River Culverts, Drains and Dark Places
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In this video we visit some dark places in Manchester. River Culverts, underground Drains and Dark places. We visit the River Irk and the River Medlock in this urbex, Urban exploring video around Manchester UK. We also venture inside a storm drain. Plus some vlog footage and history in Manchester UK.
Music: 'Thieves Like us' (New Order) Cover version by / mkmufc
www.soundcloud.com/Markaymufc
Don't apologise for the side stories. These little snippets of information are interesting, and can be added to my (very poor) general knowledge info bank for pub quizzes.
I yust love your little side-stories! Nice about this extra locomotive just there to push trains that got stuck.
Thanks Elvin
This is great stuff. I'v been watching these videos for hours. I was always an explorer (New England) I love this G.B. footage.
Brilliant explore and loved hearing about the banking locos on Miles Platting Bank!
Always a great adventure. You are an amazing wealth of knowledge!
Always love your videos plus the music great work
My dad, great grandfather, grandfather, on both sides of my family were all railway men, my great grandfather was a station master at East Budleigh station in Devon in 1900
this is by far the best intro i've ever seen
Yes iam in a drain ! best line ever martin .
been watching for years mate . and like so many thousands i thank you .
Saw another urbex video of the old bridge inside the optimus culvert. I'm not an expert but I believe it to be probably one of the oldest structures in Manchester. As you say now invisible under the modern city. Just found your videos and thoroughly enjoying them. Your potted histories bring the locations to life far more than most similar videos.
Thanks very much Giovani. Id like to get into that culvert
Yea exploring with fighters went in. With waders its actually doable. If I lived there I'd go lol.
Very nice video friend!
Thank you Martin for nice video's, this is very interesting
You crossed that culvert more like John Wayne than an old lady 👍👍
Great videos Martin. Im a Stokie but love weekends in Manchester and really enjoy the glimpses into its industrial past that you give. Interesting how you mention the banking engine at Victoria station, i remember that too. Oh, and get yourself a wading staff if you are crossing any more streams.
Cut metamorphic stone was often laid first because it held up better to currents carrying sand and other abrasive debris . It could also support more wieght .Then brick was used to build above water line because of lower costs. Stone was also used before they started using bricks from a kiln . Alot of historical layers of inovation , engineering and economics to peel back . Thanks again for the very nice videos ! Fantastic manhole !
Thanks Montie
Great video again 👌🏻 Amazing that al the viaduct, tunnels and brickwork still is in “working” condition between the modern buildings, railroads and traffic despite it’s age!
Hi flow yes I love the strange arrangement in that area 😊
MARTIN = THE BEST VIDEOS FROM MANCHESTER !!
Thank you
love the high tech go pro on a piece of string.. class..!!!
another great video..thank you Martin
Thanks very much. Its all hi tech here 😁
haha..@@MartinZero
Hi Martin another fascinating video it goes to show you never know what is going on under your feet when you are in Manchester keep the videos coming Martin
Thanks Martin Great Video.
From Blue.
Quality, plus great choice of music
Thank you very much
Martin. I’ve sent a reply to your river irk video that started in Chaddy park
Great informative video and backing music again. My dad loved it as used to work for the Corporation
Hi Paul, Brilliant glad he liked it 😀
Another fascinating show!
Thanks Joseph
Never stop the "off topic" stories Martin, they are a great addition to what you are filming.. I remember "banker" locos on the Lickey incline south of Birmingham, I was on a train (about 1980) that was in trouble and stopped, could see the banker coming up to help but we got moving before it got to us, side stories bring back other memories and are great to hear...
Hi, Thanks very much I always worry about my side stories. was your Banker a 37 by any chance ?
If I remember it was a pair of 37's so yes you are right, love the videos Martin just do what feels right its working..
Roxeeboy74 is right. No apologies for side stories. They’re too integral to the overall storyline.
great videos, martin its really nice to see someone exploring our past and delivering it in such a easy, entertaining and informative way. keep up the good work, looking forward to your next videos. mark from stoke
Cheers Mark
That jam though!
I can tell you're from a Scottish part of England Martin, there's no mistaking the brogue. We have several different accents here in the USA, the State of Massachusetts has an accent that sounds similar to Scottish the pronunciation of some words. Love your channel!
Its a North Manchester accent Dave 😃 Thank you very much am glad your liking the channel
Great stuff Martin. Nice soundtrack 👍
Thanks Jo. yeah my kind of music 👌
Watching a few of your early videos to get ready for tomorrow......
