I lived in Holly Bank Road near Greenbank Park. There is a culvert that runs into the lake, I never knew it was a river! Anyways, I remember in the mid 70's they drained the lake, there is a plug hole at the students residents end of the park, it was made of wood with a metal chain attached, I always wondered where that water went, now I know.
Cheers for watching glad you like the vid its good people can see inside this underground river there a lot more to come from this yet will have another video from it coming soon That book is brilliant so informative Cheers simon
Thanks mark thanks for watching yeh in the sandstone bit it can get a little unnerving if a flash flood comes in with recent weather we took advantage of low water levels
Just to the rear of section 1....up to about 1963ish...there was a lovely little cottage, gate house... It was then demolished. To the left of the ramp. It was the drive way to Otterspool house. Which was were the putting green used to be. Originally its drive was down the lane that now stops at the railway line and old buildings. The railway severed the drive... In early 1860s. Interesting note, that old house is reputed to have had an underground menagerie. My aunt as a girl in the 1930s remembers seeing some remains... Jehrico farm is were the council housing was built in 1962 half way along Jehrico Lane... Again my aunt remembered going there from Park Road, for milk, she said the farm was run by a not nice elderly man......
hello blah we are lucky were i live we have tons of old victorian brickwork sewers and culverts pt 2 of this vid is coming soon just awaiting the right weather thanks for watching
What about the river black which runs down underneath smithdown road and then through between the allotments at greenbank drive and briefly surfacing in a small park before going back underground and surfacing again at otterspool
That was boss lads. Do you know there is an old Otterspool Train Station, it's off that road that is unadopted with like an old station house near it. I still don't know what un-adopted road means like but its up there, you can also see it from the bridge on the main road. Well done lads.
@@g2emedia1977 Ta mate you can still see it from the track as well on a passing train from St Michaels. Is that building lived in it looks locked up with an old taxi outside. Do you know what unadopted means? Does that mean the council don't own it ?
Wonderd what was behind that gate. Never knew that tributary existed. Spent many hours in sevy park old nick’s cave and greenbank park. Thanks great video mate
Not the IDEAL exploring companion ... "Me back's knackered", "It's full of spiders", "Can you imagine being stuck down 'ere", "There's loads of eels", etc. :-D Seriously, though, I'm glad you're doing this because I'd no idea what was under my fine home city. Well done, lads!
Lol yeh i had a lot of issues down there but that small section at the end is an absolute back breaker...i think it opens up a little further up Cheers for watching glad you liked the video much appreciated bud
Can you do the underground tunnel in Breeze Hill Walton? I think its mentioned in the book you've got? That would be amazing, apparently it opens up to a huge vaulted brickwork room
@@g2emedia1977 Keep up the good work!, you are going to places I have only dreamed of, i don't know if you've been to Edge Hill yet (three tunnels, one two lead down to the docks , always wanted to go there seen a few RU-vid vids of people getting access, the lucky people, there is so much more to Liverpool rich history, I think now we are only scratching the surface!
No, not for maximum strength. The egg shape restricts the water so it flows quickly over a narrow surface. This causes a scouring action that stops silt being deposited. The sewer is thus self cleaning. It works well if the fall on the sewer isn't too steep. A circular sewer would be slightly stronger but would tend to have silt deposits if the water flowed slowly.
