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Byker Culvert, Newcastle - Apr '16

Explored with @The Stig History This culvert was constructed, using concrete, between 1907-1911. This was to guide the Ouseburn underneath the suburb of Heaton. It runs for a total length of 2150 ft,...

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Warrington Storm Drain - Lymm (can you help?)

Hey everyone, I live in warrington and have accessed this website for a long time for ideas of cool places in the local area and not too far away to explore as its awesome and has never failed me I've...

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Bunker Storm Drain - Warrington Jan 14

Visited with Cunningcorgi, Telf and The Kwan Thanks to Telf and Kwan for showing us around, good to meet you guys and Kwans hospitality is second to none, look forward to when you guys come down south....

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Grinkle Mine culvert (revisited) - February 2016

Background I visited here pretty regularly last year between March and May, exploring the various parts of the mine site and the culvert. To my eternal shame, I never made the through trip of the...

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New To This (Well, Sort Of)

Hi, noob here to the site. A bit about me - I've worked in the UK sewer industry all my working life and find the whole gambit of drains, sewers and ancillaries just fascinating. I'm based in the South...

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Megatron, Sheffield - August 2015

Not really a full report of the place just the section under the train station (I think?) Itching to go back and see the rest of the place Visited with @Hydro3xploric and @ACID- REFLUX whilst we waited...

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Sloppy Seconds, Bury - Jan 16

I had wondered what the last culvert of the Walshaw Brook held since seeing Slop Pail, found around 60m upstream. I met up with @TunnelMon and went for a look on a cold and ultimately snowy day. The...

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Greenfield/Yeomen Hey Reservoir Outfalls - Saddleworth - April 2016

Greenfield/Yeomen Hey Reservoir Outfalls - Saddleworth History Both the culverts visited are outfalls for Greenfield Reservoir and flow into Yeoman Hey Reservoir. The first one was a 4ft RCP, which had...

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Tue Brook Culvert - Liverpool - Jan 2011 -

​ Tue Brook Culvert - Liverpool - Jan 2011 -

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Roundhay Park, Leeds - April 2016

I was working down the road and decided to pop in while there was a break in the weather (which has been rare recently) Built in the 1800's by Napoleonic Soldiers, this man-made lake dominates Roundhay...

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Moss brook culverts, Manchester, April 2016

The Moss brook rises at, ? the culverts start at Moston, pass beneath Moston Vale & finish at Collyhurst. Length of about 2 miles. visited solo & with @Coolboyslim Sandhills culvert ... Moss...

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Skinky Skanky, Manchester, April 2016

An outfall culvert intersects the main sewer at 45 degrees via an intersection chamber, this discharges excess sewerage to the Moss brook during bad conditions. The outfall culvert consists of a 400...

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Constrictor, Bury - January '16

CJ and I took an afternoon trip into the slightly nicer areas of Bury, to check out a culvert which I had wanted to see for years. Thinking it was just a trip under the main road, we entered the...

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Plunger - Milton Keynes - May 2016

Its fair to say that Milton Keynes has been on my agenda for some time, ever since LittleMike's report (http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/boats-barriers-and-big-fat-drains.t36123 MK pics now missing) many...

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Supermarket Sweep, Corby - May 2016

I met up with @Pom again for some Sunday fun. I had a few culverts to check in Leicester so…. we looked at a locked gate on an outfall, then hopped a fence and found the infall also locked. My other...

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Plunger - Milton Keynes - May 2016

Explored with Pom. With a sump into the river at the outfall and a plughole with plunge pool further upstream below the city, Plunger finally proved that Milton Keynes had more interesting things to...

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Newburn Culvert, Newburn - February 2016

History Newburn Culvert, located underneath a block of flats known as Spencer Court, was originally built on land owned by the Duke of Northumbria sometime in the mid-1800s. The culvert was a...

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Drop Dead, Bolton - May 2016

The outfall of this CSO is situated on a secluded bank of the river Croal. About 10 metres of RCP takes us to a small brick inspection chamber. The tunnel is brick from here. After about 200 metres...

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re: AGC UE circa 2003-2004

Hello All, Was hoping to post some individual reports from my old exploring days back in the NW, but do not have backups of them. Also a little pressed for time these days. However, most of the site,...

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Castlefield Basin culvert, Manchester, May 2016

I couldn't get through the infall, but reach 100yds through the ouffall. Theres 2 ft of debris at one side of the culvert that went 100 yds, which was crumbling as I tried to cross then a sheer &...

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