Bombay Mix, Bradford.
Bombay Mix is a series of off-line chambers used to screen the spill flow from a group of CSO's and utilising existing capacity within the sewer network
In conclusion, Eastbrook isn't a million miles away from an actual sewer itself, just don't mention it to the environment agency as I'm sure they would have a field day here!
I first went for a stroll here with Thompski a few years back, the air quality was dubious so we didn't venture too far
On a re-visit to Bowling Beck, I debated having another look in, except my 4 gas had expired and I imagined suicidal without
Also LittleMike mentioned a close encounter with chlorine gas and his throat burning and having to escape the system via a manhole
@Squirrell 911 and myself rocked up late one winter evening, the night watchman popped out just at the right time, however showing little interest..
As soon as his smoke break expired and pissed off back in, we popped the lid and dropped into a small brick chamber so we could see what we were up against
Once inside, some rather questionable fumage coming from a 2ft side pipe which joins at the bottom of the drop-shaft
Squiz climbed down into the culvert (Eastbrook) come sewer overflow
We agreed he would go no further than a few metres downstream for a looksie whilst I kept an eye on things from within the confines of the manhole
Within minutes, something changed, the air quality suddenly worsened and we weren't for taking any chances so I shouted Squiz back and we bailed
It was a good 12 months later before we returned here, this time we managed to locate a lid further downstream for a safer entry (or so we thought at the time)..
Here the Eastbrook is culverted through largely a 5ft RCP through the mid section, upstream is stoopy brick and shrunk to under 3ft as we hit the upstream limit
A number of follow up visits were made to a larger area in an attempt to see what we could of it, including the 'off-line' CSO's which serve the Eastern drainage
In total we located 5 CSO's/powered screening chambers on this system
Some serious effort went into this lot, numerous visits/blockading a number of carriageways for a look in was never going to be easy
I'll count them down...
CSO No.5
We first looked at this over a year ago now, there was a large gathering at the nearby curry house, and all but 1 of the lids were parked over by a fleet of Nissans
Squiz lifted a lid in the road which provided access to the motors which power the machinery only, so we slammed it shut and went home
In the end I talked us both into heading back at a quieter time, barrier up and dropping in
Bit repetitive, as all 5 powered screening chambers are almost identical on this system
20ft Archimedes shit-scraper sat aside the Eastern interceptor used to filter solids when at capacity, I might as well copy & paste that for the rest of them..
For some strange reason with this one, the sewer stops short of the overflow chamber and continues through a small diameter MP,
(In the above pic ^ you can see the overflow far right corner, next to the rungs)
Any discharge when at capacity heads down into Eastbrook which is a good 50m away down this crawler of a brick pipe
Dem be furry turds right there
CSO No.4
This one was a real P.I.T.A, as a multiple [Siezed] lid array afforded us no easy access to anything useful initially
Squiz really put his back out on this one, and despite having cajoled him to return a number of times here, I could always sense the Meh
It must of took us 4 or 5 visits to shift some of the 18 lids here alone, which provide varying access to the CSO/sewer network below
Every single one of them were siezed solid, compressed by heavy traffic over the years, however brute force prevailed and nothing that a tickle with a 5ft scaff bar couldn't sort
The first useful lid we budged only served as access to the motors which power the machinery, climbing down wasn't really an option so we slammed it shut
Another trip, another lid, sadly this only provided access to a smaller sewer that merged slightly upstream of the main trunk, still it was progress
Once again we ran out of time, but I realised the lid we required was slap bang in the middle of this ghetto drag strip
A month or so later, I persuaded Squiz to make one last trip here as I would never have been happy unless we'd nailed all 5!
Luck was in, and our lid of choice opened and lifted with ease, barriers deployed and Squiz as wingman, I shot down in the middle of the traffic
(Apologies for the pic quality as the lens was misting fast and wasn't wanting to hang about)
Screening Chamber
Eastern trunk
(As it exits the 6ft RCP below)
Overflow
A stoop down a 4ft RCP reveals the connection to Eastbrook via a bodged job into the 3ft brick pipe
CSO No.3
This was fucking horrible, it reminded me of the Minger in Manchester but with added ming (and arse fudge), for once, I had to question what the actual fuck I was doing here
Sewers usually run green right ? the fuq was that brown and red stuff all about then, and it stunk to high heaven!
Didn't whiff of chemicals either, but the aroma was one I've not sampled before, I can only liken it to rotting flesh
Halal-tastic
With the lens fast misting up, I was covered in sewer spaff, one last pic and time to GTFO
Squiz wouldn't let me back in the car with the jacket either..
CSO No.2
This was the initial CSO we managed by stooping endlessly below ground one summer evening
Here another powered screen filters out any solids that may have escaped the other 3 trunk sewers much further upstream
A 4ft stoopy RBP serves as an overflow which back-connects to Eastbrook - (See confluence pic below)
The original overflow and sewer setup From CSO No.2 has since been intersected/diverted further d/s (circa 2002) to include a huge off-line detention tank
Crawling up the smaller brick spur as seen in the 'Confluence' pic below, gives way to a newer stretch of RCP which now serves any spill flows from the giant shit-tank that was installed in 2002
It's full to the brim as seen here and is prob a good 20-30m in depth
I took a quick handheld special whilst Squiz assisted with lighting it up, doing my best to catch a glimmer of soup of the day
Bombay Mix is a series of off-line chambers used to screen the spill flow from a group of CSO's and utilising existing capacity within the sewer network
In conclusion, Eastbrook isn't a million miles away from an actual sewer itself, just don't mention it to the environment agency as I'm sure they would have a field day here!
