Report - The End of The Line: Edge Hill Engine Station, Crown Street and Wapping Tunnels (Liverpool, Sept, 2020)

[Calamity Jane]

What a fantastic report. Loving the old photos & sketches. Lovely lite tunnels, looks a lovely mooch around. Plenty to see. Very comprehensive, spot on,

 

[Wappy]

great report ive only done the one at liverpool might be worth another trip one day

 

[Derpy_hooves]

Really nice, thanks. The links to other reports are handy as well.

 

[paulpowers]

Cracking report
Really well covered

 

[princethorpe]

Quality report. Nearly didn't look so glad I did. Thanks

 

[Mini nut]

Very good report about one of the strangest places still left on Earth.

 

[Vic2]

Looking at the street map the line down must open up at a skew on Kings Dock Street. Is that obvious when in the tunnel? (If it was at a right angle to the street it looks like it would end up under Lime Street.)

 

[urbanchemist]

Looking at the street map the line down must open up at a skew on Kings Dock Street. Is that obvious when in the tunnel? (If it was at a right angle to the street it looks like it would end up under Lime Street.)

The line split into three in the cutting with rubbish in it, apparently called 'the crow's foot'.

Yes, the middle line - the only one open at the moment - is not quite square on to the end of what is now King's Dock Street, although I don't remember this being particularly pronounced.

The comparison of an old map (1891) and the current aerial view below makes this more obvious.

 

[synchronoscope]

Great report as ever! One questdion tho. The pics in the steam pipe tunnel seem to suggest a vertical shaft or well going down with a dodgy bit of timber running accross? What is it and how deep?! Did you cross it?!

 

[urbanchemist]

Great report as ever! One questdion tho. The pics in the steam pipe tunnel seem to suggest a vertical shaft or well going down with a dodgy bit of timber running accross? What is it and how deep?! Did you cross it?!

From memory the shaft isn't deep maybe 10 ft or so. And I don't think I went over that plank because it looked blocked beyond.
This tunnel eventually lead to one of the chimneys so the shafts may have been for boilers in rooms below.

 

[Llama]

only just seen this for some reason, bloody pukka mate!

 

[jezzyboo]

very good pics and top notch report

 

[Lewis ward]

Awesome report

 

[Stitch]

Really cool thanks for sharing

 

[bobdobelina]

Great report. Going to get some waders and do this.