WW2 Fuel Pipeline under Portsmouth!!

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Today we are exploring a short tunnelled section of the fuel pipeline that was used to get the fuel from the main underground storage tanks on Portsdown Hill, 6 miles to the port.
As of February 2019 the whole site including the storage tanks are sealed and locked!
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@HP_Sauce334 2 года назад

There are government fuel pipelines that start at Fawley oil refinery and go under Southampton water, then Southampton itself and on to Pompey. One pipeline goes up to London. If you look at the admiralty chart for the Solent you'll see them clearly marked. Hamble oil terminal also has a pipeline system

@WW2HistoryHunter 5 лет назад

That was just so great to watch , just loved that. Great locations that you take us to. Thanks for sharing and Greetings from us.

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Thank you for watching dear man:)

@bobwoods1963 4 года назад

The tunnel is a lot newer than the pipeline. It was constructed when the M27 was built in the 70's/'80s.

@DJAsHeRMusic 5 лет назад

Gutted did not go down with you really thought I would not be able to get back up. Great to see the video in its entirety now. Great golden gem.

@fauxpastea4169 5 лет назад

Emergency escape ladders are relatively pricey but a good investment for such explores.

@kerrieharman 4 года назад

Definitely very interesting 🤔 well done I loved it 👍🏻

@TerminusVox 5 лет назад

OMG! So stressful watching you struggle with ropes! Glad to know you got out (because the video got uploaded!)

@daveneville6966 5 лет назад

Like the vids, don't think that you would make the cut as a spider in your previous life, or even the next, dangling on that rope lol, you two amuse me so much, keep up the good work!

@nickclark6001 5 лет назад

How do you go about storing all these videos? My canon hfg25 creates huge video files. Then you need backups of course! The above video camera is incredible filming in low light conditions. And image stabilization is extremely good.

@brianartillery 5 лет назад

For anyone wondering what on earth IKS Exploration are doing using ropes, the answer is simple: there were no safety weeds growing at this site, unlike the Fortress Of Mimoyeques, in France. Nice one, gents.

@aussiedazvk4djh889 5 лет назад

I can just see Simon in fits of laughter watching the video. 😂 Great video Ian & Chris.

@SubExploration 5 лет назад

😉

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Lol yeah I bet he is :D

@JafarCalley 5 лет назад

So. Here we have a guy in a carpark late at night with a beard wearing military clothing untying a rope. Probably not the best look for the times we are in at the moment lol.

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Lol yeah crazy in it :D

@Jams848484 5 лет назад

That doesn't look out of place in Portsmouth.

@IKS-Exploration 3 года назад

@@RobinPhillips1957 totally folk lol

@stephencleaves 5 лет назад

It never fails to amaze me how much stuff is buried beneath our feet and what lengths the governments of the day went to to build such massive structures for the war effort. Great video as always guys !

@ChipGuy 5 лет назад

Those pipelines are usually just buried into the ground like everything else. These tunnels are constructed when the weight load above the pipelines exceeds their limits. So the concrete tunnel takes all the load and reliefs the pipelines.

@quintoncozad5685 5 лет назад

I just started watching your guys videos and like the history you guys find thanks for all the good stuff and watching a guy at the middle of night trying untangled a rope is funny all love from the us

@sampointau 5 лет назад

From the stretch in the rope when you're coming up it looks like you are using"Dynamic" rope, which stretches and is used as a safety rope when climbing, you should be using "Static" rope for abseiling!

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Yeah was telling Chris we need static rope thank you folk :)

@Yorkshiremadmick 5 лет назад

Remarkably clean and dry down there, Really well constructed ;-)

@nickclark6001 5 лет назад

Wow amazing, how did they get the pipes down there and join them together? Maybe they built the tunnel around the pipes?most of the country's airports are joined together like this they pump fuel around the country according to the demand.long-term it must save millions of pounds a year in transport costs from Milford haven to Southampton for example.

@brianartillery 5 лет назад

Most pipelines are buried using a method called 'Cut & Cover'. A deep trench is dug, the pipes are laid in it, then the soil is replaced on top. This is the same, but concrete tunnel sections were assembled and laid down before the soil was replaced. The access points were built at the same time. Once the tunnels were stable, then the pipes were laid.

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

I reckon the pipes had the Tunnel built over them.

@thepigofill7547 5 лет назад

Chaos,the god of ropes!

@zforce69 5 лет назад

Awesome, you guys are the best!

@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse 5 лет назад

For such short drops you might be better investing in a collapsible wire ladder similar to used in fire escapes it would be so much easier and safer.

@BKR 5 лет назад

Cool video IKS :) Great location.

@TheSilmarillian 5 лет назад

Love the rope prep.Lucky it wasn't a 100mtr rope :)Good to see you using the rope protector across the sharp edge many people forget that even the ones I abseil and climb with

@tsuk2018 5 лет назад

Great video guys! We have been told about this place :) looks great - Liam

@sootyjared4208 5 лет назад

At 1:02 the place in, for about 2 years (maybe even more) there was a red sofa blocking its entrance. I went past it every Saturday. They finally removed it last year...pretty sure I know how to get into these tunnels (but I won’t tell) btw.

