Bah I always feel lame cross posting, but meh 
DDT wussing out because of tiredness, I headed down straight from work to Manchester to meet Userscott and hit something new. Lock Stock aka Manchester Storm Overflow Sewer is a storm relief for two trunk sewers. Constructed in 1920 it's quite a bit further d/s of Hulme Flume so as hoped, hugeness is delivered!
It's my first attempt with my new cam and I don't really know what the hell I'm doing with it so the first 2 of the photos have just come out like ass!
The first overflow chamber. A large sewer runs to the left of the shot. Can't really remember measuring it up, but it's around 15ft diameter or so. There is a manual control penstock at the end, but it seems to be pretty badly rusted and not in use, unlike the ones in Hulme Flume
Looking the other way. The pole appears to be the remains of some sort of defunct flow meter setup. It now only serves to ruin photos!
After only a 200m walk d/s our trip came to a rather premature end where the drain sumps underneath the second trunk. It seems to be the absolute opposite of the setup in the Hulme Flume overflows where the sewer sumps beneath the relief tunnel.
Ahead we could head some trucks pass over a manhole but our search further d/s on the surface was fruitless (although we only covered about 1/2 of the route of the drain)
The obligatory archive pics!:
There were no manholes between the chamber and the sump so this must be further d/s
We had lots more time to spare so headed over to hulme flume. Class drain, the large overflow chamber really is a sight, and very well maintained. Userscott commented that the machinery had even had some maintenance done since he was last there!
DDT wussing out because of tiredness, I headed down straight from work to Manchester to meet Userscott and hit something new. Lock Stock aka Manchester Storm Overflow Sewer is a storm relief for two trunk sewers. Constructed in 1920 it's quite a bit further d/s of Hulme Flume so as hoped, hugeness is delivered!
It's my first attempt with my new cam and I don't really know what the hell I'm doing with it so the first 2 of the photos have just come out like ass!
The first overflow chamber. A large sewer runs to the left of the shot. Can't really remember measuring it up, but it's around 15ft diameter or so. There is a manual control penstock at the end, but it seems to be pretty badly rusted and not in use, unlike the ones in Hulme Flume
Looking the other way. The pole appears to be the remains of some sort of defunct flow meter setup. It now only serves to ruin photos!
After only a 200m walk d/s our trip came to a rather premature end where the drain sumps underneath the second trunk. It seems to be the absolute opposite of the setup in the Hulme Flume overflows where the sewer sumps beneath the relief tunnel.
Ahead we could head some trucks pass over a manhole but our search further d/s on the surface was fruitless (although we only covered about 1/2 of the route of the drain)
The obligatory archive pics!:
There were no manholes between the chamber and the sump so this must be further d/s
We had lots more time to spare so headed over to hulme flume. Class drain, the large overflow chamber really is a sight, and very well maintained. Userscott commented that the machinery had even had some maintenance done since he was last there!
