Back in April my back wasn't as awful as it is currently (MRI results pending I'll hopefully be able to touch my toes again soon). So me, @Esoteric Eric and @tallginge headed to Mancfester to check out this beautiful example of a drain. I had wanted to see this one for a while and wasn't disappointed. Info nabbed from a @Snake Oil report as I can't put it more succinctly myself:
'Slim Pickings is a big brick built stilling pond overflow for Manchesters Work 6 interceptor sewer, outfalling to the nearby River Medlock via a 2 metre RCP. The long outfall tunnel has a single side pipe leading to a tall chamber with a small watercourse entering from the top and reaching the bottom via a drop shaft into a small pool before spilling out into the main outfall towards the river.'
Entry, as the name suggests, requires a starvation diet but otherwise this is a nice, spacious example of the kind of drain that Manchester does best.
From the outfall...
From here you can imagine a load of boring photos of RCP for yourself. Here's one...
And a junction!
There's a multilevel chamber in the pipe to the right. (Ginge and Eric went for a look up the ladders whilst I sat at the bottom feeling a bit dizzy as I'd forgotten to eat my dinner).
Eventually RCP turns to brick. After here there's a biiiiig wall that is negotiated with a ladder. It would have to be quite some overflow to make it over the wall, although I guess it must happen sometimes.
Over the wall and you're greeted with loveliness...
Tallginge went on an adventure so he could shine his torch through here.
Beyond here is moar sewer. We didn't go too far down here....
Ginge pose....
Good memories of an evening well spent.
Nice pics and report dude 
