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. We had to get in from behind the grounds, near a powerhouse, and go thru an administrative building, where they used . I was a patient in 85-87 . There are restrooms if you need to stop. It was uploaded to Youtube by Northville Tunnels. My brother stayed at my house last month, and this bill is 150.00. I was a patient in 84 on unit K2-A.who remembers these names, staff member Arch tapallion with the fu-manchu moustache, pickle the art teacher, norm autin the school teacher, genie the librarian, dr paisley, dr john horvath, nurse carol tovis, bernard the ward supervisor, staff member mike brown..we all had a crush on a girl on K1..gina spurling..we would all sit in the window and watch her play tetherball and droolbig pool, little poolpatient sidney bright that lived in the sick bay and when we went to kensington park he drown and diedso sad..the following patients- paul czyika, stuart feltz, danny persall, brian dourghty, kelly mccoy, deaf craig, paul "bam bam battleship' bagozzi who had a head trauma from a hockey game, richard "pepper" due, cory burrell, tim king, william perdue, sam centers, deaf miles, the list is endlesswho remembers state shopping? Hawthorn serves less than half the children it used to, and Northville State Hospital is closed. The Northville Tunnels, which connected buildings on the site, have long been a popular site for explorers. He fell in the shaft about 20 yrs. have heard "something about" them, but some of the "Edgewood Fans" were not sure they actually existed. I was a patient at Hawthorne Center and played in the woods. Brannigan Cheney, When I was growing up in a small town in Southern Illinois there were rumors that the grade school and high school were connected by underground tunnels. 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. yo its herb. The Hand Mansion was demolished years ago, but the Hand Trading Company still stands! After crossing what is now known as Tonquish Creek, Chief Tonquish and his men were captured. John Hieger, I did my undergrad at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston in the late 80s and early 90s. As many cities in the Midwest, the city produced electricity and as a byproduct, sold steam to downtown buildings. John Wagner, 35, an electrician from Dearborn, Mich . I learned how to play basketball in the little gym and the big gym. Personal flame wars,
I wish I would have had the insight to have taken pictures and footage of the building. The buildings that are now the high school and the gym were built during the Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal era. Ramon Carb-Dorca, Northville tunnels. I did so the following week. 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. Cheryl C., Grosse Pointe Woods, Serving Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan Since 1917! Such as letting me know debris would fall through the attic space and be everywhere and my flower bed would be destroyed. Kristian, When attending the University of Montevallo there were stories of tunnels underneath the campus from when it was an all girls school. Once Prohibition hit, that changed, and the caves were used to age various cheese, which the town became somewhat known for. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. But the real reason is that the director was a monster, responsible for the drug overdoses of several young teenage boys who he had groomed while they were hospitalized, and for the pregnancies of several hospitalized young women whose babies disappeared. Virginia M., West Bloomfield, Ryan, it was a pleasure to work with you and McGlinch and Sons. The steam pipes had been removed. A magnificent building, it had secret rooms befitting a Masonic building. Once they're not able to see visually, they'll stop. Activities incluede horse riding (use 8 mile entrance), biking and numerous walking trails. Once in you did not see light for at least a day or more. 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. It looks like a new house with the Colonial Slate and Copper finish on the chimney! Don't remember last names but there was Rose,Dave,Roger,Jan and so on. I never told anyone after the shrink I was seeing there didn't believe me. "I think everybody involved in this is optimistic. 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. 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. After some liquid courage, the men and one woman, took turns with a sledge hammer, knocking a hole in the wall. 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. This was keeping the house at 57 degrees, and if it wasnt freezing out. The rumors are that more extreme cases were kept in isolation cells down there. 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. 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. 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. Anyone that grew up in with in 25 miles of Northville went here in the 80's and 90's. A gift from the leaders of 1920's Detroit. I KNOW THE TUNNELS LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND I LIVED IN THEM HALFORD. I was 11 in 1969 and 12 in 1970. 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. Amy Wagner, There is an old Masonic Temple (currently a school for hairstylists) that the Grateful Dead once played at that has a tunnel running from the basement to an adjacent building that is now a piercing studio. Thanks for all the beer some of you lightweights left behind!!! 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. Left to rot for 25 years. Also, the University of British Columbia does have steam tunnels for dealing with the output of fume hoods, and they apparently have had a decades-long battle keeping (often drunken) students out of them. 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 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. 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. Eloise Poorhouse and Asylum . The tunnel was said to run between the Hand Mansion and the Hand Trading Company across the street. The 4th floor was specifically for staff only it had a private bathroom and office that had large front facing windows to over see the grounds as we were permitted to go outside without staff with permissions. Is it real? Staff Directory; Student Directory; Related Institutions. The building itself was obviously seldom frequented by workers, but down in the spillway was even more lonely, left long to the ravages of Hines hungry, ever-advancing vegetation. Iownit - do you have any maps of the tunnels? Shawn Jefferds, There are legends of tunnels under Boise dug by Chinese workers to get between different buildings. Whites, lead by Major Macomb, caught the young man and his father at Tonquish Creek, near Nankin Mills. It is presented in 2 parts due to You Tube time limits. In 2007 we were asked by the Northville Township Historical Society to give a presentation of the history of the school. The park is over 900 acres which means you can spend all day exploring the different trails here. 11: 255: Website. Dr. Dale, the only reason I called the woods the "Evil Woods" was as a reference to the cult horror movie "Evil Dead." They were our own way in for years, we kept our own defective lock that you could open up with ANY key on the tunnel doors way off in the woods. Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. Rumor has it that they were used by bootleggers during prohibition. Claire, There are two bridges to get onto the Cape, the Sagamore Bridge and the Bourne Bridge. It was me and Joe Davi who saw him, and offered him a ride. Many cities around the world have local legends about hidden tunnels running underneath the streets. Roofing, Gutter, Siding, Stone, Windows, Doors, Skylights in Southeast Michigan! Offer subject to change without notice. Chief Tonquish, who lived in western Wayne County, was locally famous. Surely some of it was obstructed, but it can lead to the main Girona church. According to legend, the Snells also had a penchant for incest that led to several Snell children born with hideous physical deformities. I had one friend who lived over on 7 mile rd. There are currently two drive-in entrances to the park - the entrance to the horse-riding stables off Beck Road and the main entrance off 8 Mile. I was 10 when I arrived. But people still managed to get into them to film and graffiti them. Turned into a playground for delinquents. Mostly, it's probably just fungi and bacteria. They would get off the trolley car and go into the multi level store, where you could buy almost anything you needed. 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. The hospital shut down in 2003. Adam Travis Kincaid, Is there anything more mysterious than a foggy tunnel? Shes really interesting, and worthy of a lookup on her own. 26 bus down with it! Michigan State Sanitarium; Northern Michigan Asylum; Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital ; Plymouth State Home; Ypsilanti State Hospital ; Video Index ; Historic Photos. One room was designated phone room to make and recurve phone calls. Kelly Wells, There are two tunnels originating under the Vance Hotel. intelligent and mature; otherwise they will be deleted. 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. That will take you to the horse stables and a beautiful walking trail around a pond. He became a drug addict, homeless, no life skills, living in Florida, and I am terrified of him. Lots of wildlife dot the landscape. Much. His prime choice was west of Northville at Whitmore Lake, but a site between Hawthorn Center and Northville State Hospital was also seriously consideredin other words, in the "Evil Woods." Tim Davis, Back when Wyoming became a state it started to divide up the many responsibilities to the different cities. Michigan State Sanitarium; Northern Michigan Asylum; Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital ; Plymouth State Home; Ypsilanti State Hospital ; Video Index ; Historic Photos. Should have people in it in 3 weeks. The Northville Tunnels Project is an attempt to recreate the grounds in 3D using Half Life 2. The Finnish capital's city-within-a-city has a church, a hockey rink, and stockpiles of life-saving supplies. It wasnt long before someone came and picked him up. Not knowing that the hospital was there. Sarah, Before Prohibition, the beer brewed in my hometown was stored in limestone caves tunneled into the side of a dry river bluff. Those doors were not locked. This is a documentary of my last visit to the grounds May 30 1991. 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. I remember hearing about the tunnel entrance in the woods. I thank God for your curiosity. Tonquish (Tonguish, Toga) was chief of the Native American tribe that lived in the "Toguish's Village" located near the River Rouge. The former hospital had issues with trespassing in the years before it was torn down. We had a part time Cook who made our meals fresh in the morning and prepped meals for lunch and dinner. i watched as staff would pin people down and strip them and toss em in. Both are very knowledgeable, and everyone (including the contractor who later replaced the gutters) was courteous and professional. I was fortunate enough to live in cottage 2. More:Northville to tear down shuttered psych hospital. There were 4 or 5 of us in one room. "The developer has agreed to fund at least part of the daylighting projects costs.". Seeing this made us travel on our way quickly and we NEVER took that shortcut again! Tonquish then attacked Macomb with a knife, but was driven off by another white man. McGlinch & Sons can help you start enjoying the benefits of sun tunnels in no time. 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. Kids would break in when I was a teenager and hangout in them. I got to see some good brawls between staff and patients when they would resist the QR. I grew up with edge wood and to this day it was the best of times. BTW has anyone seen that "silo" mentioned by Banffspring? I couldnt believe the difference! That what Edgewood does it inspires you to dream. I feel sad u all had to leave your familys and endure all the pain and suffering! ARE THERE ANY LEFT THAT STILL CONNECT AND CAN BE EXPLORED. 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. they would use drugs, nurse Tovis would be called. It was built in 1887 and due to the harsh winters in Wyoming, they built tunnels underground for the doctors and patients to move safe and warm from building to 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. They could have communicated a little better. CHAMP in the old days there was power so no big deal to go EAST. As we cut through the woods on horseback we came upon this extremely high fenced yard with some people in it. ?,, yeah cause the cement filled tunnels are the only gigs they can get these days. This civilization dates back to the early 1980's and the underground civilization is known as the "Mullet Heads", This is just rumor, but it is said, that if you walk those tunnels you can hear the faint sounds of Twisted Sister. I was pretty young at the time so I dont remember exactly, but they were either from the Revolutionary War or the Civil War. The roof was covered in copper sheets. It is the foundation of one of those former comfort stations. The city engineers investigated and found that it was part of a tunnel system that were escape tunnels leading to a small hidden beach by the harbor. Northville Mayor Brian Turnbull was entertained by stories spun by his father Bruceof the elder Turnbull's daring trips through the tunnel. When I was young, some friends and I had been in the mouth of this last one, but didnt progress very deep into it. I remember Dianno walking down Commack Rd. While I was there I participated in a work activity program that literally paid .45 an hour and was on Northville State hospital property. It needs to be done to make it function properly.". Most of the tunnel entrances were filled with dirt before the concrete caps were put over the welded manholes.