Date: 2007-11-08.
Tags: drains, london, overkill, uk
An oviform and a round tunnel enter the chamber from upstream, and drop into a central channel which collects the flow and directs it downwards into a lower level tunnel. Spanning the channel and dividing the chamber are rows of two tone brick columns which arch into the ceiling. The chamber seems far more elaborate than it needs to be, why not simply merge two tunnels through a series of churnblocks?
Was it simply pride in their workmanship and professionalism that inspired such an attention to detail in a place so few would ever see? This chamber is elaborate in ways totally unnecessary. Chamfered edges, rounded edges, dual manhole access, safety handrails, the dominating brick columns. It's over the top and excessive but who's to complain.
The volume of water collecting in the channel makes passing into the lower level tunnel a dangerous looking affair, visibility is low and ending up a soaked rat is guaranteed. There is manhole access further downstream of the tunnel, which leads back up to a neat staircase closer to the chamber. Downstream of the lower manhole remains unexplored, and upstream from the chamber showed no features or changes after 10 minutes of struggling against the flow.
Crypt is known for one spectacular feature alone. Access could not be simpler, the shiny new hinged easylift manhole drops directly in this feature. It's literal drain tourism with none of the hard work usually needed to see something so impressive. The turbulence below is clearly audible as you approach the manhole, as the manhole lifts open it roars over the street.
An oviform and a round tunnel enter the chamber from upstream, and drop into a central channel which collects the flow and directs it downwards into a lower level tunnel. Spanning the channel and dividing the chamber are rows of two tone brick columns which arch into the ceiling. The chamber seems far more elaborate than it needs to be, why not simply merge two tunnels through a series of churnblocks?
Was it simply pride in their workmanship and professionalism that inspired such an attention to detail in a place so few would ever see? This chamber is elaborate in ways totally unnecessary. Chamfered edges, rounded edges, dual manhole access, safety handrails, the dominating brick columns. It's over the top and excessive but who's to complain.
The volume of water collecting in the channel makes passing into the lower level tunnel a dangerous looking affair, visibility is low and ending up a soaked rat is guaranteed. There is manhole access further downstream of the tunnel, which leads back up to a neat staircase closer to the chamber. Downstream of the lower manhole remains unexplored, and upstream from the chamber showed no features or changes after 10 minutes of struggling against the flow.
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18 Comment(s)
So the covers were shiny and new? Hmm! When we first found it they were old, brown, rusted and somewhat fucked!
Both are braaaaaaaaaaand spanking new. I'd eat off them.
I never quite understood how this system works. I guess unless someone does up a diagram ill just have to wait n see it for myself. Nice to see London gracing the glorious pages .
Nice! Certainly captured the place more graciously than I managed that day. My pics look rather more like something from Half-life played on a badly calibrated monitor :( I'll put them online soon any how and chuck together a diagram especially for Silo. :)
Clean down there. You could easily do a big steamy dump down there, doesnt look like a sewer at all.
Dropping a floater in a drain anyone?
There's so much cross contamination between systems here it wouldn't even matter. Conveniently you wouldn't bring toilet paper, just grab a piece from the plentiful supply flowing past.
Go on drop a big egg stinking golden nugget down there.
Lay a big floating stinking egg. You know it makes sense, to quote del boy.
Has anyone actually dropped a floater during any of their sewer explores? seems an ideal place to me...?
mighty fine.
b&w is close to my heart. nice to see your using it :-)
Richard the thirds look better in b and w too. I'm eagerly awaiting a nice black banana shot down there. Didnt JD or stoop provide?
They surely didn't, I suspect they're proper British. One doesn't exactly improve their standing within the hierarchy of Lords and Noblemen by exploring drains so imagine the damage to the reputation were they to be snapped by a bobby, bare ass hanging over a manhole, veins popping out of their forehead, dropping a corn laden depth charge into Crypt.
Nah, I mean right into the grey toilet paper swilling flow, just drop one right into that flow, get a nice bit of backsplash going...
They took a photo of a nice sloppy terd that splayed its black hearted guts out, down the westbourne, IIRC. Looked steaming fresh too in hi res quality. As was seen on a certain forum, although I'm sure they will deny it was anything to do with them.
Awwww someone thinks hes funny how sad.
I've seen turds dropped through bridge expansions gaps. Spreads like butter on impact. Regarding the rest, take your petty drama elsewhere. I know the pic you're talking about.
Nay drama, just was expecting the reply post, but I think i know who quinlet is.
Why would there be drama here? Why would either of us deny posting a picture of nasty ass splatter effect excreta? I believe the thread in question was called somethng along the lines of 'what's the worst thing you have seen whilst exploring'. *shrug* or it may have just been a thread about poop in the Westbourne? Whatever the case, no big deal.
As for taking a dump in a sewer? I haven't been that desperate yet, I pooped in a monastery once though, that's gotta be worse right?
A nice sloppy brown sprayed richard the third with its black hearted guts autopsied open down in the westbourne. Classic. Lurvely.
Wonder if the toilet pits drop right into the sewer channels, or if all the nastiness is pumped in from the sewage works?
Given that these are sewers, adding to them yourself seems to be a rather pointless excersise.
Are you a choc lover perchance? If so, you'll prolly want the turd dropped in your mouth than down a sewer... ;D
True.
But a richard the third or brown stain down a drain is always nice. Haha, that last part rhymes.