Report - Bowling beck, (Academy) Bradford, April 2019

[stranton]

Been on my list since I last came to Bradford between July & August 2016, but never got round to returning
visited with @ACID- REFLUX thankyou for doing this with me & providing the 4gas.

The Bowling beck is a tributary of the Bradford beck,
which duals as a combined sewer for the eastern side.
The infall consists of a stoopy brick pipe which merge's with the combined sewer & continues as a concrete culvert,
there's a lot of water leaking through the culvert inc 2 discharging pipes.

one of 2 stoopy brick pipes which continue towards the infall

the beck discharges here & now becomes a combined sewer

I was wanting to follow this,
but on prodding tripod in the stagnant water I knew it would of breached my thigh waders.

detention tank with the usual chompers & Archimedes screws

during excess flooding the sewer will pour across this wall & continue along the culvert

tumbling steps

2nd stoopy pipe which continues towards the infall

concrete pipe

this takes stooping to the limit & it's long

the beck discharges here & now becomes a combined sewer

2nd detention tank with the usual chompers & Archimedes screws

during excess flooding the sewer will pour across a wall & continue along this pipe & then the culvert

tumbling steps

both becks or combined sewers merge here,
then continue towards the outfall

merging of the Bowling beck & Bradford beck

thanks for viewing

 

[DirtyJigsaw]

Fantastic shots, loving that "tube" tunnel too. Nice one

 

[Lenston]

Nice pics, good to see Acid putting in a personal appearance!

 

[pastybarm]

What's that stuff on the floor, with your boot/shoe prints in it? S***e? Or sediment? Looks a bit like sand, but not quite dense enough?

 

[Punk]

Nice report
How is old Acid?

 

[pastybarm]

Good to see you back posting punk.

 

[albino-jay]

Nicely done mate. Good to see Acid back out and about.

 

[Ojay]

Good effort

 

[tarkovsky]

Nice report. Those tumbling steps are great aren’t they?

 

[stranton]

Nice report
How is old Acid?

he's doing ok

 

[stranton]

What's that stuff on the floor, with your boot/shoe prints in it? S***e? Or sediment? Looks a bit like sand, but not quite dense enough?

probably a mix of deposits &

Those tumbling steps are great aren’t they?

be fascinating seeing them in flood

 

[tarkovsky]

be fascinating seeing them in flood

It really would. I'm not volunteering to take the pics tho ;-)

 

[pastybarm]

Bradford must get some serious storm flow. In that Hong kong report on the international sites, the outfall had a big tumbling steps feature, just before the outfall. I assume these steps act as a baffle in drains?

 

[tallginge]

Brickwork, stonework, concrete segments, overflows, tumbling bays, big junctions and archimedes bloody screws - got everything this. Nice report

 

[pastybarm]

You are not wrong there @tallginge