gate at ballroom in ginnie

i was wondering about the history of the gate in the ballroom at ginnie. When was it put in and why? and where does it lead to? curious........

Here's the story I was given:

There were two systems accessed from Ginnie's property, Ginnie and Devil's. Open water divers were dying in caves, and it was decided they would grate the Ginnie system (which was nowhere near as extensive as Devil's) to safely give open water divers a place to "experience what cave diving was about," and keep Devil's open for certified cave divers. So Ginnie was "sacrificed."

Over the years, it has worked out reasonably well.

how far back does it go? Are there any maps of it?

http://www.tampadiving.com/sections/...nie_cave_1.jpg

Here is the map from Walter's site.

Adding to the storied heard:
The cave behind it is very very fragile and silty. I believe Wes had explored this.

thank you for the replies. the map looks quite interesting. Must have been a very nice dive. who is walter and what is his site?

http://www.tampadiving.com/index.asp

Go to cave and cavern list.

thank you so much XENIA.......cave princess.........

I seem to remember that access is still potentially possible via a sanded out area to the left of the sign?

... so if we see someone entering Ginnie with sidemount and two stages...