“Breakthrough”
August 30, 2025
Fort Morgan, AL
A Photo for Friday
“Breakthrough”
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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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@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.
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@Michael Cain: And I love stuff like those coal tunnels you mention.
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@Mr. Prosser: a good comp!