Cheers Mike. Thats an old one
@@MartinZero Your early "solo" videos are quite good. See you tomorrow.
Watching your videos. I never realised what lovely places manchester had
Hi Simon, yeah some nice places some ugly but I like it all 😀👍
And there was me thinking it was only my life that had gone down the drain!! Great video...
Thanks 👍😃
Ummm just in case you haven't noticed Martin, lol I'm kinda binge watching all ur AWESOME video's! Loving it! Cheers
It would scare the life out of me doing that! Absolutely brilliant!
Thanks David 😃
Love you're videos mate.. keep them coming 👍😊
Must say I was fearing the worse when you tied that flimsy string on the go pro . remember going down the irk as a kid growing up in collyhurst. Keep em coming Martin.👍
Hi Brian, I was fearing the worse too 😆
Wow what a blast from the past! I grew up in Cheetham Hill and left Manchester when i was 6 but when we used to walk to town we'd go down that way so i could see the river and my mum would pick me up and let me look over the bridge.
When you mentioned the cattle bridge my eyes widened as i read about that a couple of years ago when i was looking up where that tunnel under the front of Victoria Station goes (at the end of Walkers Croft). Would love to see a video of it!
Hi Michael great memories 👍Yeah The cattle bridge that might not actually be a cattle bridge. I would like to go down there 👍
"River Culvert Monthly". Had to chuckle at that one. "Like you do."
You should sign up for it 😄
Another great video Martin - heart
In mouth when you put the GoPro over the edge... looking forward to the next video 👍
John, I actually did two takes of that, imagine my heart and nerves with my knot tying failures 😆Thanks again
We are just chuckling to ourselves watching this Martin, you down another drain and culvert,think I need to send you one of my waterproof hats keep that noggin dry while you are down them ,keep up the good work ,loving new order in the soundtrack too ,really fits well ,Reet x
Hi Reet yes I love the New Order cover. Any hats greatly received 🎩😆
love the video and music Martin it sounds like JOY DIVISION or New Order ;)
It was a cover I found by an excellent guy
great video as always, also love the Thieves Like Us cover
Hi, thanks very much. Yeah its a good version of Thieves 👌
Where can I subscribe to River Culvert Monthly?????? ;-) Totally brilliant as usual
The shelf is to control the flow when there is a mass amount of water I think.
Same here brilliant it's like the history channel you should have your own show on tv Martin 👌
Hi Brian. thanks mate, They wouldn't pay me enough to walk through all those spiders 😃
Great vid watching from Alberta Canada
Hello to Alberta. Thanks very much for watching 😃👍
Another cool video.....that vertical drain was mad but not sure I would have been able to do the spiders in there.......
Thanks Owen, yeah I dunno why the diameter was so big ?
The concrete pipes from which you accessed the shaft would have been lowered down the large shaft and pushed with large hydraulic rams towards the large culvert. A man would be digging at the front of the new pipe and disposing of the spoil into a small skip on a trolley, this would be wheeled back and forth in the pipe and be lifted out by means of a crane sitting above the large vertical shaft. The overly large shaft is needed to accommodate the equipment needed for this modern type of pipe installation. The basins created inside at the bottom of the large shaft are to act as baffles to tame the water flow before it goes out into the main river.
I want to live in a town that has a “river culverts monthly “
Love all your vids mate, great stuff👍
Thanks Ned 🙂
The canal a few miles away from where I live was filled in long ago and made into a railway tunnel, the end of the canal can still be seen with its wooden gates that flowed into the Medway...
Is this in Devon Elaine ?
I'd love to come and explore some of Manchester's dark recesses and hidden places with you. I don't live too far away, I'm in Blackburn. I'm none too keen on spiders though. lol
Spiders might be a problem Chris 😆I dont like them either, its usually heads down and run in 😀
Good one again pal👍
You should get a pair of fisherman’s waders Martin
I’m loving these videos and the history of our city - I’m glad the gopro went down as I was worried you was going to absail instead - I liked 👍👍
No way I was abseiling that mate, thanks 👍😃
Nice nod to Thieves Like Us!
Great video as ever Martin. Glad the go pro stayed on the line. 👍🏻
Thanks Shaun, so am I 😆
Brilliant video again Martin, I've learn more about manchester just watching your videos than I did when I lived there , i wish I could have joined you on some of your trips lol . Think you should invest in some longer wellys just to keep your feet dry . Thanks for the laughs again and waiting for the next one just keep safe .x
Hello Joan great to hear from you again, I might get some waders 😆👍
From the ethereal beauty of Jerusalem over the decaying remains of the post industrial North West to culverts...
