Good Morning folks, its been a while since I did any reports on here... life got busy, I got married and we moved house away from Sheffield... but that just means new drain exploring territory.
@tarkovsky set the ball rolling with some messages about Blackburn brook and that got me curious as to what there was around my new 'hood.
So as the story goes, me and the Mrs. were enjoying a Sunday walk through Denby Dale and I spotted an outfall and the unmistakable smell of drains.
I had to go back and check it out.
This culvert runs for approximately 300 meters beneath a factory before heading out into the woods to join the upper end of the river Dearne, as far as I'm aware this is the most upstream section of culvert on the Dearne, although there are at least another 3 or 4 sections downstream that I mean to visit at a later date.
Anyway, enough of that, on with the pictures from outfall end to when I got bored of concrete box.
Stone built floor with concrete roof and walls.
This bit was really photogenic, and appears to be the original construction of the culvert with concrete slabs placed over it.
Beyond here it turned into concrete box as far as I could see and I was going solo. There were some ominous rumblings (hence the name) coming from upstream so I decided to bail.
I'll be back to do this properly when i've recruited a drain partner. Thanks for looking!
WB.
@tarkovsky set the ball rolling with some messages about Blackburn brook and that got me curious as to what there was around my new 'hood.
So as the story goes, me and the Mrs. were enjoying a Sunday walk through Denby Dale and I spotted an outfall and the unmistakable smell of drains.
I had to go back and check it out.
This culvert runs for approximately 300 meters beneath a factory before heading out into the woods to join the upper end of the river Dearne, as far as I'm aware this is the most upstream section of culvert on the Dearne, although there are at least another 3 or 4 sections downstream that I mean to visit at a later date.
Anyway, enough of that, on with the pictures from outfall end to when I got bored of concrete box.
Stone built floor with concrete roof and walls.
This bit was really photogenic, and appears to be the original construction of the culvert with concrete slabs placed over it.
Beyond here it turned into concrete box as far as I could see and I was going solo. There were some ominous rumblings (hence the name) coming from upstream so I decided to bail.
I'll be back to do this properly when i've recruited a drain partner. Thanks for looking!
WB.
and nice find on your new turf too. the stone walls are a nice feature.
