The Lincoln Conspirators at Fort Jefferson

[Dave Taylor]

Congrats Dave. Looking forward to the series!

Thanks, Anita!

In the first video, I noticed a tall metal tower in the background of your shot. What is that tower for?

Rob,

I'm not exactly sure what the function of the large antenna attached to the fort is, but I imagine it is related to some communication system used by the NPS Rangers to communicate with mainland Key West, 68 miles away. There is a small contingent of rangers and volunteers who live at the fort and only take occasional furloughs to the mainland. About one-third of the fort is blocked off to visitors as it is used as the ranger's residence. That antenna is coming out of one of the closed, ranger-only bastions. For all I know, it is a big TV antenna!

By the way, Part 4 is up now:

https://youtu.be/Zb5dM7zgjhQ