"Byker"
It's been a while since I stuck anything drain related up..
Some time ago myself and @siologen ended up in the North East looking at stuff, we ended up killing a bit of time in here and actually found it fairly interesting for such a small culvert
The majority of the 'Drain' is dry as the tunnel is disected, with the Ouseburn running below via a sizeable concrete box, with a trunk sewer occupying either side, the upper section once served as an Air raid shelter
The thing is, you'd never know this looking at previous reports as nobody had bothered to actually don some gum boots and explore the place properly, so Siologen and my good self set about putting that straight
For many years people claimed the Biker culvert re-emerged under Byker Bridge when infact it's actually the Ouseburn viaduct (I'm a stickler for detail)
The low Arch which serves the outfall is actually the James & Co Bridge built to their lead Works in 1801
The remains of the shelter, hence the lack of water, the puddle being the most people actually get to a drain here
The elliptical ferro-concrete conduit remains intact throughout
The place has been fairly graffed up over the years, with disabled access allowing every man and his dog to wander about in here
Including a rave back in March 2017, how irresponsible
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...partygoers-attended-illegal-raveafter-wading/
A good way in, an opening in the split level conduit allows a quick glimpse of the Ouseburn below
I've never understood why nobody bothers to bash upstream below here, so maybe we should bother
Here, a sewer thrown in for good measure
I did take a pic from below as Siologen looked on, but for some reason I can't find it so this will have to do for now..
The end is a shaft beyond the graff to a split lid in the woods on the boundary of Heaton Park
And finally the outfall section of the Culvert below the railway viaduct
It's been a while since I stuck anything drain related up..
Some time ago myself and @siologen ended up in the North East looking at stuff, we ended up killing a bit of time in here and actually found it fairly interesting for such a small culvert
The majority of the 'Drain' is dry as the tunnel is disected, with the Ouseburn running below via a sizeable concrete box, with a trunk sewer occupying either side, the upper section once served as an Air raid shelter
The thing is, you'd never know this looking at previous reports as nobody had bothered to actually don some gum boots and explore the place properly, so Siologen and my good self set about putting that straight
For many years people claimed the Biker culvert re-emerged under Byker Bridge when infact it's actually the Ouseburn viaduct (I'm a stickler for detail)
The low Arch which serves the outfall is actually the James & Co Bridge built to their lead Works in 1801
The remains of the shelter, hence the lack of water, the puddle being the most people actually get to a drain here
The elliptical ferro-concrete conduit remains intact throughout
The place has been fairly graffed up over the years, with disabled access allowing every man and his dog to wander about in here
Including a rave back in March 2017, how irresponsible
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...partygoers-attended-illegal-raveafter-wading/
A good way in, an opening in the split level conduit allows a quick glimpse of the Ouseburn below
I've never understood why nobody bothers to bash upstream below here, so maybe we should bother
Here, a sewer thrown in for good measure
I did take a pic from below as Siologen looked on, but for some reason I can't find it so this will have to do for now..
The end is a shaft beyond the graff to a split lid in the woods on the boundary of Heaton Park
And finally the outfall section of the Culvert below the railway viaduct
