This is Roben and he gave us the tour at Fort Columbia. It was really cool, largely because his genuine enthusiasm for the history of the Fort made following him around fun and interesting.
They heard we were coming and had the ambulance ready. (I seriously have no idea why it was there)
Thomas is standing behind a passage that was likely used to pass the gunpowder out from its storage area so it could be loaded into the shells before . . .
. . . they were hoisted up to the gun. You can see the hoist hole right above Roben's hand, and the overhead track was a system they moved the shells with. The hoist mechanism was designed by the same guy who did the Panama Canal.
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