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How can I get the service trapdoor to stay up?
1 of 11: Look around its close-up view for other hotspots.
2 of 11: You'll find two of them on iron rings. One of them is on the trapdoor, and the other is on the walkway.
3 of 11: The trapdoor wouldn't be able to lower if you had something long enough to go through both iron rings. It would have to be strong enough not to bend or break when Watson steps onto the trapdoor.
4 of 11: What you need is a long iron bar. Look around to see what you can find.
5 of 11: Go down the walkway until you find a ladder that's missing most of its rungs.
6 of 11: Clicking on its hand icon will get you a loose rung. However, if you go try it on the trapdoor's iron ring, you'll find that it's not long enough.
7 of 11: Look to the right of the wrecky ladder you got a rung from to find a small iron gate.
8 of 11: Click on the hand icon that's to the right of the gate to get a close-up of a large rusty bar.
