They have taken the time and effort to treat my house as if it was their house. "Permitting will be on the tail end of that. but i never left. The tunnel, which stretches the length of four football fields, is the home of a section of theMiddle Rouge River, which back in its pre-subterranean heyday was the site of picnics, riverbank fishing excursions and a flourishing ecosystem. we found jars of what I thought were body parts, including a fetus. Ramon Carb-Dorca, Northville tunnels. I really would like you to pass along my gratitude to them on the great job they are doing. Her house was about 1/4 mile from the harbor. What You Told Us About Your Hometowns Hidden Tunnels. People were physically abused and sexually assaulted there. The roof was covered in copper sheets. How long will it take to rejuvenate the river? The cottages had an A frame structure. They took us roller skating every other friday. All rights reserved. Entrances lead to almost every single building, and one could spend days down there without retracing your steps or seeing another person. This would strike anyone as odd, a boxcar in the middle of a field with no apparent railroad tracks or explanation for exactly the boxcar had got there in the last two hours. The hospital shut down in 2003. The rumors are that more extreme cases were kept in isolation cells down there. They'll only go a certain distance into it. The legendary Purple Gang of Jailhouse Rock fame would hole up in the only hotel in town, The Doherty. Often, residents of cities dont even realize there are hidden subterranean spaces right beneath their feet. They are top-notch! Both are blocked off under the hotel. 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. Fun. It's just a matter of making it happen. 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. 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. Kids would break in when I was a teenager and hangout in them. We had to get in from behind the grounds, near a powerhouse, and go thru an administrative building, where they used . "I estimate the biological community will come all the way back within 10 years. I couldnt believe the difference! You can still see the original cement slabs if you know where to look. The Potawatomis saw the settlement of the area by whites as in intrusion on their traditional ways of life, and resorted to petty thieving to demonstrate their disapproval. and we went all the way down to the power plant from the main building nad back. 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. They can only try to clean up the mess. I hope u are all in a better place and enjoying your life. NOTE: Please make sure your comment is ON TOPIC. 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. Busted every window and lightbulb on floor 12. The tunnels beneath the Edgewood grounds have long been a topic of discussion. Moderators: Red, Syd. Tom Laws, Back in the 50s there was a tunnel going from a parking lot to Leonards Department Store. Your comment should have I wish I would have had the insight to have taken pictures and footage of the building. the TUNNELS the MONKEY LADY lived in them chicken bones and shit all over the place !! A Michigan State historic marker was erected on the site where this event happened on Wayne Road, just south of Joy. Debra, Livonia, Ryan McGlinch was personable, straightforward, and he provided us with a comprehensive explanation and complete contract with all the details spelled out. There are restrooms if you need to stop. At that point it will be removing a lot of the infrastructure and demolishing what already here and moving a lot of dirt. "I think everybody involved in this is optimistic. 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. The small college town became obsessed with rumors about who the perpetrator was and why the incompetent police couldnt pin him down. Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watc. "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.". In that time we had a few people (escapees) that would come to the farm. This was in the 70s so I dont know if theyre still accessible. I used to worship satan in the tunnels, and sacrafice lots of animals. Some are confirmed, and others are just rumors, but its fascinating to read about what might be lurking just outside our view. Everything has gone very smooth. If you have explored the tunnels and understand their layout, it would be I was 10 when I arrived. 39: 395 "Controversies and Mysteries" Discuss the clock tower pool and other points of interest. A place to let the county experiment on your kids from 1926 to 1974. I was always told that those loyal to him buried his victims in a secret tunnel near the hospital, said to be a forgotten branch of the cheese caves. At 7,000 feet, it can get very cold during the winter. 