They disappeared, but the school closed off that branch of the tunnels and covered it up like it never happened. yo iownit must know you. We also turned on lights on just about every floor in 102 that still had intact wiring almost everything worked back then. 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. This went on for months causing the campus and city police considerable embarrassment due to their inability to get a handle on the increasingly brazen criminal. People would park their cars in the lot, and board the trolley for a ride underground to the store. They listened to what I wanted the finished job to look like, and they had good suggestions and ideas on how to accomplish those goals. Rachel Woodward, I purchased the historic seven story Masonic Temple, built in 1925 in Grand Island. He and Chad had been here once before, and had popped a lid near the corner of that cottage looking for a tunnel entrance. The house on Winter Hill Road was owned by gangster Arthur Simon Flegenheimer AKA Dutch Schultz, and he used the passage as an escape route. Some were naturally created, some accidentally as cities like Chattanooga raised the grade of their streets to avoid flooding. One entrance is supposed to be back stage of Palmer theatre. 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. -Inmate #0403991, Well I work there now. 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. It follows a river, isolated on both sides by forest land, it is like an oasis in the city. It truly was a very sad and inhumane hospital. Northville tunnels. Thanks. You can rest that as a Velux factory-direct trained installer of sun tunnels that excellence is part of everything we do. This of course lead to many stories of crazy people running around in these tunnels and kids swearing they found ways into the tunnels to see the unknown. A magnificent building, it had secret rooms befitting a Masonic building. She told me that it was constructed as an underground means of escape from one building to the other in the event of an emergency. Something funny happened one day as Otis J. Grinsomore and and I were at the tunnels one sunny afternoon in 1986. Cottage 4 was a recreation hall that had arcade games, pool table and a single court basketball rim out front. The buildings that are now the high school and the gym were built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal era. One leads under Second Street, one runs parallel to Second Street. 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?) It's a lot like dams, which cause the same situation for fish. I no he wouldnt have let those things happen if he new what was going on! and the Q.Ri spent many nights in the QR naked and on camera. There are restrooms if you need to stop. Rehabilitation Services Administration, narrated by Lorne Greene, and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. we found a fire hydrant in the middle of a field and a large excavated area with a drain or pipe in the center of it. The restroom was a 4 or 5 stall with several sinks and a separate shower room that had 2 showers and 1 tub. Rumor also has it that those loggers were a thirsty bunch. "It won't be just a narrow river corridor. The tunnel was said to run between the Hand Mansion and the Hand Trading Company across the street. Detroit, Work performed was quite good, although a few corrections were necessary because of some miscommunications between salesperson and his roofers. The upper floor of the pharmacy was a speakeasy and brothel. The poor girl was very mentally disabled and disfigured and could not speak only moaned and had oral secretions / drool perfusly leaking from her mouth. In fact, by the Cowan Rd. We can also bring funding into the process. Dr. Dale, the only reason I called the woods the "Evil Woods" was as a reference to the cult horror movie "Evil Dead." As we cut through the woods on horseback we came upon this extremely high fenced yard with some people in it. 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. Had I stumbled across the southern and of the legendary underground railroad? we all had small radios and we would all listen to Dr Ruth westimers "sexually Spleaking" where people would call in and ask funny sex questions and we would all be cracking up and staff would bust us for radios on after lights out. They took us roller skating every other friday. Many cities around the world have local legends about hidden tunnels running underneath the streets. Tunnels that went underneath the northville psychiatric hospital and connected to out buildings. BTW has anyone seen that "silo" mentioned by Banffspring? Atlas Obscura asked its readers to submit local stories about underground passageways in their own hometowns, and they delivered. Rhonda G., Detroit, Working with both Ryan McGlinch and the roofing team (led by Ed) was a real pleasure. There were actually tunnels to the main building and to the nurses' quarters. The truth about the tunnel is the do exist, I have seen one of the entrances it is off of OCR, I never went in I heard there were rats down there, and being a girl had to pass on that. I don't remember these grimer guys either but if we saw them they would have been history. 