Urban Witness
08-11-2011, 10:18 PM
History - From looking in to the minimal history available of this place it appears to have been for the water supply to Conisbrough and is shown on maps from 1892. I its also believed to have carried water from the reservoir at Thrybergh to Doncaster.
Date of Explore – October 29th 2011
Explored By - Shane, Kerry and Maisie (dog)
This was our first explore, As its just down the road from me i decided to take a look,
I printed of a few maps and marked them up with important information of my plans and gave to my best mate just in case anything went wrong.
I dont know much about the tunnel but i have added some ideas of what it was used for above in the history section. If you know anymore about it please leave a comment.
So after finishing work at 1pm we went home for some dinner, We didn’t know how long we would be, and we had a few more leads we wanted to check out after, best to go on a full stomach.
I packed my bag got the torches together wellies on and hi-viz jacket and flashing collar for the dog.
I had a vague idea of where the tunnel was but its a guess as to where the entrance sat. We headed of to where i thought the entrance sat and came straight across it. That’s a bonus!
I got my gloves on and grabbed the torched and sqeezed my way through the small opening to check it was clear. After confirming it i called in Kerry and the dog.
so let the explore begin…
First thing we came across is a wheel barrow .. god only knows how that got in there..
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290001-1.jpg
Next we came across the start or the pipe,
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290020.jpg
My exploring partners
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290023.jpg
ahh Some fresh air
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290028.jpg
came across a paint pot
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290032JPG.jpg
Some of the roof has metal sheets, this is the effect it has got to
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290035.jpg
The Walls repeatedly went from brick – stone – brick ..
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290036.jpg
Nice Stone Section
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290040.jpg
Me and the dog..
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290043.jpg
this is a nice change from the first brick one. We came across 3 of these air shafts but i believe there are 4.
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290051.jpg
16.01.85… hope thats a true date
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290052.jpg
Some form of supports
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290058.jpg
We are not alone!
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290062.jpg
We got to a point where there was so many spiders and they was getting bigger and bigger, and the space getting smaller and wetter.
I put the camera away and we started walking back,
this is the way in and out for us..
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290066.jpg
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290075.jpg
We was in the tunnel for about 1hr 30mins and was a great explore,
shane
Date of Explore – October 29th 2011
Explored By - Shane, Kerry and Maisie (dog)
This was our first explore, As its just down the road from me i decided to take a look,
I printed of a few maps and marked them up with important information of my plans and gave to my best mate just in case anything went wrong.
I dont know much about the tunnel but i have added some ideas of what it was used for above in the history section. If you know anymore about it please leave a comment.
So after finishing work at 1pm we went home for some dinner, We didn’t know how long we would be, and we had a few more leads we wanted to check out after, best to go on a full stomach.
I packed my bag got the torches together wellies on and hi-viz jacket and flashing collar for the dog.
I had a vague idea of where the tunnel was but its a guess as to where the entrance sat. We headed of to where i thought the entrance sat and came straight across it. That’s a bonus!
I got my gloves on and grabbed the torched and sqeezed my way through the small opening to check it was clear. After confirming it i called in Kerry and the dog.
so let the explore begin…
First thing we came across is a wheel barrow .. god only knows how that got in there..
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290001-1.jpg
Next we came across the start or the pipe,
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290020.jpg
My exploring partners
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290023.jpg
ahh Some fresh air
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290028.jpg
came across a paint pot
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290032JPG.jpg
Some of the roof has metal sheets, this is the effect it has got to
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290035.jpg
The Walls repeatedly went from brick – stone – brick ..
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290036.jpg
Nice Stone Section
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290040.jpg
Me and the dog..
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290043.jpg
this is a nice change from the first brick one. We came across 3 of these air shafts but i believe there are 4.
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290051.jpg
16.01.85… hope thats a true date
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290052.jpg
Some form of supports
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290058.jpg
We are not alone!
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290062.jpg
We got to a point where there was so many spiders and they was getting bigger and bigger, and the space getting smaller and wetter.
I put the camera away and we started walking back,
this is the way in and out for us..
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290066.jpg
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m510/shanehoggatt/Edlington%20Water%20Tunnel/PA290075.jpg
We was in the tunnel for about 1hr 30mins and was a great explore,
shane