Image: Shell-Trolley-With-Switch

Description: This photo, taken in September, 2010, shows a badly rusted shell trolley running along the length of the ceiling of the northern flank shell room of Battery Kellogg, Pit A. The photo looks west from a point about half way along the 68 foot-long room towards its rolling steel door. The clutter piled along the floor as well as the non-working electric lights are modern additions by the Town of Winthrop. The paneled wooden door visible in the distance is a remnant of a former Halloween "haunted house" that was run in the bunkers. Just through that door, to the left, is a modern concrete wall installed to hold back the dirt fill of Btty Kellogg Pit A, now part of the foundation for a building. The rusty cross pieces in the mid-distance moved the switch that shunted the loaded shell-carrying tongs (not seen here) from one of the steel I-beam tracks on the ceiling to the other. A connecting rod that operates the switch runs down the ceiling to a hand-lever on the wall next to the door. A similar rod and lever can be seen on the left side of the ceiling, controlling a similar switch on I-beam tracks to the left (which is only dimly visible). The brick surface of these rooms was designed to absorb moisture from condensation, helping to keep powder and ammunition dry.
Title: Shell-Trolley-With-Switch
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Author: User:Pgrig
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