Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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I would ask if this is part of an old underground tunnel system, but there’s too much light in too many places for that.
I love old underground tunnel systems. When I worked for the Colorado state legislature, one of the things I got to see (that the public doesn’t) is the old coal-distribution tunnels. Back in the day, coal companies would only deliver to widely distributed sites for a single customer. The state government’s buildings in Denver were too close together to get separate deliveries. So the coal was delivered to the sub-basement of the Capitol, then distributed by a tunnel network to the other buildings. Post-coal, the tunnels were used for the copper (then fiber) for telephone and data service. But the rails for the coal cars are still there :^)
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I would ask if this is part of an old underground tunnel system, but there’s too much light in too many places for that.
I love old underground tunnel systems. When I worked for the Colorado state legislature, one of the things I got to see (that the public doesn’t) is the old coal-distribution tunnels. Back in the day, coal companies would only deliver to widely distributed sites for a single customer. The state government’s buildings in Denver were too close together to get separate deliveries. So the coal was delivered to the sub-basement of the Capitol, then distributed by a tunnel network to the other buildings. Post-coal, the tunnels were used for the copper (then fiber) for telephone and data service. But the rails for the coal cars are still there :^)
@Michael Cain: This is from Fort Morgan, which used to protect Mobile Bay and I think was last active as a training facility in WWI.
@Michael Cain: And I love stuff like those coal tunnels you mention.
A “cryptic” image.
Great picture!
My first thought was The Cask of Amontillado
@Mr. Prosser: a good comp!