The buildings that are now the high school and the gym were built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal era. I remember hearing about the tunnel entrance in the woods. In some cases, your tales of secret spaces were based on something real from history, and a few are even accessible today. Ramon Carb-Dorca, Northville tunnels. We had a greenhouse just shy of that. The demolition phasewill begin in summer 2022. This was in the 70s so I dont know if theyre still accessible. 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. There was a worker many years before who fell through the same shaft. Anyway I was there in the early 70's also all I can remember was I was sexually assaulted a few times by one kid who also was a patient. Had I stumbled across the southern and of the legendary underground railroad? 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. Yes, we were retarted. I highly recommend McGlinch & Sons because they are very professional, obviously experienced, conscientious, and willing to go the extra mile to make sure that their customers are happy. 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 am glad I went with your family owned company, and not some corporation. i never saw a straight jacket though and i was there for 1 full year. What You Told Us About Your Hometowns Hidden Tunnels. 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. If you have explored the tunnels and understand their layout, it would be intelligent and mature; otherwise they will be deleted. They have really worked hard all along the way and have paid attention to every detail. They'll only go a certain distance into it. I am one very satisfied customer and highly recommend McGlinch and Sons to anyone looking for a roofing contractor. I was a patient in 85-87 . Maxey, director of the Michigan Department of Social Welfare (as it was called back then), was seeking to relocate the. It was also noted that approximately twenty miles west of Detroit on Dimmick farm, was the burial ground with the Natives erected. More:Northville to tear down shuttered psych hospital. Armed with flashlights, we found tunnels tall enough to comfortably walk, two by two; dark, smelly and dangerous because we felt not enough air could get to us, we were cautious. Ive called a couple times; they still havent picked it up. I was in Hawthorn in 77 and 78,i was 8 when i got there and turned 9 in cottage 3 i was on the ward from july to October of 77 then in cottage 3 from October 77 to june 78. although I seen kids getting dragged of to the QR it was usually a couple of boys with major behavior problems. Both are blocked off under the hotel. Kids would break in when I was a teenager and hangout in them. In centuries past, people would dig tunnels for all sorts of purposes escaping war, transporting bootleg goods, running other kinds of illegal operations, secretly expanding their homes under the surface or just mining chalk and flint. 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? John, The Great Miami River runs right through the heart of Franklin. The upper floor of the pharmacy was a speakeasy and brothel. The cottages had an A frame structure. i have found about a half dozen cement slabs covering tunnels they several hundred feet apart but so far no open tunnels do they still exist ? Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Went into the tunnels way back in '75 the first time, and the power was still on. It is because of trespassing that the history of this institutiuon was preserved. Great stuff everyone! Seeing this made us travel on our way quickly and we NEVER took that shortcut again! Paul Warshauer, There are steam tunnels under the University of Illinois campus that connect many of the buildings that were once used for heating. 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. I learned to swim here and received a lifeguard license. We had to get in from behind the grounds, near a powerhouse, and go thru an administrative building, where they used . The tunnel, which stretches the length of four football fields, is . Fun. Kelly Wells, Northville tunnels. Most people here dismiss the tunnels as an urban legend, but a few days ago the audio for an old black and white news story about the tunnels was discovered. im insane. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. of great help if you were willing to contribute your knowledge to this section of the site. Those doors were not locked. So. I don't remember these grimer guys either but if we saw them they would have been history. Also underneath Temple Square (basically just a block of church buildings) there are tunnels connecting them. The full extent of the network is not known, and has never been fully mapped. The water in the canal was still as stone, and leaves carpeted it all about. After the year 1837, some boys opened the graves and took from them the chief's gun, and some personal ornaments. 