I think we need a day out young man!
Your Poetry and sense of Theatre are enrapturing. Yes ok 👍
Totally unrelated to this particular video, but I was in the charity shop today and found a book called Sunrise to Sunset, which made me think of you! It's an account of the life of a lady who grew up at Angel meadow back in early 1900's.
Hi Geraldine. that sounds very good. Is it fiction ? or fact based ? Have you read the other Angel Meadow book by Dean Kirkby
Martin Zero its a factual account. I haven't read anything else on Angel Meadow at all.
I've spent many hours of my life sat on the Victoria banker, Martin lol We used to take it in turns, the driver and secondman, to go to the staff club for refreshment. ;-)
Wow Brian, did you drive the Station pilot ???
Many times, Martin. When I wasn't in the staff club :-D
Amazing video as usual Martin. I don't think the stone base of the railway arches were just built on as the railway engineers would not know how strong the foundations were. Maybe the stone is better load bearing or more resistant to water damage. Another culvert for you to explore is on the Medlock just up stream from your location on Temperance Street and comes out down North Western Street. Keep up the great videos.
Hi Tony, that makes sense your probably right. Ok great I'll take a look at that one 👍
Nice train shots! Great vlog love it!
Hello and thank you 👍😃
Another brill video. Watch the GoPro haha. That torch is brilliant it could be used to signal aircraft lol. The storm drain is amazing!!
Hi Charlotte, Love the Torch and yes honestly its such a powerful beam, Loved the Storm drain totally missed it last time.
If I had a bucket list, I don't, for sure, sitting down with Martin Zero with coffee and conversation would be in the top 5.
Latte please 😁
@@MartinZero if ever I was lucky enough to have the chance, latte' it is. Maybe even a biscuit!
Thieves Like us cover??? I don’t get it??? Great video chap! Love this sort of stuff!
Thanks Paul
Stonking video again Martin. Keep them coming 😀
Jon, thanks very much 👍
You and post 10 need to do two colabs. You in America and him in the UK. It would be epic!
If your interested there is a ww2 Pill box on the road between Rochdale and Heywood on the A58 just before Rycroft Farm (coming from Rochdale) - those things were not built in isolation they were either part of defence lines or guarding something specific - but I have never been able to find anything else round there....... fancy doing some digging? There was a RAF Barrage Balloon Station near Bowlee but thats four ish miles away...........
Hi Dave cheers thats not far from me 👍
Might be worth investigating there is a whole hidden history lurking there somewhere - if you want any more info just ask
You can see it on google earth, zoom in on Ryecroft Farm, its on the lower side of the Road just by the 8 or A58 to the NW of the corner of the farm
Ive probably drove pst it as well, Ill take a look now cheers 👍
Found it
Great video Martin! Love it! I thought you would have learned about tying things to rope after your "Drone Fishing" with magnet went awry. ;>)
Muddy Boots hahahahaha
Yeah it was very nerve wracking and I am shit a securely tying things 🤔
"Immersive experience ", I think I know what's coming!
Maybe another vid could be Gore Brook as it go's under Tan Yard Brow it then go's under Hyde Rd and come out near Brookdale Church, loved the drainage section.
Hi Mike yep thats a good one, Ill put it in the memory banks 👍Yeah the drain was fab
River Culvert Monthly....!!!
Another great video Martin keep them coming👍👍👍
Hi Mike, thanks very much. More to come 👍
Lots of fun but do get a helmet Martin.. No spiders on your head then:) and should you slip in the water you wont cut your head .
We want more of these videos you see ,,,ao no accidents ..Please ....Great fun .Wonder what the spiders thought of you :) *
Bye for now , Helena
Ha, thanks Helena, I virtually ran through the spiders 😱
Another fascinating video! Was the banker engine a 37? Down near methey were 33s or 47s. 37s sound way better, especially powering uphill!
Hi Martin great video I wonder where the drain cover was in what street most have been quite big looking at the chamber
Andy from Dorset
That storm drain near the end is probably a converted WWII bomb shelter those bolted together blocks are common in bomb shelters from that time.
They were used for tunnels, shafts etc. as well, it was just a very common technique at the time to reinforce any kind of large circular hole in the ground against ground pressure in a watertight (against ground water ingress) fashion. The same technique is sometimes still used today (however using reinforced concrete instead of cast iron or steel segments is more common today), but the segments are much larger as they are lifted into place by machines. Back then, while there were machines that helped with the actual digging of the tunnels (drilling machines etc.), building the tunnel liner still often involved much manual labour, so the segments had to be small enough to be able to lift them into place by hand with two or three people.
