markus250
21-04-2010, 05:30 PM
Hi all,
Went to find the Mapperley tunnel earlier this month...we were looking in the wrong place for a while LOL! Anyway we finally found this monster tunnel and were suprised its so well hidden in the undergrowth with there being such a huge cutout approach.
I won't go into too much history as its been done a few times before but it was a line that ran from victoria station and runs underneath Mapperley hills. The tunnel is just over 1000yards in length but the furthest point you can get to is 545yards where the tunnel ends due to the huge rubbish pile thats been dumped down one of the airshafts. I have read that past this point the tunnel collapsed eventually leading to its closure.
Heres the pictures over the two days we were in the area:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_2447.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_4879.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_4878.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_4895.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_4878.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5122.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5123.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5130.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5132.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5133.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5142.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5144.jpg
Experimenting with light painting (first time we'd done this!):
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5146.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5148.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5150.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5157.jpg
Exiting the tunnel! lol!
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5159.jpg
Hope these are good...next step is to learn how to light paint an area rather than drawing shapes.
markus250:)
Went to find the Mapperley tunnel earlier this month...we were looking in the wrong place for a while LOL! Anyway we finally found this monster tunnel and were suprised its so well hidden in the undergrowth with there being such a huge cutout approach.
I won't go into too much history as its been done a few times before but it was a line that ran from victoria station and runs underneath Mapperley hills. The tunnel is just over 1000yards in length but the furthest point you can get to is 545yards where the tunnel ends due to the huge rubbish pile thats been dumped down one of the airshafts. I have read that past this point the tunnel collapsed eventually leading to its closure.
Heres the pictures over the two days we were in the area:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_2447.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_4879.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_4878.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_4895.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_4878.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5122.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5123.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5130.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5132.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5133.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5142.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5144.jpg
Experimenting with light painting (first time we'd done this!):
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5146.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5148.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5150.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5157.jpg
Exiting the tunnel! lol!
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/markus250/Mapperley%20Tunnel%204th%20and%2012th%20April%2020 10/100_5159.jpg
Hope these are good...next step is to learn how to light paint an area rather than drawing shapes.
markus250:)