Hidden Tunnels Under The Streets Of Liverpool, But Where Do They Go?
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.
Over a distance of 127 miles (204 km), crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branches, and in the early 21st century a new link was constructed into the Liverpool docks system.
In the mid-18th century the growing towns of Yorkshire, including Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford, were trading increasingly. While the Aire and Calder Navigation improved links to the east for Leeds, links to the west were limited. Bradford merchants wanted to increase the supply of limestone to make lime for mortar and agriculture using coal from Bradford's collieries and to transport textiles to the Port of Liverpool.On the west coast, traders in the busy port of Liverpool wanted a cheap supply of coal for their shipping and manufacturing businesses and to tap the output from the industrial regions of Lancashire. Inspired by the effectiveness of the wholly artificial navigation, the Bridgewater Canal opened in 1759-60. A canal across the Pennines linking Liverpool and Hull (by means of the Aire and Calder Navigation) would have obvious trade benefits.
A public meeting took place at the Sun Inn in Bradford on 2 July 1766 to promote the building of such a canal. John Longbotham was engaged to survey a route. Two groups were set up to promote the scheme, one in Liverpool and one in Bradford. The Liverpool committee was unhappy with the route originally proposed, following the Ribble valley through Preston, considering that it ran too far to the north, missing key towns and the Wigan coalfield. A counter-proposal was produced by John Eyes and Richard Melling, improved by P.P. Burdett, which was rejected by the Bradford committee as too expensive, mainly because of the valley crossing at Burnley. James Brindley was called in to arbitrate, and ruled in favour of Longbotham's more northerly route, though with a branch towards Wigan, a decision which caused some of the Lancashire backers to withdraw their support, and which was subsequently amended over the course of development. In 1768 Brindley gave a detailed estimate of a distance just less than 109 miles (175 km) built at a cost of £259,777 (equivalent to about £32.67 million as of 2014).
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal Act 1770 (10 Geo. 3. c. 114) was passed in May 1770 authorising construction, and Brindley was appointed chief engineer and John Longbotham clerk of works; following Brindley's death in 1772, Longbotham carried out both roles.
in this video we explore what remains of the 1700s construction and even find a pedestrian tunnel all now hidden underground
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Wow ... didnt want this 1 to end !!! Like a cross between The Krypton Factor and the Maze 😅 Amazing how they can destroy things of beauty like those 2 bridges .... such a shame .You're wondering if those 2 locals will watch this ..me I'm wondering if Donovan will see it 😅🤣😄😆😄
was it really that good ha ha thanks though for watching glad you enjoyed it...ha ha boss comment that about donovan
I’m a Blackburner born and bred and I have always had a fascination with the Leeds/Liverpool canal as it passes right through the heart of the town, just skirting the town centre.
I have walked the towpath from Infirmary locks in Blackburn to as far as Skipton, which was broken up into two separate walks. My intention is to eventually resume the walk from Skipton and finish at Leeds, then restarting at infirmary locks to make my way towards Liverpool. It’s been a few years but I haven’t yet resigned to not doing it.
Thanks for the video, it was really interesting to see the start of the longest canal in Britain, hopefully I will see it for myself soon.
hi thanks for watching its amazing how long this canal is mind blowing in fact.
@@g2emedia1977 I’m amazed at how quickly they built it, considering it was mainly dug out with pick and spade.
Been over that bridge a thousand times, never thought to look under it, well done boys, another gem found keep them coming, you're getting a huge following now lads, well done!!!
hi simon mad isn't it how its just left like that, i really enjoyed this one, thanks for watching mate
Another great video George and Eric, if it wasn’t for you guys, we would never know what history lies beneath our feet. Thank you both.
@@johnmarkrobinson2924 where is the documentary on this?
thanks brian glad you enjoy the content i have so much more like this coming so stay tuned
@@johnmarkrobinson2924 this is new stop being an arse what's your problem??