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. Macomb shot and killed him as he ran away. If you have a story of your own hometown hidden tunnels to share, head over to our community forums and tell us about it! Most of the tunnel entrances were filled with dirt before the concrete caps were put over the welded manholes. I went to school on campus in the main hospital which is locked down. Such as letting me know debris would fall through the attic space and be everywhere and my flower bed would be destroyed. We had a part time Cook who made our meals fresh in the morning and prepped meals for lunch and dinner. I was 11 the first summer we moved there and my parents bought me my first horse. We are in an area that was a very active part of the Underground Railroad. I heard there is tunnels that lead to underground civilizations, that only certain peaople learned about. Much. Hawthorn serves less than half the children it used to, and Northville State Hospital is closed. the last 4th of July before the crown burned, we blew out a security car headlight from the roof with M80's. This was in the 70s so I dont know if theyre still accessible. Then there was my assigned doc,doctor Utec i hope I'm spelling his name right he was amazing he put me in cottage 3 after only 3 months on the ward.I hope he's still alive but i doubt it he was a little older then in the late 70s. . According to the 1998 book Northville TownshipFrom the Beginning, A Jouney Recalled by Shari Peters, construction on . Northville Township The site of a former state psychiatric hospital in Northville Township will be cleared and redeveloped as an "active recreation site,"after township trusteesapproved a $12 million bond sale to fund the work, the township announced Tuesday. 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. We were there the night the crown got hit with lightning and burned down. Back when Portland, Oregon was one of the worlds most dangerous ports, its notorious Shanghai Tunnels were used to transport and sell slaves captured in the city above in a historic example of human trafficking. 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). One of the guys who worked there had a 1974 Mercury Cougar convertible, I always loved that car. Staff Directory; Student Directory; Related Institutions. It has changed the entire appearance of our house. We had to get in from behind the grounds, near a powerhouse, and go thru an administrative building, where they used . Northville Tunnels; Personnel. Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. 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. Had a key to the basement and then access to the tunnels. Originally posted by getlucky151: This past sunday night, a bunch of my friends and I went to old Northville sanitarium hospital grounds, and went into the tunnels. i watched as staff would pin people down and strip them and toss em in. My brother was sent to hawthorn center when he was 6 years old. Ken Wagner, I lived for several years in Eritrea, when it was part of Ethiopia. Cheryl C., Grosse Pointe Woods, Serving Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan Since 1917! 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. Entrances lead to almost every single building, and one could spend days down there without retracing your steps or seeing another person. Homeless people were also known to use them for shelter. The truth is they DID exist, and were a very popular hangout with the exploring kids of the day. I like sickpeople version of the underground civilization but what is a "Mullet Head"? It was scary. The Injured. The campus is mostly heated by steam and throughout much of the campus there are tunnels to carry steam pipes to heat the various buildings. ANSWER! Lots of wildlife dot the landscape. Back in the late 70''s my friends and I used to go into the main building. Should have people in it in 3 weeks. Tunnel legends abounded there, ancient & modern. All suggestions, ideas and help are welcome. According to legend, the Snells also had a penchant for incest that led to several Snell children born with hideous physical deformities. Not knowing that the hospital was there. i went through the tunnles feb 2008 flash lights of course i found a picture in one of the buildings of a dead man who died in the tunnle, THE DEER PARK "SOLDIERS OF DEATH"ARE NOW THE "SILLY OLD DELINQUENTS". Eloise Poorhouse and Asylum . There are 2 main entrances - one off of Beck Rd and the other off of 8 mile. One series connected to an earlier network built in our downtown and the other was a main line that ended at a garage-sized terminal in a cemetery for Capones getaway car. We went camping cottage 3 at bishop lake in brighton. I hope u are all in a better place and enjoying your life. And L2 is getting remodeled. Does anyone know what became of Ted Scmidt. Long enclosures like this are known as fish passage barriers. 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. They also had to replace a gutter, this took an addition 10 days to put up and they left the old gutter in my backyard. I have been to Edgewood more then anyone, I am 65 years old, I went 50 years ago. "For reasons including, but not limited to, historically low interest rates and continually rising costs of demolition, this is an opportune time to proceed with this project, which has been identified as a priority by our residents," Rhines said in a statement. Kathy, Livonia, Good morning Ryan, I am here in sunny Texas working on another Wind Farm. and it was a long ride to go up to Haggerty Rd. The steam pipes had been removed. There was a power source building that ran off coal. The water in the canal was still as stone, and leaves carpeted it all about. If you cant get that, there is always the hot tub on the roof! 