@tyroneenglish5248 5 лет назад

That was a battle of the ropes. Love it guys great stuff🇬🇧

@michaeljohnson4636 5 лет назад

I take it the road noise is from the m27 which the tunnel goes under

@Longs81 3 года назад

and the fact they are in Tesco North harbour car park sorting the rope out :D

@dv9238 5 лет назад

Very interesting video :) Thumbs up !

@Brandewey 5 лет назад

yall seriously need proper training. plus theres a couple pieces equipment you didnt have. gloves and i dont remember what its called but the rope goes through you push it up and then you pull yourself up and repeat till your at the top. hope this helps mates :) hugs and love :)

@mikewright84 5 лет назад

the climbing skills of spiderman, but with an inner ear infection, and a dead leg, and vertigo ;)

@alan4391 5 лет назад

nice work ian thats hope we get to see other parts of this pipeline

@whitesapphire5865 Год назад

There isn't a lot of it to see, but there is supposed to be one of the intermediate boost pumping stations still remaining. The other booster stations have been demolished. The boosters were approximately one mile apart. It would be interesting to find the remaining one, and there's probably the only other place to see pipes again, other than in the pump room at the depot itself.

@toddmetzger 5 лет назад

I was wondering why Ian didn't just use the horseshoes on the other side to climb up and cinch up the rope to him and swing across. More than I could have done in my current condition, so kudos to you. I wish you would have gone up the ladder to check to see if you were actually inside the plant area or just another ventilation area, at the end of the tunnel. Shame all the light fixtures have been removed.

@xboxcrazee 5 лет назад

looks like hard work folks..

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Was getting out lol

@survivaluk6564 5 лет назад

get a light weight portable metal rope ladder, save the hassle. good vlog

@johnryanbadumar7702 5 лет назад

As always great stuff lads! Ian, me just being curious; How is Debby?

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

She's good folk thanks for asking :)

@oldmanhuppiedos 5 лет назад

That is still in good condition. But a huge job to build it.

@capriman6426 5 лет назад

The pipeline is all over the country it's marked by posts with a red top so it can be seen from the air.

@dambuster6387 5 лет назад

WW2 a pipe line called Pluto was laid from the UK on the sea bed to the french coast after D Day.

@whitesapphire5865 Год назад

Indeed there was Pipeline Under The Ocean ( even though it was only the English Channel). PLUTO was removed after the war, and was never connected to the furnace fuel oil depots. FFO was only usable in ships boilers, or other places where steam power was in use, but these pipes were installed purely for the purpose of moving fuel oil to and from the depot.

@brianartillery 5 лет назад

You should have climbed the staples until you were level with Chris, then let him take up, and secure the slack, and then swung across to the entry point.

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

That's foreign to me lol

@stevesheriff5515 4 года назад

Are you sure they are not gas mains? I know there are 3 intermediate pressure mains that go from the ridout by the golf course, across portsdown hill, down under pompey, across the solent to feed the isle of wight.

@whitesapphire5865 Год назад

It's well enough documented, if you know where to look. The pipes to the oil depot were "dived" under the motorway when it was built, about 45 years ago. There are two sixteen inch pipes for the FFO, and originally, one eight inch pipe for diesel, and this what you'll find in this tunnel, only that the diesel pipe was replaced by two smaller diameter pipes for the short stretch under the motorway.

@chrissymon1001 5 лет назад

Is this part of the fuel distribution pipeline that runs throughout a lot of the uk, to Milford Haven and the like? I believe a map of it can be purchased for £50

@whitesapphire5865 Год назад

No. It was built to serve the FFO storage/precipitation tanks in the RFA fuel depot. The design specifications called for two sixteen inch pipes for the FFO and one eight inch for diesel fuel. This section was modified to accommodate the motorway when it was built over the pipeline about 45 years ago. The depot was in service from the start of the second world war, until about 1993, when the last remaining Leander class RN frigates were decommissioned. The Royal Yacht "Britannia" was one of the last ships to be fueled by these pipes.

@0266523 5 лет назад

You guys need a caving ladder. It would of made that much easier and faster.

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Yeah I agree

@galaxy5801 5 лет назад

LOVE your guys videos.... keep em up!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

@MrJohn1966elliott 5 лет назад

You should go to join Climbing Club ! for learning how to climb use ropes.

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Not got time for that folk lol

@ddk1900 5 лет назад

You boys really need a £40 telescopic ladder from ebay we will club together and get you one because that was brutal to watch lol. Good find though👌

@donnyanda3191 4 года назад

boys you you need to invest the time to make a decent rope ladder although that was comedy gold, seriously though hope you got out ok love this channel keep it up.

@PaulTurley81 5 лет назад

next time with your self made ladder add plastic pipe to it to make it easier to put your foot in each loop that is what my mate did

@chrisstacey1984 5 лет назад

good idea

@kartherton 5 лет назад

Ian. I want to send you a parcel. How do i go about it please? Thanks. Keith.