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. Ricardo Ferreira, Legend has it that there was a tunnel that ran under the street where I was raised. Boote explained projects similar to the covering of the Middle Rouge was commonplace in the United States in the first half of the 20th century when development of once rural land expanded at a furious pace. The rumors are that more extreme cases were kept in isolation cells down there. You sent us stories of old bootlegger tunnels, forgotten service networks, insane asylum escape routes, and more than a few cases of steam tunnels lurking beneath the halls of academia. Two ex-Oxford board members fight to speak openly without legal threat, Northville to tear down shuttered psych hospital, Hiking, biking trails to take shape at former psychiatric hospital site, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "Permitting will be on the tail end of that. They shut down in the 80s, I believe, but were bought out by someone else, who continued using the trolley cars until they closed and then the trolley cars were parked and the tunnel was closed off. The other, slightly more sinister, is this: in the 1980s the Faribault State Mental Institution was shut down, ostensibly due to lack of funding during the Reagan Administration. The tunnel was said to run between the Hand Mansion and the Hand Trading Company across the street. thank you manowar you also are a true soilder of death i miss the wild times lets spread the word to joe tell the people how we ruled it the morge, what the hell is everyone talking about the tunnels went from the main to the power house with one going to the dab thats what we called it there was no storys there was no rats there was just 20 guys hammerd with no flash light a broken lighter manowar or priest or maiden cranking.or lets not forget twisted and thats it.the only guy whos making sence here is I OWN IT true soilder of death, hey joe do you think while i was in the tunnels partying my ass off i said to myself hey maybe i should draw a map or take a picture so in the future if some one asks me if ive been here i could prove it dah go outside once in awhile and get off the freakin computer deer park legend, the tunnels ruled but not ever ass hole walks around with a camera dah only if he or she has no life i slept in the crown, if they make a horror film about edgewood or as we called it the building they will have to get me to go over the script because i know more than anyone about my home and if i saw mullet or grimer what ever they are they would be shot on sight ha ha copper guess who. The guys were very professional, friendly, and did an excellent job. There are restrooms if you need to stop. I used to worship satan in the tunnels, and sacrafice lots of animals. 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. We had a part time Cook who made our meals fresh in the morning and prepped meals for lunch and dinner. In 2007 we were asked by the Northville Township Historical Society to give a presentation of the history of the school. The upper floor of the pharmacy was a speakeasy and brothel. 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." It needs to be done to make it function properly.". Thank You!! Quite a few mean and uncompassionate employees that abused their positions and authority. Township Treasurer Jason Rhines said "the time is now" to clear the site. there is a facebook group too , join 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. Entrances lead to almost every single building, and one could spend days down there without retracing your steps or seeing another person. Had a key to the basement and then access to the tunnels. Ken Wagner, I lived for several years in Eritrea, when it was part of Ethiopia. Both are very knowledgeable, and everyone (including the contractor who later replaced the gutters) was courteous and professional. I heard there is tunnels that lead to underground civilizations, that only certain peaople learned about. 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. I KNOW THE TUNNELS LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND I LIVED IN THEM HALFORD. Northville lies between Wayne and Oakland County, with 5,970 residents just 29 miles north of Detroit and is referred to as the Switzerland of Wayne County. Our State's commitment to mental health has fallen victim to tax revolts and small government ideologies. I know that if a siding issue ever arouse, I would have no problem resolving it with McGlinch and sons. Board Threads Posts Last Post . 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. Will Gray, There is a network of steam tunnels beneath Michigan State University that has allegedly hosted cults, bodies, and Dungeons & Dragons Games. Carl Abbott, The Lizard People stored water and treasure in tunnels under Downtown L.A. Eric Dugdale, Old people used to tell that beneath the La Merced Temple (Mercedarian) and Guatemala Citys Catholic Cathedral there were several interconnecting tunnels, excavated to protect nuns and priests from a hostile, anti-clerical government. We would always recommend McGlinch and Sons Co. to any of our friends and neighbors. We were probably were one of the first to venture into the basement of pilgrims big building back in the mid 70's. We are Michigans largest 5-star certified installer with a 94% recommendation rating from all sun tunnel replacement and sun tunnel installation customers. I can tell you stories all day about being there as i was there longer than any inmate at the time, most people were there for 60-90 days max but i was there for 365 days, i never knew why, come to find out i had "good" insurance so i was held there as long as they could for the $$. Hello UnknownI was discharged the year before you were there and i was 13. Article by SA Rogers, filed under No one really knows why the tunnel is there or what it was used for. Tunnels that went underneath the northville psychiatric hospital and connected to out buildings. senseless ramblings and posting of last names without consent WILL NOT be tolerated, Rumor is Ted Bundy was the last prisoner to walk the tunnel. 