@@g2emedia1977 You can tell when your channel is starting to make an impact ...... you get trolls !!! And you've got your 1st 1 here , just dont feed it 🤣😄😅😆
@@g2emedia1977You can always tell when a channels taking off ..... trolls start to appear and you've got your 1st one , just dont feed it !!! 🤣😄😅😆😅😄🤣
Love your channel mate❤. I Am 62 now my Dad is 87 he grew up in the Old Liverpool. What a City !!! Thank You for you service
Glad I have just found you . Used to go to see Everton in the 1960 s . Liverpool is a city with history and it still can be found 😊
That wasteland by mercedes.. when those warehouses were demolished, they found ww2 unexploded bombs .. they have just now left the brick facade as it was planned for development.
Great video. I love your channel.
hi thanks for watching i was sent some pics the other day on that development mad how it fell through...glad you like the channel also much appreciated
Wow the old world was beautiful,originally from liverpool now in devon,born in west derby village then to fazakerly,my grandparents had the White House on duke street my uncle had the empress in toxteth,I used to love coming back to visit and spent many hours in the cathedral,not been back for many years but believe lots of change
You should come back for a visit
@@williambilly3269 would love to but seeing the take over is scary and my family on the wirral hardly talk to me because of my views so nowhere to stay 💫
@louisebran5406 that's a shame it's nice in town in the summertime now lots going on, never say never?
Great video George and Eric. Absolutely fascinating, well done finding the second pedestrian tunnel. Always interesting content, keep it up. Fred
hi fred thanks for watching lots more like this coming
Thanks!
wow thank you so much ann much appreciated
Your best one to date.
Brilliant.
This is your benchmark now.
Well done.
@@greenhenryYT thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it ill have to up my game now if this is my benchmark
Evening chaps. Brilliant video as always. PLEASE be careful...we want to see more of these videos. Thank you for risking life and limb🙂
hi ruth cheers for watching glad you enjoyed the video...i do try my best to be careful
Simply BRILLIANT video mate! Wonderful stuff 🙏🏻
thank you very much glad you enjoyed it
This is my favorite vid so far mate loved it 👏
really wow thanks mate
Hello George and Eric….this was a brilliant video,I grew up around that area but never really payed much attention to all the things that were around me but now see things differently because of your videos so thank you very much guys 👍
hi there thanks for watching so glad you enjoyed it ive never spent much time round these ways and lately im so glad i have so much to see round here
I worked for liverpool community transport Leeds srtret in the 70s remember climbing out of back window and standing on the start of the canal
Absolutely brilliant watch ..... Thank you. Great local history....
thanks you very much glad you liked it
Your best videos are the ones with a shot of Eric's Arse Cleft! 20:33 pure explorer gold lmao 😂😂
Hi George and Eric, l have never noticed that old building in old hall street that bridge is a hidden gem, great video, and a brilliant explor. Thanks for sharing 👍
hi martin thanks for watching mate glad you enjoyed it a real unseen hidden gem this place indeed
Thanks for sharing Liverpools history.
@@bernadettecrawford3656 thanks for watching
That’s brilliant, well done and nice one for sharing. Loving your videos. 👍
hi john thanks for watching glad you enjoy the content
Haven't they extended the canal from vauxhall road across the front of the liver building through to the Albert dock area. A nice little walk for you and Eric. No ladders required.
more of swim really for the most the extended the canal!, the main reason there no tow path (so canal boat horse power your better be a good swimmer! and some parts there isn't even sides in the dockland parts, only marker boys in the water, marking a watery path?
yeh its ok that part a bit of a tunnel outside liver building which i went in a few years ago you can see the bottom its not all that deep
Your best video by far. It was extremely interesting, and it just goes to show you that your research pays off. What else is looming below the streets of Liverpool ? That bridge is very much part of our history. Is it a shame the way it's just been coverd over ? Looking forward to your next one 😊
thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video mad how much stuff is below us isnt it and this is a proper hidden gem...lots more coming like this one
Great video. The manhole cover above the ladder at 24:10 can be seen on the pavement at 8:33 and 11:00 when you show where the Liverbird would have been.
yeh i noticed that after i stopped filming...thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video
Amazing stuff George, what history we have right on our Doorstep. I started serving my Apprenticeship, just around the corner from the Bridge at Great Howard street end in No3 Glegg street, 1976. Tate & Lyle was still going strong in those days, in fact we used to do the overspill that their Workshops couldn't handle when they were busy. The amount of industry around there in those days was amazing. There were Cafe's all along Great Howard street and during the day they were chocker block with the lads that worked around. Happy Days 👍👍
Would have loved to see it when the area was thriving
@shahidajogi7110 same
Megalithic and ancient stone work is buried all over Merseyside mate. Keep up the superb investigation work 🤩
WOW. Thank you George.
thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Another great video really enjoyed it Keep them coming
thanks mike glad you enjoyed it mate lots more like this to come
The canal at chisenale St went through the Tate and lyle factory I can remember the barges berthed there ,and the warehouses either side of the canal
id love to see any old photos from around these ways
George & Eric
Yet another top mooch and vlog ,so interesting and again you 2 taking risks on them palisade fences also nice to see the crack on Eric 😮😮😊😊
hi steve thanks for watching mate glad you enjoyed the efforts i swore last time id never go near another palaside but this one i totally had to lol
Just found your Chanel here. Cracking video here,I have worked around this area. Background knowledge of Liverpool is brilliant keep up your good work
hello adam thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it...i do love a bit of local history
Brilliant video mate. Had me engrossed throughout! 👌
brilliant thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Well done to you and Eric on this one, really interesting insight into the canal. I think there are still a couple of Liverpool Birds on the bridge further up at Boundary Street. It’s a great walk up the canal towards Bootle 👍👍👍
Mate what an absolute belter of a video this is the first time this has ever been seen up close for sure
That pedestrian tunel bloody hell so hidden
Mate im blown away by this video good work indeed
thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video mind blowing isnt it how its just left like this and built around it
Boss mate loved this
hi wayne thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it mate
Great work everyone involved
Class 👌🏼
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
Next time take a shovel lads 😁❕ I like what you’re doing, and I’ll definitely watch again. 👍
thanks for watching much appreciated
Golden. I know the history of the area but never been through enough to spot much. Boss research and getting down there and videoing it. Just goes to show if you get out and about, you never know where the bread crumbs lead.
thanks Dave glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching...im sure i can get under the Burlington bridge as well I've located a cover which im sure goes into a void under the road
BRAVE Splore! Fantastic efforts thank you 😊
thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video
Superb video George the times I've been over that bridge not knowing the history of it brilliant 😊
hi chris thanks mate glad you enjoyed the video mad up until last week i had no idea also
Great video. I knew about the canal spur but never heard of the two bridges. The concrete work under the Chisenhale Street bridge looks fairly new and must have been done to strengthen the bridge (cast iron looks very nice but it is not that strong). That Burlington Street bridge should still be there as you can still see the parapets. I guess that would have similar strengthening. Normally, if there is any kind of structure, access should be provided for inspection. Then they might just have filled it in with mass concrete.
i think ive located the cover to get under burlington ill probably take a look next week and see what's there. Thanks for watching btw glad you liked it
@@g2emedia1977 I'll look forward to that!
my dad told us storys about swimming behind tate and lyle the water was always warm from the warm water coming from the factory. he also said that some strange fish where found there that only live in warm water but that is up for debate maybe someone else heard that story
sound like the hotties in st helens the warm water from Pilkington's pumped into the canal ive been under it and some strange fish down there
Quality video as usual guys👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💯
thank you Chris as always matey
Great video mate! Please if you go back check out the dates of them crisp packets on the floor 😂
Nice one George you both made a brilliant video
thanks john glad you enjoyed it mate
Great video , so sad so much amazing structures lost for no good reason 😊
Cool 👌I liked the remnants of the iron work 👍
same here i love seeing stuff like this
sorry if i have told you this before but i was a joiner for clayton and dorsman in little st bride st They had maitanace joiners in all the public buildings in liverpool. Iworked in the municipl annex for a few weeks and the joiner who was based there Dave wynn took me in the sub basement where the old boilers where situated. In there there was a tunnel going into dale st then left towards the pier head. his story was these tunnels provided a draught fot the coal boilers to send heat around the building. If you look above the door frames in the building you can see the vents for thr heat. I got to see under most of the buildings including St georges hall where the floors are held up with beams under the foor. Pity there where no smart phones in those days to take photos.
Chisenhale bridge was badly damaged in WW2 . The Liverbird plagues may have been gone since then. Looking into it for my history group.
Great video George.
was it damaged badly?. Thanks for watching btw
Fascinating. Mind you, I'm looking at the various ferns growing in front of the tunnels and thinking they're look lovely in my shade garden.