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Are you on Facebook or Instagram?

@chrisstacey1984 5 лет назад

i hope its not a bomb

@chrisstoppani 4 года назад

There is another air shaft in cams hall golf course near Fareham creek

@woody123496 5 лет назад

Been here nice explore this

@tsuk2018 5 лет назад

Was there more to see on the other side? The bit he didn't climb up!

@andyteakel3317 5 лет назад

The pipe line goes all the way from Avonmouth in Bristol

@nickclark6001 5 лет назад

And Manchester,an interesting network

@whitesapphire5865 Год назад

Not this one! It's purpose was purely to transport FFO from the docks to the precipitating tanks, and then back to the docks after a period of time in storage.

@MrChazeman1 5 лет назад

Crazy video folks.but cool.

@jeanlouisjeanlouis1602 5 лет назад

Should you guys not sign up for a physical survival course with lots of exercises and usage of climbing gear? :D Making you tough and lean, strong and mean!

@Liam-kr8zm 5 лет назад

Have you ever looked into Thorney island, used during WW2

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Not yet folk

@Liam-kr8zm 5 лет назад

IKS Exploration Thorney island is only 10 minutes from Portsmouth, Also Racton ruin is only 10 minutes from Thorney island, it’s a very interesting disused tower which is currently accessible 🔎

@mehentaldetectorists7064 5 лет назад

As they say on the advert ( every little helps ) you should have put some hose pipe on your foot hols it would have been a bit more easier for you to put your foot in LoL great video 👍

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Good idea that cheers folk

@andrewkiwi1 5 лет назад

We all hope Ian doesn't end up with a broken leg. So you didn't have to call the fire brigade then and explain what you were doing there. LOL You need to buy a climbers asscender.

@raymondj8768 5 лет назад

Ian no more mountain climbing for you my dude lol !!

@robdobbo5381 5 лет назад

🤣🤣😂😂 that was a funny ending you need to get some lessons from Simon next time you meet up

@HIDDENHISTORYWITHRAY 4 года назад

Is this still acceptable.?

@cantstopthemusic456 4 года назад

for anybody interested in the title of this video, that rope de-tangling scene goes on for 6 mins.

@IKS-Exploration 4 года назад

Lol

@nicolasroque163 5 лет назад

Iks Ian n Chris wats up mates

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Hi mate :)

@AR-jx6wr 5 лет назад

I wonder if the government watches your videos and goes around closing up everyplace you go?

@wellsgb1957 5 лет назад

I doubt it ... At best they would drag their feet, due to the expense, sadly days it all about money!

@mileshigh1321 5 лет назад

Most locations are not given. And some of them lots of other explorers have visited too after. Its more likely the Government is watching your house!

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

It's usually other RU-vidrs who give the locations away half the time. With the fuel bunker video I didn't name it or say on location. Other RU-vidrs do and then that's how they get found out.

@chrisstacey1984 5 лет назад

@@NOWThatsRichy hahahah bearing in mind iks vides are filmed up to a year before they are posted im not surprised places get sealed tbh

@jonathanpipe8249 5 лет назад

They constantly reseal them ! One lot of armoured doors were put on one on the entrances and the used a disc cutter to chop the hinges off !

@lloydtshare 5 лет назад

Stuck down there forever

@janostoth477 5 лет назад

Pruszik master 🙏

@raymondj8768 5 лет назад

dam im late as hell what we got today brother lay it on me lol

@neillsmart213 4 года назад

You guys need to be carrying gas detectors down in spaces like this .... O2, LEL. H2S Co ..... not a good potentially not a good outcome :(

@mlgs26 5 лет назад

Haha call the fire brigade

@MATB00KER 5 лет назад

Did Ian ever get out ??? Tune in next time fokes to find out 😋

@cesartorres433 5 лет назад

Good video and interesting ! but for the next at least wear a helmet

@sampointau 5 лет назад

You need to learn how to "Daisy Chain that rope! Easier and doesn't tangle!

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

I'll look on RU-vid lol the things we was shown by dear mam some months back we've forgot lol :(

@tonypino2858 5 лет назад

Wouw hoe ze dat hebben kunnen Bouwen

@whitesapphire5865 Год назад

Through British ingenuity, and wartime necessity. There are two more depots just like it, at Lyness, and Inchindown.

@halareus1361 5 лет назад

It's all tied up.The final play of the game, and ???????

@williamdavies8286 5 лет назад

Advertising Lucozade a again

@iksexplorationsfollower2588 5 лет назад

Looks like Ian's gone wrong with the rope,

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Super wrong lol

@medwayboy66 5 лет назад

Oh dear..... Back to cooking it is then

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

Lol

@bryansbuilds5722 5 лет назад

to bad I thought it would be longer then that

@IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад

So did I :(

@mickeyfubar69 5 лет назад

hahahaha

@WApnj 5 лет назад

Love your channel and explorations but watching your rigging and ropework was making me cringe. Please get some proper training before you get stuck someplace.