Taft Tunnel

This is an escape tunnel from Jefferson Memorial. The exit point is a sewer grate outside the Citadel entrance, just south of the west point of Arlington Memorial Bridge.


 * The tunnel can't be reached before the final steps of the quest "The Waters of Life".


 * The upper and apparently unreachable floors with Enclave soldiers can be reached with careful barrel stacking and several strategic jumps. The exit point has a ladder and a sewer grate that doesn't work (you can open the ladder, then close it again if it pleases you). It seems unfinished.
 * This catwalk allows passage between the two high-vantage ambush points via a door to "Taft Tunnels" up in the "unreachable" level. If you haven't been to the second yet, this lets you ambush the ambushers!
 * See the image sequence below for the exact method.
 * Note that Charon will be waiting at the door connecting the two parts of the area -on the side with the ladder to the Wasteland- should he disappear after the quest involving the rescue of the science team.

Notable Loot

 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual on the desk in the room when you first engage the Enclave Soldiers. There is also a Chinese Assault Rifle and a Chinese Commando Hat next to the book.
 * Nuka-Cola Quantum in the second section of Taft Tunnel. Found after Dr. Li stops you for Garza, next to a portable generator sitting on top of a wooden picnic table.
 * Nikola Tesla and You behind the generator immediately next to the Nuka Cola Quantum.
 * Eyebot Helmet in the second room you are ambushed by Enclave Soldiers

Inhabitants

 * The lower levels have a fair share of Feral Ghouls.
 * The floors above have many Enclave Soldiers.