Underground Reservoir, lancashire. 5/11

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after seeing ojays report from here me and BB decided to have a look at it. i was surprised how easy it was to find this on the internet! after we had confirmed it was there off we went. we found it almost straight away once we got there and only bumped in to the owner who opened the gate for us and let us in! :lol:

history:- Bolton Council bought the New Hey site in the early 1960s and turned it into an underground reservoir in 1963.

With its thick concrete walls, it was designed to store up to 12 million litres of water in case of a water shortage but it was never used and United Utilities, which now manages the North West’s water supply, sold it to Harwood Homes for £21,000.

The reservoir is roughly 40m wide, 40m long and 5.4m high. and from what the owner said the concrete is almost 5ft thick at the bottom. plans are for the underground reservoir to be transformed into a £2 million luxury house under innovative plans drawn up by a Bolton developer. who will create a five-bedroom luxury home with a swimming pool.

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it really is a great place to see and every little sound echo's like hell in there! :)

[kitchen]

Nice snaps.

Echoing in eclosed underground things like this are great, Lanberris bomb store has great echos. I'd love to set a firework off in there.

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it was great but it was hard work at times! for example when i was doing the self portraits trying to listen for the shutter so i could move again and BB is running around practicing his one man band routine! :jester

[captain cave man]

Looks very nice and peaceful down theer some cracking shots. Thanks 4 posting

[crippletron 3000]

Good stuff glad you made it

The place does take up a fair bit of time getting just the right pics, still a worthy mooch :thumb

http://i770.photobucket.com/albums/xx345/ojay1234/Other/Underground%20Resi/BR1_F.jpg

[MJS]

Tres bon

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thanks guys, and your right ojay but its worth all the messing about! :)

[BB]

Here are my offerings. Cant believe how cool this place is!
When the owner saw us, my heart sank...but he turned out to be a top bloke! :thumb

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And heres a Video of me pissing about :lol:
More for the sound than video
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/th_DSC_0078-5.jpg (http://s324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/?action=view&current=DSC_0078-5.mp4)

[BA]

Haha love it :)
Shame I couldn't come :(
BB .... Noisy ..... Never!!! :lol:

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ace, so the fella is ok and all that, good stuff

lol he said to come down again! :)

[MJS]

Wicked!! I'll come in a couple of weeks, I'm nearly a free man again!!

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Wicked!! I'll come in a couple of weeks, I'm nearly a free man again!!

no problem, he gave us a phone number if we want gate opening again! lol

[MJS]

Haha, no way, that's just ace!!

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he also said to go down when there doing the convertion if we wanted! lol

[Nicola]

That does look ace - great pictures guys! :thumb

[MJS]

I'd be well up for seeing that get redeveloped!! Sounds amazing! I'd like to document the whole build actually!!!

[crippletron 3000]

You don't really need the gate opening tho ;)

But I suppose it's good that you/we any man and his dog has his consent..

I might ask him if I can go for a swim once the gaff is finished :D

[buddah]

superbly well lit , nice set of images.

[minxy*]

Ace shots :thumb

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You don't really need the gate opening tho ;)

But I suppose it's good that you/we any man and his dog has his consent..

I might ask him if I can go for a swim once the gaff is finished :D

i was already on the other side of the fence when he came over lol

and yes Ojay i think he would let you have a swim when its done! :)

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Good stuff mate, some great shots from what i guess is a rather tricky place to get right :thumb

nope and really easy to find, took 2 mins on a google search! lol