The Mechanical Levels house tight utility corridors below an entrance at level one-forty; a rumored explosion there is blamed for the blackout.
Mechanical's upper entrance lies at level one-forty. Its corridors are unusually tight, with primed but unpainted concrete walls and exposed pipes and electrical conduits overhead.
The lower stairwell was the site of Mission Jones's failed hanging attempt. Amid the later unrest, rumor attributes the blackout to an explosion in Mechanical; the report remains unconfirmed.
Tight corridors have primed, unpainted concrete walls, with pipes and electrical conduits exposed overhead.
They form Mechanical's physical working levels and are the reported source of an explosion blamed for the blackout.
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