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 didnt 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. Thats 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..
Next we came across the start or the pipe,
My exploring partners
ahh Some fresh air
came across a paint pot
Some of the roof has metal sheets, this is the effect it has got to
The Walls repeatedly went from brick stone brick ..
Nice Stone Section
Me and the dog..
this is a nice change from the first brick one. We came across 3 of these air shafts but i believe there are 4.
16.01.85 hope thats a true date
Some form of supports
We are not alone!
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..
We was in the tunnel for about 1hr 30mins and was a great explore,
shane