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Pic3 is the lift device which can be found in a small chamber to the side of the courtyard. According to what my Transylvanian friend Erika had
gotten from the caretaker, it was installed during the time of Queen Marie because she wanted an elevator going to the escape tunnel. I took
this photo when we still trying to determine if there actually was a subterranean part of the castle.
Pic4 is a photo of the elevator control panel at the bottom of the shaft. As you can see, it is not serviceable. I took this picture because I wanted
to invite some speculation from other people as to whether or not there might be a hidden level somewhere between the Castle and the escape
tunnel located at the bottom of the shaft. The 3 buttons do seem to suggest 3 "floors" but then again, they could just be an "up", "down", and
"stop" button.
Pic5 is me going down the tunnel toward the elevator shaft. It's about 40m or so from the entrance to the shaft. Please excuse my unkempt
appearance. Bear in mind that we did this at 2:00 a.m. and it was a little dirty down there:)
Pic6 is me standing at the bottom of the shaft and looking upward. My flashlight wasn't strong enough to see more than about 15m so pretty
much anything could be up there.
And Pic7 is me entering the threshold (after the fact for the camera:-). I think someone had broken in here a long time before us and had
removed the bottom panel of the door to get in. Later, caretakers must have blockaded the door as an expedient solution, but the blockade (as
we learned) is fairly simple to climb over.