Cant believe you dangled you go pro on string with your track record lol good video though
I Know honestly I did actually S**t myself for ten minutes 😆
Amazing video well done
Hi mate thanks very much 😃
Martin Zero you are most welcome mate
Very interesting vid martin. As soon as you said you were going to lower the go pro i thought "oh no " , remembering how you lost the drone. I wonder what kind of spiders live in there with all that wet and damp? I have heard of cave spiders that live in caves, maybe they are the same.
Alfie hello, yes mate Ive heard that cave spiders live in places like that. I should look it up because I keep coming across them. Yeah I get what you mean about the Go Pro I felt the same 😆
Good explore :)
Cheers Mark
I always want to call it the river Styx once it goes underground. Seems appropriate.
Yeah its very scary to look at from up top
Good interesting vids, interesting manchester !
(says a Londoner)
Hello Del 😀 Thank you very much. Love London and Londoners. All the best from Manc 👍😃
Have you been on a boy scout knot tying course? Gopro a little more expensive than a magnet.Happy to see your knot tying has improved. Enjoyed the video, thanks.
Thanks very Much. I knotted it then clamped it into the bracket (It was on a bike mount) 👍
great stuff. although the last knot you tied on a vid was the magnet when dragging for your drone and that didnt end well, so i was concerned for your gopro. all good in the end. top job as always.
Hi Nik, Yes with my Knot tying failures I clamped it into the little bracket as well. Losing the Go Pro would have broke me
#martinzero Hi Martin, a channel called Exploring with fighters actually went in that optimus prime and filmed the old cattle bridge. x
Yes they did. I saw the video. Fair play to them for getting in 👍
Im surprised the go pro didn't go plop Martin. Lets face it your no salty sea dog when it comes to knots
Thats true, I have since upped my Knot game
the reason the tunnel changes from stone to brick is deliberate, stone would stand up to the constant dampness were brick wouldnt even engineering bricks, in a watercourse stone is allways best.
great video mate. You certainly get in amongst the manky places of manchester. I didn't think young lewis was scared of spiders! ha ha. Suggestion: Have you been to see Torrs Hydro in New Mills yet? keep the vids a-coming mate.
Lewis fell apart when he saw the spiders 😆I think I have heard of it, is it like a bridge on the side of a ravine ?
Thats correct. a gorge that runs through the town where they harness a bit of hydro electricity. Interesting to say the least.
I want to see that place
Have you any idea what’s down that tunnel behind the gates under the bride,,where does it go
GO - PRO ON A ROPE ................ " GREAT RESULTS "
Hi on rhe red river there another covert its at the other end of the rive opisit end
Hi Kyle yes I think there is one further up in Clayton called the big Humpty 👍
You crossing the river! Is that how you walk after your...oh forget it!
Oh forget it 😃
I would love to get the kaiyak and explore river lrk coverts. And also see the cattle bridge do u no ware it exits ?
Hi Kyle, yeah me to. That River Irk culvert exits just opposite the Cathedral on Deansgate
The punisher is in there somewhere
These vids are very good but regarding the medlock wouldn't you think they would clear the rubbish out tidy it up its a eyesore in places
Fascinating video Martin, can you tell me, are the culverts usually as shallow as the one you walked across or do they go deeper?
Hi Tony well I would have thought some are much deeper. I walked across that one like an old woman cos I really could't be arsed slipping and getting wet, plus the bottom was very uneven and treacherous 👍😃
Martin. Where was the abbandend church at the start of the video. I really want to go. Im a professional medium so if your ever doing somewhere spooky let me know
Hi Lee, its in Phillips park cemetery a great place. Ok I will try to let you know. Its difficult because sometimes they are spontaneous 👍
Any idea if the Irk wire leading into the Victoria station culvert was to feed a nearby mill or is was built as part of the culvert?
Found the answer, it looks like it fed a corn mill called Town's Mill in 1850
great video martin
did you ever get another drone after your other took a dive? lol
No mate not yet. Still thinking about it 😀
Manchester Martin Mystery Mislayed Treasure Hunt prize's include (if you can find them, a Drone with mem card, A Quality Magnet and a Go Pro)
Sorry, I was thinking of your scout skills as you intro'd with your Go Pro on a string.
Excuse me if this has already been asked was that the famous "Ringway Manchester" with you?
Hi Nick, yes it was. Lewis is a friend 👍