I recently walked alongside the Canal from Bootle Oriel Rd, to where the canal goes into the docks, I wondered where the canal splits left and right, where the left went to now I know Eldonian Village. Thanks for the video.
hi ken thanks for watching glad you enjoyed the video
If you go up sandhills lane. Just before yiu get to commercial road. Theres a bridge over the existing leeds to liverpool canal. And its still got its original liver bird plaques. So they would be the same as the ones that are missing
i think those ones are different similar like
@@g2emedia1977 the sandhills ones are from 1874
A nice follow up would be showing how the canal now runs right into the city....you could get some great drone footage. Great vid
Thats a good shout that mark cheers and thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it
Imagine having that lovely ironwork at the bottom of your garden!
I'm sick of saying this, but what another great from video!
ha ha glad you liked the videos thanks so much for watching
@@g2emedia1977 Pleasure!
Top Video!
Thanks dave
Really interesting video George. Bluebell woods in Fazakerley might be of interest to you. Lots of history there
cheers thanks for watching ill take a look at them woods cheers
Great video mate. Just subbed to get ideas on how I can improve my local history videos. 👍🏻
Thank you very much for subbing and glad you enjoyed the video
Never knew about that, mad..I walked past the cottage about 2 weeks ago some lad was in the doorway, he looked smart, black pants white shirt he was having a vape.. I’ll have to go over and have a read next time I’m in town.. cool vid mate, just subscribed..
You guys ..!! love it.... never forget your history..
Be ferken careful tho.....
ha ha cheers ken glad you liked the vid mate...i do try my best to be careful
Brilliant lads 👏👏
thanks tom glad you enjoyed the video
Interesting stuff. Enjoyed this a lot. 👏
thank you very much lots more like this on the way
My uncles dad was recognised for being a life saver for the kids who couldn't swim there. James Clarke. He has a road and wavetree baths named after him.
wow really thats amazing
Brilliant lads. Well done.
@@markjames9487 thanks mark glad you enjoyed it
geeze guys you climbing over those railings are bringing back memories of me climbing over railings and impailing myself right through my neck .when i was an egg ...be careful
ye neck jeez that's sounds terrible
Nice 👌🏽 not sure if you’ve covered the Waterloo tunnel but it’s also easy to get into
done that a few times yonks ago but never filmed it...on the list though
@@g2emedia1977 knew you had 😃 be good to see a vid in the future, keep up the good work 🙌🏽
@@seanAJJ yeh back 10 years ago when i was into photography more i have lots of pics of the place but id like to do a full video on it ...thanks again sean much appreciated mate
I think one liverbirds brick on bridge is in liverpool museum on docks or maritime museum on Albert docks that mazing cannal bridge back in day have look both museum great video
ill take a look in there as im really interested where these birds went...cheers for watching
Great video mate hopefully I will get down there soon
thanks matey its really worth a look a proper hidden gem
The sandstone tunnel was for the canal Horses who pulled the boats along.
Hi mate. You like old tunnels, you need to get yourself to Edge Hill station. Lots of old tunnels to explore. Wapping tunnel is 1.5 miles long. Victoria tunnel is over 2 miles long. Lots of buildings from he original railway still exist.
Need good torches though.
i keep meaning to do the wapping one as ive never done it before, Victoria one ive done lots of times but never filmed it
The pedestrian walkway did have a gate to it ,in fact the canal had been filled in from Chisenhale st to Leeds i think by Tate and Lyle for some reason ,
mad do you know why the gate was on there?
Love your videos mate. Keep it up 👍🏻
@@dronefootageuk thanks glad you enjoy them and thanks for watching
Great video. It's a pity there isn't public access to these bridges for tours. With the area's change to residential use I can understand why they don't want to leave them open for access as someone might end up digging up someone's garden 🤣
thanks mate a proper hidden gem this one mad the way its just left half buried
Boss video again George. Been over that bridge many a time and never gave it a thought.
Crying shame that it has been left to rot and not preserved as part of the docklands and railway history of that area.
