had a key to the basement and then access to the tunnels. There are 2 main entrances - one off of Beck Rd and the other off of 8 mile. Apparently, it was also used as part of an initiation for the new principals who were made to run through the pitch black tunnel before assuming their new post. Our State's commitment to mental health has fallen victim to tax revolts and small government ideologies. Joe B again;heres an interesting site www.infiltration.org ,also type in google "underground bases and tunnels" for a lot of topics.Everybody wants to keep open space and preserve forests(I know I do;I don't want everything built up),but where do we put all these people? We were convinced the tunnel had not been used since the 1940s and our guess was confirmed, quietly, by city officials and told to seal the entrance. Mental health workers, emergency managers and technocratic fixes can't heal an unjust society. DOES ANYBODY KNOW I SLEEP AND DREAM EDGEWOOD??? we found jars of what I thought were body parts, including a fetus. Ah, youth. These were carved out over hundreds of years of mining. Virginia M., West Bloomfield, Ryan, it was a pleasure to work with you and McGlinch and Sons. Enhance the beauty and quality of your home with sun tunnels natural light. Atlas Obscura asked its readers to submit local stories about underground passageways in their own hometowns, and they delivered. All in all, I am very satisfied with the McGlinch Experience and would highly recommend them to anyone. I am very proud of the overall appearance of my home. Its creepy, not super-accessible, and even dangerous in certain locationsbut its a neat reminder of a time when the river ruled the lives of Chattanoogans. Today, due to budget cuts and privatization, Hawthorn has abandoned the cottages, closed the older wing of living areas, and provides special ed only for in-patients. Many people Fittingly, a few days before Halloween Northville Township officials announced the 11 creepy, graffiti-covered buildings and a tunnel remaining on the former site of the state psychiatric. I got to see some good brawls between staff and patients when they would resist the QR. See. I was on a lockdown unit K2-A 2nd floor that faced haggerty and schoolcraft. Karsten Johansson, For years there were rumors about a tunnel, a railroad tunnel, a mile or so down that connected Los Alamos National Lab, where Americas first atomic bombs were built, to Sandia National Lab, some 90ish miles as the crow flies South in Albuquerque. Though residents of Whitmore Lake were opposed to their community being the site of a delinquent boys' facility, Maxey said there are too many institutions in Northville already. It ended up in Whitmore Lake, and was later named the Maxey Training School. Use the "3 bar"icon in the upper left to open the menu. Staff Directory; Student Directory; Related Institutions. Weve collected some of our favorite submissions below, so read on to find out what might be lurking just beneath the surface a city near you. Anyway, I, along w/ my 2 girlfriends (C.B. Recently, we asked Atlas Obscura readers to tell us tales of hidden underground passageways from their own hometowns, and the results were even better than wed hoped. The tunnels are realthe first time I went to edgewood was in September of 1985 - Hurricane Gloria caused a power outtage and there was no school - it was the first week of 9th grade at Frost. I realize now that she probably wanted someone to help free her. Demolition began in 2012, and the "signature" building on site, the psychiatric hospital, was demolished in 2018. I remember how sick I felt. I just don't have the time finish it. Matt Scribner, The Portland waterfront was supposedly riddled with a set of tunnels that were used to shanghai unsuspecting drunks as crew for ships. "ARC, which we are assisting, was formed to help restoresome of what wasdone to harm the environment and it's promoting and teaching stewardship so we don't make the same mistakes over and over.". What makes the story particularly appealing is that its reported some of them have flooded, and its possible to go kayaking under the mountains. As of today, last I heard they were permanently closed off with concrete. ", Boote said there are a lot of stream enclosures in metro Detroit, "but you don't see many on the size of a river like this.". Those doors were not locked. School systems from all over the metro area used to bus their problem children in for special ed classes, but that stopped under Gov. He broke his pelvis. The ones that have been seen people have described them as comfortable, carpeted, well lit, and boring. He fell in the shaft about 20 yrs. From the first discussion about what needed to be done, straight through a full 3-layer tear-off and replacement, they made sure I was comfortable in my understanding of the process and their attention to detail insured that were no surprises along the way. A Michigan State historic marker was erected on the site where this event happened on Wayne Road, just south of Joy. Skip Dahlgren, Underneath the LDS Temple in the middle of downtown Salt Lake City there are tunnels that spread out in all directions. Sarah, Before Prohibition, the beer brewed in my hometown was stored in limestone caves tunneled into the side of a dry river bluff. After crossing what is now known as Tonquish Creek, Chief Tonquish and his men were captured. Staff could get their oil changed and brakes fixed, if they were willing to trust patients with their car. This is in regards to a recent missing person whose last known whereabouts likely to be in the vicinity of the preserve. When I was there in the 60s & 70s at a U.S. military base in Asmara, many locals believed that there was a tunnel from Washington DC to the base which would allow a full-scale invasion. Can somebody who has an intimate knowledge of the tunnel system email me at fieldnotestoaninquiry@gmail.com. They were lit up from end to end, and we found all sorts of crap down there. The Finnish capital's city-within-a-city has a church, a hockey rink, and stockpiles of life-saving supplies. Tjere are 2 main paved roads suitable for biking, walking kids with strollers or out for a jog. Tom Laws, Back in the 50s there was a tunnel going from a parking lot to Leonards Department Store. Board Threads Posts Last Post . Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. We spoke with about four companies for bids on our project (complete siding, shutters, gutters) and were very happy with our choice great company. If you cant get that, there is always the hot tub on the roof! Everybody is in support of it. It hissed at him Go away repeatedly. entrance to the park there is a trippy spot you walk past on the trail that will surprise you because under the leaves on the ground you'll suddenly catch glimpses of a mosaic tile floor beneath your feet. Eloise Poorhouse and Asylum . They're goodforhumansproviding peoplewith certain functions and benefits as a societybut we're finally starting to realize we have the opportunity to go back and fix some of those problems. Spomeniks: The Antifascist History Behind Abstract Yugoslav Monuments, Stealth Structures: 10 Buildings That Arent What They Seem, Art Strikes Back: 24 More Sweet Star Wars Graffiti Artworks, Furniture Chopping: Converted Grocery Cart Chair & Couch Pair. Michigan State Sanitarium; Northern Michigan Asylum; Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital ; Plymouth State Home; Ypsilanti State Hospital ; Video Index ; Historic Photos. The cottages had an A frame structure. No one really knows why the tunnel is there or what it was used for. At that point it will be removing a lot of the infrastructure and demolishing what already here and moving a lot of dirt. Adam gave a lecture that exposed many local citizens of the lost history of the school. Northville Residential Training Centerinstitution for retarded juveniles, on the campus of NRPH, A: Administration and medical (built 1950-51), M: Young adult patients (built 1954, expanded 1979), N: Young adult patients (built 1954, expanded 1979), Blg 72: EPIC Center patients (built 1951), http://www.northvillehistory.org/keyword.html, http://www.northvillehistory.org/interviews/Watkins-Tom.pdf, http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Northville_State_Hospital, http://wacots.org/tiki-index.php?page=Northville%20Regional%20Psychiatric%20Hospital, Northville State Hospital (Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital), NRPH Part 1: The "New" Northville Tunnels, NRPH Part 2: The Lunatics Running the Asylum. In that time we had a few people (escapees) that would come to the farm. The workmanship was excellent, work was done on time, and we would definitely use them again. Once in you did not see light for at least a day or more. People thought that they were fathered by priests and nuns of former times, interred there in clandestine tombs to hide their heinous proclivities. Rachel Woodward, I purchased the historic seven story Masonic Temple, built in 1925 in Grand Island. There are restrooms if you need to stop. The Haggerty West station (seen above) was designed to have a 24-hour attendant on duty there, as part of a systematic development of roadside improvements that launched the concept of round-the-clock travel centers. I know that if a siding issue ever arouse, I would have no problem resolving it with McGlinch and sons. The power switch for Edgewood was in the old pilgrim Steam plant so we could not turn it back on! Id made many visits to both facilities but do recall a visit to Sandia where I witnessed something very odd. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED nailhed~2023 CONTENT OF THIS SITE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. At this years heat prices, it would have well averaged over 270.00 dollars. Layer by Layer: A Mexico City Culinary Adventure, Sacred Granaries, Kasbahs and Feasts in Morocco, Monster of the Month: The Hopkinsville Goblins, How to Grow a Dye Garden With Aaron Sanders Head, Paper Botanicals With Kate Croghan Alarcn, Writing the Food Memoir: A Workshop With Gina Rae La Cerva, Reading the Urban Landscape With Annie Novak, Making Scents: Experimental Perfumery With Saskia Wilson-Brown, Secret Nun Cookies at Monasterio del Corpus Christi, Podcast: The A. 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Scott and Steve (and the whole crew) have really been diligent and have repeatedly exceeded my expectations on how the finished project is turning out. Iownit - do you have any maps of the tunnels? The bond funding will pay for the removal or relocation of the remaining 11 buildings on the 332-acre site, now called Legacy Park. but i never left. I grew up off of Six Mile directly south of the hospital grounds and ventured around as far as I safely could as it was active during my time in Northville. The truth is they DID exist, and were a very popular hangout with the exploring kids of the day. The room was one big game room with Chess tables and lots of board games as well as Tv, VCR and a Stereo. Long enclosures like this are known as fish passage barriers. It was said that a tunnel allowed the army of Aksum to travel eastward to conquer the city then called Bur (now the archaeological site called Metera). 