September 29th Work Progress Photos Page 2 of 3 |
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| Inside rear bulkhead of Turret #1 | ||||
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Dummy shell ready to be rammed into
"Repeat", the middle gun in Turret #1. The guns in that Turret #1 are named Pete, Repeat and Ditto. It was from here that I began my descent to the powder rooms five decks below. |
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In the Pit directly below Repeat. Each
time the gun fires it recoils 40 inches rolling on the rail seen on the right of the picture. The large corkscrew on the left moves the gun barrel up and down. |
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| Shell hoist on one of the two shell decks below the turret | ||||
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View of the carousel on one of the shell
decks, shells were stored along the walls of the barbarette |
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Powder Hoist, Turret #2 Center Gun, lots of brass down here too, 5 decks below the gun rooms |
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Chutes where powder arrives to be put into
the hoists. Note Immersion tank along bulkhead in the background |
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| More Powder Chutes and hatch to deck 6 below | ||||
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Are these real Powder bags hanging around
the outside walls of Turret #2? That's what they look like, I'm going to investigate further next time I'm onboard. |
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| Powder Hoist and brass chutes in Powder Magazine beneath Turret #2 | ||||
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| More brass chutes leading to Powder Doors seen in earlier pictures above | ||||
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More Brass chutes to move powder bags to
hoists, guess they used brass for these chutes to avoid the danger of sparks in the magazine areas. |
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| One more shot inside Powder Magazine for Turret #2 | ||||
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