Looking forward to the next video 👍
hi paul thanks for watching mate glad you enjoyed it mad isnt it how its left half buried proper dead nice bridge that aswell
liked and shared
thanks you so much
Love the vdos fellas, amazing. Am in Liverpool love to catch up for a chat to pick your brains…
Great stuff 😊
thanks frank glad you enjoyed the video
Nice video very interesting
thanks glad you enjoyed it
I think that was the dispensary - attached to the old St Paul’s eye hospital - the hospital was still there up to the early 80s
There’s a disused railway tunnel in the car park over the road from there, goes straight to edge hill station? Watch out for the needles around them ways! All over the place when we was working around there
Victoria tunnel done that years ago it take hours there and back ha ha i may do it again and film it last time i done it i wasnt on youtube
Haha I thought you might of done that! Not many places you haven’t been is ther 😂 some boss history around Liverpool that most people are just oblivious to an walk past everyday, keep up the good work some great vids 👌
Alright George, would’ve been good if you added the other bridge a bit further down the canal, the one with the 2nd world war German aeroplane bullet holes in it. 👍🏻
hi ray yes i am aware of that but as this was a video about the disused part i never included that or the cilla black bridge but i have a video idea including that aswell...cheers
I’d love to hang around with you lads 🤣
Living the teenage dream with adult wisdom and knowledge 🤩💯
Nice George
thanks dave much appreciated
Have you ever tried to gain access to Everton Water Tower? That would be an amazing exploration to do.
tried it once but totally sealed up
Fascinating... Thanks
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
Me and my mate used to go in the big old buildings on Dale street, opposite side to the old magistrates courts. One we went in we went down some stairs and came into an alley that was enclosed all around but open to the sky. The opposite side to were we came in had a row of low arch doorways. They were like little cells. This was around 1963
so much stuff underground around dale st ways i really need to start popping manhole covers lol
That pub next to the bridge was a nice building
Brilliant vid, but the canal actually extends to Prince' s dock.
Thanks this video wasnt about princes dock?
But you said, Liverpool Leeds canal ends in Eldonian basin, it doesn't, from there it goes to Prince's dock
@anthony67031 its actually albert dock this was the original terminus why you being so picky?
Cos you said it ended in the basin, and it doesn't that's all. Id love to know what happened to those liver birds on the bridge.
I didn't get the notification for some reason, luckily l just came across it
RUclips has gone wierd i dont get notified anymore on other channels i watch...thanks for watching btw
only little comment but there what looked like ladder on the wall in the tunnel would interesting turn you camera up, see how up it went, or did not go? in parts London that on the market, as an apartment of some type? for million pounds
that was just the other side of the road that ladder
Theres a Tunnel entrance in one of the pall mall Car parks by there , think it is part of the wapping tunnel
@@robsmith5417 thats the victoria tunnel done it years ago need to go back and film it
Crazy how close the kingsway tunnel is to it
mad isnt it just to the side...you can see all the air vents in the field behind
@@g2emedia1977 crazy man I've done loads of the urbex stuff over the years man so this channels abit of a god send 🙏
the canal runs all the way to the Royal Alberts Dock now
Wasn't it a part of St Paul's eye hozi . That building.
yeh i think i did mention it at the start
Another good video im sure i went canoeing in the in 80s before that became housing
thanks for watching danny id love to see any photos from the 80s around these ways
The warehouse next to the Mercedes Dealership used to belong to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Company, in 2018 I was delivering cars to Mercedes, there was a guy on a JCB with a pecker going at the brickwork that supported a huge decorated wrought iron gate with the L&L logo that bridged over the top, I asked if it was going to a museum, nah said the driver its scrap, and there my friends is a huge waste of Liverpool heritage. Btw my grandfather was a carter he worked for the L&L company all his life.
hi there thanks for the info mad isnt it how some things are just scrapped and forgotten about...thanks for watching btw
Did you ever go and have a look at the Littlewoods bunker/air raid shelter
Yeh done that a few years ago got a video on this channel somewhere
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Underneath the walker art gallery is at least one slave tunnel which stretches from the Mersey up and underneath London rd
Pass over that bridge all the time... I obviously knew it was a bridge, but never knew what for... Those old pictures are brilliant... what a waste to fill all that in... Imagine the tourism and businesses that could be around this part of canal now... It's unbelievable how this city has changed so much and in my opinion, for the worse...
mad isn't it how its half buried such a shame its a lovely little bridge