Battleship Texas: duty stations, equipment and machinery

Bridge	Steering station	Steering wheel	Speed control
Speedometer and odometer	Chart House/navigation station	Auxillary combat information center (CIC)	Command desk
Rudder control room: First is hydraulic, then electric, and manual as last resort.	Manual steering wheels, 8 men/side=16 men to operate	Manual steering wheels #2	Steering wheels detail #1
Steering wheels detail #2	Inside a gun turret : Loading 1,400 pound shell into breach of 14 inch gun. Range: 12 miles	Inside a gun turret: Loading 104 pound bags of powder into breach of 14 inch gun. Full charge= 4 bags.	1,400 lb shell to be transported by rail and block and tackle
1,400 lb. shell	Brass powder scuttles	Brass powder scuttle	Medical administration office
5 inch gun and shells: Range: approx. 5 miles	Shells at the ready	Shells: armor piercing and high explosive	Powder bag transfer box
Powder charge: 24.5 lbs.; muzzle velocity: 3150 feet per second	Electrical repair shop	Forward electrical control board	Forward electrical control board #2
Master control switches	Master control guages and switches	Boiler room: boiler #2 showing 8 burners	Boiler room showing restored boiler #1
Restored Boiler #1	Looking inside boiler through burner vortex to lining bricks	Electrical controls	Fuses
Emergancy and General alarms	Green valve	Phone and alarm button	Control valves
Gun powder indicator	Electrical outlets	Two air pipes	Wires with exit
Wire bundle	Insulated steam pipes in engine room	Electrical trunk	Catwalk in engine room
Pipes and valves in engine room	Air pipe and guages	Engine room #1	Engine room #2
Engine room #3	Engine room #4	Through hatch to rudder control mechanism	Rudder control mechanism