I first went for a stroll here with Thompski a few years back, the air quality was dubious so we didn't venture too far
On a re-visit to Bowling Beck, I debated having another look in, except my 4 gas had expired and I imagined suicidal without
Also LittleMike mentioned a close encounter with chlorine gas and his throat burning and having to escape the system via a manhole
@Squirrell 911 and myself rocked up late one winter evening, the night watchman popped out just at the right time, however showing little interest..
As soon as his smoke break expired and pissed off back in, we popped the lid and dropped into a small brick chamber so we could see what we were up against
Once inside, some rather questionable fumage coming from a 2ft side pipe which joins at the bottom of the drop-shaft
Squiz climbed down into the culvert (Eastbrook) come sewer overflow
We agreed he would go no further than a few metres downstream for a looksie whilst I kept an eye on things from within the confines of the manhole
Within minutes, something changed, the air quality suddenly worsened and we weren't for taking any chances so I shouted Squiz back and we bailed
It was a good 12 months later before we returned here, this time we managed to locate a lid further downstream for a safer entry (or so we thought at the time)..
Here the Eastbrook is culverted through largely a 5ft RCP through the mid section, upstream is stoopy brick and shrunk to under 3ft as we hit the upstream limit
A number of follow up visits were made to a larger area in an attempt to see what we could of it, including the 'off-line' CSO's which serve the Eastern drainage
In total we located 5 CSO's/powered screening chambers on this system
Some serious effort went into this lot, numerous visits/blockading a number of carriageways for a look in was never going to be easy
I'll count them down...
CSO No.5
We first looked at this over a year ago now, there was a large gathering at the nearby curry house, and all but 1 of the lids were parked over by a fleet of Nissans
Squiz lifted a lid in the road which provided access to the motors which power the machinery only, so we slammed it shut and went home
In the end I talked us both into heading back at a quieter time, barrier up and dropping in
Bit repetitive, as all 5 powered screening chambers are almost identical on this system
20ft Archimedes shit-scraper sat aside the Eastern interceptor used to filter solids when at capacity, I might as well copy & paste that for the rest of them..
For some strange reason with this one, the sewer stops short of the overflow chamber and continues through a small diameter MP,
(In the above pic ^ you can see the overflow far right corner, next to the rungs)
Any discharge when at capacity heads down into Eastbrook which is a good 50m away down this crawler of a brick pipe
Dem be furry turds right there
CSO No.4
This one was a real P.I.T.A, as a multiple [Siezed] lid array afforded us no easy access to anything useful initially
Squiz really put his back out on this one, and despite having cajoled him to return a number of times here, I could always sense the Meh
It must of took us 4 or 5 visits to shift some of the 18 lids here alone, which provide varying access to the CSO/sewer network below
Every single one of them were siezed solid, compressed by heavy traffic over the years, however brute force prevailed and nothing that a tickle with a 5ft scaff bar couldn't sort
The first useful lid we budged only served as access to the motors which power the machinery, climbing down wasn't really an option so we slammed it shut
Another trip, another lid, sadly this only provided access to a smaller sewer that merged slightly upstream of the main trunk, still it was progress
Once again we ran out of time, but I realised the lid we required was slap bang in the middle of this ghetto drag strip
A month or so later, I persuaded Squiz to make one last trip here as I would never have been happy unless we'd nailed all 5!
Luck was in, and our lid of choice opened and lifted with ease, barriers deployed and Squiz as wingman, I shot down in the middle of the traffic
(Apologies for the pic quality as the lens was misting fast and wasn't wanting to hang about)
Screening Chamber
Eastern trunk
(As it exits the 6ft RCP below)
Overflow
A stoop down a 4ft RCP reveals the connection to Eastbrook via a bodged job into the 3ft brick pipe
CSO No.3
This was fucking horrible, it reminded me of the Minger in Manchester but with added ming (and arse fudge), for once, I had to question what the actual fuck I was doing here
Sewers usually run green right ? the fuq was that brown and red stuff all about then, and it stunk to high heaven!
Didn't whiff of chemicals either, but the aroma was one I've not sampled before, I can only liken it to rotting flesh
Halal-tastic
With the lens fast misting up, I was covered in sewer spaff, one last pic and time to GTFO
Squiz wouldn't let me back in the car with the jacket either..
CSO No.2
This was the initial CSO we managed by stooping endlessly below ground one summer evening
Here another powered screen filters out any solids that may have escaped the other 3 trunk sewers much further upstream
A 4ft stoopy RBP serves as an overflow which back-connects to Eastbrook - (See confluence pic below)
The original overflow and sewer setup From CSO No.2 has since been intersected/diverted further d/s (circa 2002) to include a huge off-line detention tank
Crawling up the smaller brick spur as seen in the 'Confluence' pic below, gives way to a newer stretch of RCP which now serves any spill flows from the giant shit-tank that was installed in 2002
It's full to the brim as seen here and is prob a good 20-30m in depth
I took a quick handheld special whilst Squiz assisted with lighting it up, doing my best to catch a glimmer of soup of the day
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