Grid-lock, Manchester
Essentially A.N Other screened CSO located on the outskirts of Manchester, serving 3 small sewers and eventually outfalls into the Irwell
The only clue something lies below is this surface building which houses the controls for the associated machinery below ground
I'd almost forgotten about this one, until I drove past here the other week
Myself and Nick took advantage of the recent sunshine and went for a closer look finally
A fair bit of crawling on this one
So Nick used his point & shoot for much of it, including the smaller sewers that feed into this system as I simply cba to get the dslr until we reached the screening chamber
Manhole No.1 drops into barely a 2ft sewer as it heads in from a Northerly direction
Excuse Nicks pic here, but the chamber was fairly confined and was impractical to be messing about with the dslr
Ping pong balls ?
..Either way the sewer runs beneath this fetid head of arse foam and out the other side towards the screening chamber
I was unfortunate enough to have my left leg and entire wellie engulfed in this festering pipe!
Keen to see the screening chamber we went in search of a suitable way in, sadly the lids are locked up
We resorted to crawling up a 3ft pipe which is actually the overflow for the system
Luckily it was dry, stooping is one thing, but crawling through shit pipes is no fun and I'd sworn I wouldn't do it again!
Still, every holes a goal..
A small inspection chamber was in sight, it allowed for some respite before continuing on
Eventually we were inside the screening chamber
It's only small and contains an archimedes screw which runs the length of it; used to filter the solids during peak flows
Comprising a double sided weir, the screw is situated on the primary overflow
I climbed over to the sewer for some pics and no sooner had Nick stepped up the machinery started turning
Luckily for him it was just cycling through a self test which these things do periodically to keep them lubricated etc
He may have scraped having his foot whipped off, but shortly after popped a rib trying to evade the sewer
The sewer runs through a 3ft channel between the 2 weirs, it's silted up with fatty deposits & rags which kicks up a right stench
Here, the incoming line is around 3ft, but beyond soon shrinks back to 2ft as seen upstream at the start of this thread
It exits through a much smaller aperture at the other side of the CSO
It was sweltering down here, so we crawled back out into the fresh air
Once out, I managed to locate a couple of lids which led to the downstream section of sewer
The pics Nick took have come out a bit too dark, however there isn't much to see other than a 2ft streak of piss anyway
Time to leave
Essentially A.N Other screened CSO located on the outskirts of Manchester, serving 3 small sewers and eventually outfalls into the Irwell
The only clue something lies below is this surface building which houses the controls for the associated machinery below ground
I'd almost forgotten about this one, until I drove past here the other week
Myself and Nick took advantage of the recent sunshine and went for a closer look finally
A fair bit of crawling on this one
So Nick used his point & shoot for much of it, including the smaller sewers that feed into this system as I simply cba to get the dslr until we reached the screening chamber
Manhole No.1 drops into barely a 2ft sewer as it heads in from a Northerly direction
Excuse Nicks pic here, but the chamber was fairly confined and was impractical to be messing about with the dslr
Ping pong balls ?
..Either way the sewer runs beneath this fetid head of arse foam and out the other side towards the screening chamber
I was unfortunate enough to have my left leg and entire wellie engulfed in this festering pipe!
Keen to see the screening chamber we went in search of a suitable way in, sadly the lids are locked up
We resorted to crawling up a 3ft pipe which is actually the overflow for the system
Luckily it was dry, stooping is one thing, but crawling through shit pipes is no fun and I'd sworn I wouldn't do it again!
Still, every holes a goal..
A small inspection chamber was in sight, it allowed for some respite before continuing on
Eventually we were inside the screening chamber
It's only small and contains an archimedes screw which runs the length of it; used to filter the solids during peak flows
Comprising a double sided weir, the screw is situated on the primary overflow
I climbed over to the sewer for some pics and no sooner had Nick stepped up the machinery started turning
Luckily for him it was just cycling through a self test which these things do periodically to keep them lubricated etc
He may have scraped having his foot whipped off, but shortly after popped a rib trying to evade the sewer
The sewer runs through a 3ft channel between the 2 weirs, it's silted up with fatty deposits & rags which kicks up a right stench
Here, the incoming line is around 3ft, but beyond soon shrinks back to 2ft as seen upstream at the start of this thread
It exits through a much smaller aperture at the other side of the CSO
It was sweltering down here, so we crawled back out into the fresh air
Once out, I managed to locate a couple of lids which led to the downstream section of sewer
The pics Nick took have come out a bit too dark, however there isn't much to see other than a 2ft streak of piss anyway
Time to leave
All good. 