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. of great help if you were willing to contribute your knowledge to this section of the site. Part of the tunnel was uncovered during recent road repairs so it was definitely real. And L2 is getting remodeled. Hines Drive Runs pretty much from the Telegraph Road area to Ann Arbor. Once his crimes were made known, he took his own life before he could face justice. Homeless people were also known to use them for shelter. The main park entrance is on Eight Mile Road but there is another entrance along Beck Road that I recommend. We want Northville area homeowners to know that we rank in the top 1% of all Velux installers in the nation so you can trust us to provide quality sun tunnel installation and sun tunnel replacement at the best price. Huntington Woods, The company did an excellent job on all aspects: professionalism, actual work done, honesty, follow-up! 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. A magnificent building, it had secret rooms befitting a Masonic building. Eureka is the largest city (but still under 30,000) on Humboldt Bay, a remote fishing port in far Northwestern California whose heyday as a lumber port is long past. 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. 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. There was never anything evil about the property, that is just how my friends and i always referred to the woods. The cottage consisted of 4 levels. They were very easy to work with and very accessible. 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. After McGlinch and sons insulated and sided my house, my last two heat bills were 98.00 dollars, and 105.00. The Injured. Eloise Poorhouse and Asylum . "Due to the limited light, little can grow in the tunnel, except at the very ends. My fathers name was Gerald Lyon. The cottages housed the more trust worthy patients. Cottage 4 was a recreation hall that had arcade games, pool table and a single court basketball rim out front. 1928-1932; Press Photos 1930-1982; Historic Photos . Man, I wish I went into this thing, I'm fascinated by stuff like this! 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. Kathy, Livonia, Good morning Ryan, I am here in sunny Texas working on another Wind Farm. I would go up to the crown around 3 in the morning by myself and get high waiting to see what friends would show. 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. 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. Here are a couple of those stories for the rest, head over to Atlas Obscura. Unfortunately I can't remember his name. We were there the night the crown got hit with lightning and burned down. It needs to be done to make it function properly.". 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. School systems from all over the metro area used to bus their problem children in for special ed classes, but that stopped under Gov. Rumor also has it that there are more such tunnels in the Old Town area. to get to 7 mile to her house, anyway one day she had to be home at a certain time and we didnt have enough time to get there so we decided to cut back through the block to take a shortcut. "Certain things we do aren't good for the environment. 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. They installed a tunnel between the hotel and the pharmacy across the street. The guys were very professional, friendly, and did an excellent job. Shawn Jefferds, There are legends of tunnels under Boise dug by Chinese workers to get between different buildings. Moderators: Red, Syd. We would visit him every other weekend and he would come home on alternating weekends. Not knowing that the hospital was there. Is it real? 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. 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. Catherine Houston, There is a tunnel between the Graylyn Estate and the Reynolds Estate (founder of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco) built as an escape route from angry depression-era local workers. I like sickpeople version of the underground civilization but what is a "Mullet Head"? The rumors are that more extreme cases were kept in isolation cells down. I got to know those tunnels so well I would often enter the complex with NO FLASHLIGHT or matches, by myself, and walk back to the building 102 boiler room to enter day or night. One person was found in the dead of winter down the road in a ditch filled with water with no coat or shoes, another came and sat in our front yard and asked for a glass of water (in summer) until my mom figured out that he was another escapee. Share your stories, pictures and video. 11: 255: Website. One, that two kids from Shattuck in the 1950s found the tunnel entrance under the school and went exploring. Is it fake? Had I stumbled across the southern and of the legendary underground railroad? I will definitely recommend McGlinch and Sons to my colleauges at work, friends, family and to whomever else might ask. The truth is they DID exist, and were a very popular hangout with the exploring kids of the day. 