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. The rumors are that more extreme cases were kept in isolation cells down there. Faint Sounds of Twisted Sister? "There's probably some animal life in there, but it is very limited,"Marty Boote, an environmental scientist employed by Ann Arbor-based Environmental Consulting & Technology, said. One room was designated phone room to make and recurve phone calls. Please let them know. Shes really interesting, and worthy of a lookup on her own. Mostly, it's probably just fungi and bacteria. ", More: Poole's Tavern plans rooftop seating in downtown Northville if city sells land for project, More: Pandemic hasn't stopped animals from multiplying at Northville's Maybury Farm. I grew up with edge wood and to this day it was the best of times. They were a series of catacombs and strange spaces that captured our imaginations as young art students. Activities incluede horse riding (use 8 mile entrance), biking and numerous walking trails. It was also noted that approximately twenty miles west of Detroit on Dimmick farm, was the burial ground with the Natives erected. Staff could get their oil changed and brakes fixed, if they were willing to trust patients with their car. I don't remember any rats or bugsthen again, I was trying not to look down because whatever little vision you had ahead of you was well needed because there were huge pipes that you had to duck under and straddle over. that was like in 77' . More:Northville to tear down shuttered psych hospital. Later on, they cut power to the complex around late '77 after a fire at the then still-occupied medical staff residences in building 155, which was NOT connected by any tunnels. I realize now that she probably wanted someone to help free her. 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. Rachel Woodward, I purchased the historic seven story Masonic Temple, built in 1925 in Grand Island. The Hand Mansion was demolished years ago, but the Hand Trading Company still stands! Rummor has it that the tunnels are still there and if you go in them on the day, and time exactly when she went down you can still get into the building "she comes back from the dead." Anyway, I, along w/ my 2 girlfriends (C.B. for the rest, head over to Atlas Obscura. We did our best to create a compassion bubble that emphasized our shared humanity as a balm for society's demonic forces of poverty, racism, violence, neglect, and tribalism. 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. Since it was covered in the 1920s to create property for what is now a horse racing venue, the once robust waterway has withered to its current sorry state. Man, I wish I went into this thing, I'm fascinated by stuff like this! (but i will save stories of the building for another post). As a child I found this very scary. After some liquid courage, the men and one woman, took turns with a sledge hammer, knocking a hole in the wall. i went to edgewood las sunday in search of the tunnels. As a group of urban explorers from Chicago visited me, we searched the basement and found a strange cinder block wall that did not seem right. But for right now I'm just working on getting the complex made. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, 100 years in Business with 4 Generations of Experience, VELUX 5 Star Certified Skylights Installer, Michigans Largest 5 Star Certified Contractor, 94% Recommendation Rating by all our Velux Customers, Ranked Top 1% of all Velux Skylight Installers in the Nation. No doubt, my home is a testimonial to the great work McGlinch and Sons can and will do. The guys were very professional, friendly, and did an excellent job. if anyone knows a relative proximity to either of theese two land marks it would be a great help so i can explore. Anthony Machado. 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. We found the beginnings of an old steam tunnel. Out in the hills of Wayne County, it was the perfect spot to drop asylums, sanatoriums, prisons, and training schools, out where they could both be isolated from the city and take advantage of the cleaner air at higher altitude. Some began speculating that maybe the villain was himself a police officer. I new dr rebinavich he was a very good person! we were all true soldiers of death. Im skeptical that the tunnels still exist, but its a legend that most people here know about. I will definitely recommend McGlinch and Sons to my colleauges at work, friends, family and to whomever else might ask. The railroad allegedly moved assembled nuclear weapons from Los Alamos to a storage facility at Sandia. After making our way through the tunnel, and out into the open air, we had to RUN into the main building because security was there and there was no way they were going in the building.once we were inside we were safe. Cottage 2 was all female. He wouldn't take it though. Once daylighted, Turnbull and his buddies will be able to canoe up and down the river just like his dad did a century earlier. When I was young, some friends and I had been in the mouth of this last one, but didnt progress very deep into it. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. So they say, but these allegations, to this date, has never been demonstrated. Claire, There are two bridges to get onto the Cape, the Sagamore Bridge and the Bourne Bridge. The darkest, creepiest stretch of downtown Northville lies in the 100-year-old river-carrying tunnel beneath Northville Downs. There were 4 or 5 of us in one room. Its the seniors duty to try and dupe the freshmen into asking for a pool pass for the pool that is rumored to be under the school. John Wagner, 35, an electrician from Dearborn, Mich . Moderators: Red, Syd. Her house was about 1/4 mile from the harbor. "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.". Rumor was, there was a tunnel from a local restaurant to her bordello that ran under Main Street. Just to hear what all these people are doing with their lives today? This is in regards to a recent missing person whose last known whereabouts likely to be in the vicinity of the preserve. I was having problems because my father was a drunk and my mother believed what the elementary school told her that I was a problem child. Often, residents of cities dont even realize there are hidden subterranean spaces right beneath their feet. We would go up the stairways to the roof elevator room and walk across a plank that was across the top of the elevator shaft, Then we climbed a ladder to the highest roof. 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