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. The tunnels beneath the Edgewood grounds have long been a topic of discussion. We can also bring funding into the process. Just to hear what all these people are doing with their lives today? Dr. Dale, the only reason I called the woods the "Evil Woods" was as a reference to the cult horror movie "Evil Dead." Offer subject to change without notice. I always wanted to get moved up into the cottages as that was like a resort to us in lockdown. Although no white person was ever injured in these forays, the settlers became irritated and staged an attack on the Indians. Stream northville tunnels - coconut farm by northville tunnels on desktop and mobile. Rajesh misra/Public Domain, SUNY Potsdam College in northern New York has a series of tunnels that connect the academic and residential buildings to keep students and faculty from having to venture out into the unbelievably cold winter (during a cold spell in 2014, temperatures were consistently below -20 Fahrenheit for nearly two weeks). He needed help, but really at home my dad beat him everyday, my grandma called him names, so any help he got was undone when he came home. A number of large old mansions are located along the western bank of the river and it has been rumored that there are tunnels leading from some of those old homes basements beneath the river to the eastern side into the city. One room was designated phone room to make and recurve phone calls. 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. McGlinch & Sons are ready to help you illuminate your home with superior sun tunnel installation. Part of the tunnel was uncovered during recent road repairs so it was definitely real. Austin Carpenter, I went to college at Northern Arizona University. The ones that have been seen people have described them as comfortable, carpeted, well lit, and boring. Often, residents of cities dont even realize there are hidden subterranean spaces right beneath their feet. Here are a couple of those stories for the rest, head over to Atlas Obscura. Moderators: Red, Syd. Claire, Top image via Keary O./Flickr Creative Commons. Is Boote optimistic the river will be daylighted? Staff Directory; Student Directory; Related Institutions. Left to rot for 25 years. Im skeptical that the tunnels still exist, but its a legend that most people here know about. Poole's Tavern plans rooftop seating in downtown Northville if city sells land for project, Pandemic hasn't stopped animals from multiplying at Northville's Maybury Farm, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. I had a really nice teacher named Sara where i used to listen to the bee gees and star wars music on the record player when we had free time lol it was the late 70s. A place to let the county experiment on your kids from 1926 to 1974. A few of the staff were nice, don't remember there last names but there was bill,Kathy,gary,nora,jeff white guy with an late 70s afro.just to name a few. Northville Mayor Brian Turnbull was entertained by stories spun by his father Bruceof the elder Turnbull's daring trips through the tunnel. Take I-64 toward Norfolk/Virginia Beach; then go south on US-17 at Deep Creek, Va. to South Mills, NC. Keep your comments "I think everybody involved in this is optimistic. Shes really interesting, and worthy of a lookup on her own. I was pretty young at the time so I dont remember exactly, but they were either from the Revolutionary War or the Civil War. Detroit, Work performed was quite good, although a few corrections were necessary because of some miscommunications between salesperson and his roofers. The park is over 900 acres which means you can spend all day exploring the different trails here. Powered by. Mostly, it's probably just fungi and bacteria. 0% Financing Available. 26 bus down with it! .We could've persisted but we didn't.I did walk on the grounds in the early 90's,and from the former Edgewood site,I went into Pilgrim -there are also tunnels on those grounds;I didn't go in them yet.I see some buildings at Pilgrim state are being torn down;I want to get this hospital on video,because it won't be there much longer probably;since the state wants to build a mini city there.I'm sorry I didn't film Edgewood,but I can film Pilgrim state before it gets demolished by the construction crews.Theres a lot of history at these hospitals(Pilgrim and former Edgewood).I remember a full parking lot in the late 60's at Edgewood,when my father drove by there.SUNY Farmingdale also has tunnels(steam tunnels) and some bomb shelters,but the doors are padlocked.Very interesting down there.Anyone whos interested in tunnels should check out the NY city subway tunnels;I use to film them from the train and also I walked into them a little.Most likely this will be harder now(thanks to the terror attacks,massive security percautions,and sometimes from people that ruin a good thing).Now,it's 2004,and you may not be able to film in the subways anymore(unless you have the camera on and your walking and holding it down by your side and hide the red indicator light).I managed to walk a few hundred feet into the broadway nassau subway station in lower Manhatten ,in the summer of 2002;but I'm sure it's well guarded now. 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