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A very heavy hinged manhole hides the entrance to this super illusive drain. |
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A brand new concrete segment chamber lures the eager drain explorer into it's bowels.... |
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Looking up to the ceiling in said chamber. |
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The mating of new concrete and old victorian brickwork in pure harmony. |
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After turning right up the dry overflow 5 foot RBP, an overflow chamber is reached. This is the view back down
the RBP. |
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Not unlike the drain The Works, the pipe we entered through was simply an overflow pipe, used in times of heavy flows. |
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A massive sluice gate hangs over a 10 foot RBP trunk sewer running through this massive overflow chamber. We guessed
there must be something special above this chamber to winch the sluice gate up and down..... |
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A quick climb up the numerous step irons..... |
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Oh lordy lord!! A motor room of the highest class!! A heater on the left wall kept the temperature above 30 degrees C
in here, yes it was almost sauna like, probably to stop condensation killing the electrics. |
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The temperature change played merry hell with my camera lens! The motor controls can be seen on the wall. The shaft beyond, goes down to the alcove
in the initial chamber shot. From here, a ladder climbed 80 rungs to the surface.
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After half an hour in the overflow, we headed off the way we came, passed the entry chamber and carried on downstream. |
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A strange little knocked through piece of pipe, joined up with a very small sewer running a few feet higher above. |
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Nearly 500m from the overflow chamber, the drain changed into a 7 foot brick arch. A major stream entered through
a low roofed section...... |
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As seen here. |
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Carrying on d/s, the drain was now much bigger and home to many retched rodents. |
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The brick arch weaved around several corners, until after about 300m emerged into the River Irk. |
