Inside secret passageways at the Post Office (Lookout Gallery)

[csmpeoil]

Are you maintenance giving a tour?  How did you climb that ladder while holding the camera device?

[zeekzilch]

@csmpeoil

A ladder can be climbed with one hand while carefully holding a camera in the other. Or, better stated, a ladder can be carefully climbed while holding a camera in one hand - or something like that! I was a maintenance employee, long ago, but am no longer with the Postal Service.

[csmpeoil]

@zeekzilch Intriguing. How then did you gain unfettered access to the log? Looks like a fairly new facility, and the gallery is in pristine condition -- and noticeably no packing peanuts on the floor :)

[zeekzilch]

@csmpeoil

I believe the LOG in this video was 17 years old at the time of the recording. A lot of people have routine access to the LOG - especially for maintenance purposes. I have also seen it used for monitoring production but believe that practice is generally discouraged. I've also seen technicians in the LOG to set up cameras and other monitoring equipment. LOGs Have been forcibly entered at times, during emergencies for faulty electrical problems, leaking water, etc. LOGs can be busy!

[csmpeoil]

@zeekzilch I must say, that is excellent video quality for being almost 2 decades old. I'd love to know which facility you are referring to when you say a lot of people have routine access to the gallery. Maintenance yes, but that is generally reserved for quarterly cleanings. Video looks to be recorded during T2 which would explain the unpopulated workroom floor.  Were you maintenance when you shot this or what?

[zeekzilch]

@csmpeoil

No, no - the video is not two decades old - the facility was nearly that old at the time of

the recording. The recording took place a few years ago. You are correct, Tour 2 was

about the only time, back in those days, when the workroom floor would be so quiet. Now, of course,

there's even less activity with so little mail volume. I'm sure access to the LOG varies from one facility to another - in smaller facilities the Postmaster or Postmaster's secretary might have a key, etc.