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An old favorite,
Motts, was there anything that you noticed significantly changed since your first trip there ?

It does look like it could be a well. But then I do not know a well from a hole in the ground.

The bushes and undergrowth is all the same height. It looks like some one is maintaining the landscaping. Very strange.

"Are you a Mason?"
-Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allen Poe

Wonder where the cannons ended up? I want one, or three.

Thank you, as always I enjoy your pictures very much. Take care.

It could be a mine, but those usually had spikes or something else tricking out if it to detonate it if a ship hit it. This looks like a big buoy. Probably something salvaged from an old Bob's Big Buoy restaurant. Couldn't resist. Going to hid under my desk while the rest of you throw rotten vegetables at me.

A great shot!

I saw a show on PBS a few years ago on this and it went into the history of it. I was fascinated. Thank you for these great pictures.

Incredible photos. Thank you. : )

Actually 10 years ago. Really nice set, Motts! Wish you guys could get back and give us updated pics once it's finished. Some of these shots would have made great wall paper! Looking forward to the next!

That just looks so odd! So is this actually a building under the water?

That is strange. Almost looks like a sealed-off entrance. Is that a hole that goes in the ground there?

That's awesome!

Considering these records span 14-17 years past the end of the Civil War, I wonder if any of those "patients" were veterans who were admitted. That was long before PTSD was recognized and differentiated from an actual mental illness.

Sadly, there were many WWI veterans committed in the years after that war who were labeled as mentally unfit to stay in society and received the wrong kind of treatment. While during WWI the term "shell shock" was first known, it wasn't until soldiers were returning from Vietnam when PTSD was recognized. The two are not the same. Shell shock is just one aspect of overall PTSD.