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. Our State's commitment to mental health has fallen victim to tax revolts and small government ideologies. The water in the canal was still as stone, and leaves carpeted it all about. Tim Davis, Back when Wyoming became a state it started to divide up the many responsibilities to the different cities. http://www.motorcities.org/pdf/yrt_tours_cent_rrouge.pdf, http://detroitarchitectjournal.blogspot.ca/2013/09/taking-comfort-in-wayne-countys-hines.html, http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,4616,7-151-9620_11154_11188-29293--,00.html, http://cruisinhines.com/graphics/hfstory.pdf, The Detroit Preservation Movement's Gettysburg, The "Lost" Neighborhood of Detroit (Part 2), The "Lost" Neighborhood of Detroit (Part 1). No purchase necessary. This past sunday night, a bunch of my friends and I went to old Northville sanitarium hospital grounds, and went into the tunnels. I was 8. I was 11 in 1969 and 12 in 1970. These allowed access to almost every building. It hissed at him Go away repeatedly. These tunnels still exist and students have been known to explore them after hours. Locals and tourists alike know that bridge traffic during the summer months is no fun thing. we used to go nuts in that place "booking" down them tunnels leaving the girls behind screaming :), We went to the tunnels to the powerhouse and to a boiler room they linked up the buildings rememember huge pipes on one side I believed that they were used to transport the dead to the morgue there were no rats just broken glass we kept a couple of those plastic gray radio shack flashlights that took the 4 D cell batteries hidden in our stash there along with a bowl,a couple of knifes, and a transistor radio.I miss and cherish those times, i had been in the tunnels many times even after the demo job havent been there in many years now but remember off the old blacktop road in the back of the site there used to be a way in was in the middle of the woods a little hard to find tho but after the demo job just went back to where the power station was and bck towards the main bldg again to bad there all gone was some good times there. Presided by General Justo Rufino Barrios in the 19th century, who was against the Catholic Church, almost banned it from the country, pillaged its temples, brought Protestant pastors to the country and seized both treasures and properties from the church. Some were naturally created, some accidentally as cities like Chattanooga raised the grade of their streets to avoid flooding. Edgewood has a lot of TB patients and who knows what lurks in those old pipes. We left because our hair would stand up from static from the on coming storm (lucky for us we did). The workmanship was excellent, work was done on time, and we would definitely use them again. As I got to know other local kids who had horses my territory expanded. We were chased by staff once and once was enough. 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. Virginia M., West Bloomfield, Ryan, it was a pleasure to work with you and McGlinch and Sons. "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. Its not nonsense it is from a story I wrote years ago about Edgewood, I think Edgewood would make a great horror story. There was a power source building that ran off coal. Hello, I was wondering what ever happened to the farm house my father rented from his boss was where I spent about 1 1/2 years. The demolition phasewill begin in summer 2022. I just don't have the time finish it. I thank God for your curiosity. There was LOTS of sand but we burrowed through to find about three blocks worth. I was on a lockdown unit K2-A 2nd floor that faced haggerty and schoolcraft. The rumors are that more extreme cases were kept in isolation cells down there. It's a lot like dams, which cause the same situation for fish. Here's another mysterious odd or end: One of the guys who worked there had a 1974 Mercury Cougar convertible, I always loved that car. No they are not welded, but cemented over. 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. something to do with the subject matter of the page. Paul Warshauer, Everett, Washington I too remember those out buildings and they were creepy to say the least and at night outside of our window we could hear strange noises and one night we saw shadows outside our window. Went into the tunnels way back in '75 the first time, and the power was still on. A magnificent building, it had secret rooms befitting a Masonic building. Shortly before I left and went to Children's Home of Detroit they started hiring younger people with no experience, training or education in psychiatrics or devolopmental disabilities. Maurice Moley-Viand, Al Capone once had a hideaway mansion here, and had a network of tunnels to avoid authorities. Knowing the demons lurking in the minds of our patients, I choose not to. This is in regards to a recent missing person whose last known whereabouts likely to be in the vicinity of the preserve. The staff in cottage 3 were kool for the most part. All suggestions, ideas and help are welcome. The legendary Purple Gang ofJailhouse Rockfame would hole up in the only hotel in town, The Doherty. "I'm not sure that's something I'd attempt.". 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