Edlington to conisborough water tunnel – october 2011

History - From looking in to the minimal history available of this place it appears to have been for the water supply to Conisbrough and is shown on maps from 1892. I its also believed to have carried water from the reservoir at Thrybergh to Doncaster.



Date of Explore – October 29th 2011

Explored By - Shane, Kerry and Maisie (dog)



This was our first explore, As its just down the road from me i decided to take a look,

I printed of a few maps and marked them up with important information of my plans and gave to my best mate just in case anything went wrong.

I dont know much about the tunnel but i have added some ideas of what it was used for above in the history section. If you know anymore about it please leave a comment.

So after finishing work at 1pm we went home for some dinner, We didn’t know how long we would be, and we had a few more leads we wanted to check out after, best to go on a full stomach.

I packed my bag got the torches together wellies on and hi-viz jacket and flashing collar for the dog.

I had a vague idea of where the tunnel was but its a guess as to where the entrance sat. We headed of to where i thought the entrance sat and came straight across it. That’s a bonus!

I got my gloves on and grabbed the torched and sqeezed my way through the small opening to check it was clear. After confirming it i called in Kerry and the dog.

so let the explore begin…

First thing we came across is a wheel barrow .. god only knows how that got in there..


Next we came across the start or the pipe,



My exploring partners



ahh Some fresh air



came across a paint pot



Some of the roof has metal sheets, this is the effect it has got to



The Walls repeatedly went from brick – stone – brick ..



Nice Stone Section



Me and the dog..



this is a nice change from the first brick one. We came across 3 of these air shafts but i believe there are 4.



16.01.85… hope thats a true date



Some form of supports



We are not alone!



We got to a point where there was so many spiders and they was getting bigger and bigger, and the space getting smaller and wetter.

I put the camera away and we started walking back,

this is the way in and out for us..





We was in the tunnel for about 1hr 30mins and was a great explore,

shane

p.s i hope this report is welcome here

I liked that, It was obviously a fun trip, good to see exploration like that now and again

Nice report

A little advice is to not use flash, instead use a tripod and set your camera up for a long exposure and light paint

PaulPowers said:

Nice report

A little advice is to not use flash, instead use a tripod and set your camera up for a long exposure and light paint

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i had broke my tripod the night before down at harworth colliery pit i have a new one now though , looking at your site it works a treat :wcool:

Urban Witness said:

i had broke my tripod the night before down at harworth colliery pit i have a new one now though , looking at your site it works a treat :wcool:

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Flattery will get you almost everywhere

I'm not a photographer just a guy with a few tricks

PaulPowers said:

Flattery will get you almost everywhere

I'm not a photographer just a guy with a few tricks

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i like tunnel photos you just dont see it in life.. unless you go in them haha.. its just finding them , not like building where theres a chance of walking past and noticing a place ..

Looked really interesting both,don'tb think the beer tank would get through that hole lol,good pics!

This type of report is MORE than welcome here !! We ( well me actually !!) cant get enough of underground sites and espescially unusual ones such as this. Keep 'em coming !!

Great report and done with you other half, never get mine going along though I must say the dog might. Is that one of those Cave Spiders Fluffy loves so much.
When is the next one?

Nice one bud, great pix.

Definitely welcome! Thank you

Ewww hate the spider!

Looks like you had a good explore.

Thanks for posting

thanks guys, i have another report of a disused railway but its nothing really worth posting, i have a few places on my list to vist, will look forward to posting them

night crawler said:

Great report and done with you other half, never get mine going along though I must say the dog might. Is that one of those Cave Spiders Fluffy loves so much.
When is the next one?

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yeah its a cave spider there was so many and they were getting bigger!..

next one when i find one haha

Cave spiders are nasty but stick to the walls at least

Have you been to Thorpe Marsh yet?

PaulPowers said:

Cave spiders are nasty but stick to the walls at least

Have you been to Thorpe Marsh yet?

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Not yet I mentioned it to my other half last night so it's on the list

Are those air vents the things in the field opposite the water tower ?

RichCooper said:

Are those air vents the things in the field opposite the water tower ?

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yes mate .. just checked on google maps

Cheers I often wondered what they were

RichCooper said:

Cheers I often wondered what they were

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get your self down there .. mind the spiders are the conisborough side