NORTHERN & MATERNITY AREA BLUEPRINTS

Much like the Boiler Room plans, these recently unearthed large draughting sheets (discovered and photographed for you here by Michael in November 2002) are a boon for the CRCMH enthusiast. They depict designs for oxygen installation in the improvements to the labour suite (July 1973) and plans for the resiting of the generator and installation of oil storage tank (Oct 1974). They contain a detailed plan of the maternity area, a plan of the main hospital, and a northern grounds plan (the latter revealing to us the location of the mortuary for the first time).

Again, like the Boiler Room blueprints, these sheets are too large (and indeed impractical from a filesize point of view if it was done at a detailed resolution) to scan in their entirety, so here you will find some overview photographs of them. They are a bit blurry in places, though Sheet 2 - Photo 1 in particular is a truly excellent image. The plans are - understandably after 30 years - a bit crumpled, but the intentions of the documents can still be determined.

Click on the desired image for an enlargement.


NOTE (July 2004) - THESE PHOTOS ARE OFFLINE AT PRESENT, AND WE'LL BE RESTORING THEM FOR YOU VERY SOON.

Sheet 1 - Photo 1 - 1.08MB: Maternity area, with main hospital inset.

Sheet 1 - Photo 2 - 1.09MB: The main hospital buildings plan.

Sheet 1 - Photo 1 - 1.09MB: The maternity area detailed plan.

Sheet 2 - Photo 1 - 1.19MB: Plan of northern area of the site. Click HERE for our alternate "blueprint-look" version

Sheet 2 - Photo 2 - 1.12MB: Planned works with northern area inset.

Thanks to Michael for providing these useful artefacts (read some of his exploration tales here). We've incorporated them into The Shrine to ensure that it remains as comprehensive a resource as it can possibly be, though you can also view the above images in their original context here.