1928-1932; Press Photos 1930-1982; Historic Photos . But I never saw another boxcar in that field again! The hallway was so narrow you could climbed the walls to the ceiling which is the main reason the Cottages were shutdown. Northville Tunnels; Personnel. They installed a tunnel between the hotel and the pharmacy across the street. I am one very satisfied customer and highly recommend McGlinch and Sons to anyone looking for a roofing contractor. I am glad I went with your family owned company, and not some corporation. Steve Anderson, There is a bar/nightclub called The Speakeasy on Main Street at below street level, and behind the bar the tunnel starts and continues around behind the stage and supposedly under the streets to an old mansion a block or so away, and was supposedly used during prohibition. Even found some old Northville Dairy bottles back there in the early 70's. There were actually tunnels to the main building and to the nurses' quarters. Kelly Wells, There are two tunnels originating under the Vance Hotel. I will definitely recommend McGlinch and Sons to my colleauges at work, friends, family and to whomever else might ask. We left because our hair would stand up from static from the on coming storm (lucky for us we did). There was LOTS of sand but we burrowed through to find about three blocks worth. Whites, lead by Major Macomb, caught the young man and his father at Tonquish Creek, near Nankin Mills. Thanks again! Part of the tunnel was uncovered during recent road repairs so it was definitely real. The site, at that time, had 20 buildings, including a water tower and a power plant. The small college town became obsessed with rumors about who the perpetrator was and why the incompetent police couldnt pin him down. Ricardo Ferreira, Legend has it that there was a tunnel that ran under the street where I was raised. 0% Financing Available. I feel sad u all had to leave your familys and endure all the pain and suffering! I was a patient at Hawthorne Center and played in the woods. Theres also supposedly a tunnel between the city county building and the city library (where the jail use to be) to transport prisoners between them. An account of the death of Tonquish was written by Melvin D. Osband in 1886, in the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection. There are plans to possibly make a full blown mod for HL2 that will hopefully simulate what it would be like to be there. Rumor has it that one of the tunnels used to have an offshoot, now cemented shut, that led to the Snell home. We never found any tunnels but we did get a bunch of cool bricks and concrete work. Jeff L. In my hometown there used to be a bunch of myths regarding Lucy Hicks Anderson, the Madam of Oxnard. She was a transgender woman from Kentucky that used to run a catering business and a speakeasy bordello before being sent to prison for accepting army spousal benefits as a transgender woman. Randy Kiunke, There is a tunnel from the cellar of a house on Winter Hill Road and Post Road that leads to the well in the front of a house across the street. Fucking funny I don't remember that but was at that show in 86! The cottage was the place to be.in the 70s cottage 3 was boys 6 to 12,cottage 4 was boys 13 to 17, 2 was girls can't remember what 5 was use for. People were physically abused and sexually assaulted there. Over the years, a combination of public and private efforts were made to raise the grade of the downtown streets, with the end result being a weird patchwork of subterranean tunnels and basements that bear the marks of the businesses that occupied them, back when they were street-level storefronts. Knowing the demons lurking in the minds of our patients, I choose not to. I went to school on campus in the main hospital which is locked down. Anyway, there were some nice single tracks for dirt bikes throughout the area and even heard stories of group camps, fishing and swimming in Waterford Pond (kinda risky with the Rouge?) Northville Tunnels Play all The Kitchen Building Wayne County Training School Northville Tunnels 2.9K views15 years ago Hospital Building Northville Tunnels 3K views15 years ago Central. So. i watched as staff would pin people down and strip them and toss em in. Kids would break in when I was a teenager and hangout in them. Ive called a couple times; they still havent picked it up. For the first time since the Roaring '20s, there is more than a ray of hope that the covered river will be rejuvenated to its former self. But locals know about the super secret (but not really so secret anymore because its on bumper stickers all over the place) Cape Cod Tunnelthe hidden route to get on and off the Cape without all the traffic. Entrances lead to almost every single building, and one could spend days down there without retracing your steps or seeing another person. Not sure what he did but was getting dragged off often. __We were approaching the school from the south on the east side when we saw a group of people gathered around the small maintenance shed just outside of the schools south entrance near the arches going the theater. The tunnels beneath the Edgewood grounds have long been a topic of discussion. "You'll be able to see positive changes very, very quickly by the time they take out the tunnel," he revealed. Engler. Faint Sounds of Twisted Sister? I was 8. John Wagner, 35, an electrician from Dearborn, Mich . But Wayne Countys plan was very aggressive and proposed establishing parkways along every major river course in America. Who the hell were the other sick bastards in the buildings during Hurricane Gloria? "Certain things we do aren't good for the environment. The farm we lived on was exactly behind the NSPH on 6 mike rd. Part of the tunnel was uncovered during recent road repairs so it was definitely real. People also used to tell that those underground passages were shut off at a later time, because when some excavations were being done, skeletons of unborn fetuses and small children were found. McGlinch & Sons are ready to help you illuminate your home with superior sun tunnel installation. Northville Sun Tunnels The past four generations have established McGlinch & Sons as a trusted business that treats you like family and is built on integrity. Once got chased by security (think it was L&M Security at the time) into the nurses quarters and had to go from there to the main building with just a book of matches. We had a piano and had in house lessons. Discuss the Northville Tunnels (WCCDC) here. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. Does anyone know what became of Ted Scmidt. 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