Love your videos. It looks so claustrophobic and disorientating. No signposts! Such incredible engineering. I have enormous respect for those who built these structures and those who work down there.
It’s to do with the tideway project yes but it’s entirely a sewer. The idea is stop the flow ever reaching the Thames. The small channel of water is sewage and it goes down the interceptor but cannot cope with the tide and rainfall together
And to think both the Fleet and Tyburn carried good sized cargo vessels up stream to collect and deliver goods at the top of the tide obviously, but became so badly polluted by tanneries and other foul discharges that they were like many other London rivers forced underground the Hackney river is just one of the others rising near highbury and wending its way through stoke newington down to hackney through the water cress beds along well street and into the river lee. there was a time I could name all the tributaries of the thames in order up the north bank and back down the south bank, these days I struggle to name ten in any old order. Another london river of interest is the new river that carried fresh drinking water from springs way out from london to the reservoir at the top of the hill just up the road from the angel islington [still there], it also provided a smooth comfortable boat ride much of the way to cambridge as did the river stour and for the transport of farm produce to the london markets . built in 1615 this man made water course was eventually taken into control by the victorians, who set about much modification and banned boat transport along it's length. Of interest the largest brown trout ever caught in England was taken out of the new river I believe in the wood green area.
Brilliant information, Boris Johnson kept going about opening these rivers up, they are foul sewers and would cost billions to divert the sewers and there is no real source of water other than sewage.
Very high! Although it has interceptors in 3 parts. It can only qualify as being called a river between Hampstead and St John’s Wood then disappears down the interceptor. From there onwards it’s 100% sewage.
Excellent video. Can I ask - what was beyond the second big flap, is that the Tyburn just upstream? Also, do you get permission / clearance to go down these tunnels?
@@keithsquawkNo it’s not it’s a trunk sewer the fat near Bond Street is the worst. It is called the Kings scholars pond sewer. The water you see is foul sewage which is feeding straight into the Low level interceptor sewer, the remaining section to thames only sees water when it rains or when the tide comes back in. The only part which can be called a river is between Hampstead and St John’s Wood which has little water from source, even this is mixed with sewage then it is captured by an interceptor. The rest is a sewer.
Love your videos.
It looks so claustrophobic and disorientating. No signposts!
Such incredible engineering.
I have enormous respect for those who built these structures and those who work down there.
I always love seeing that beautiful Victorian era brickwork!
Beautiful but scary at the same time!
Beautiful tunnel, good to see it renovated with new flaps. There must be more discharges further upstream. Thank you for the video!
It’s to do with the tideway project yes but it’s entirely a sewer. The idea is stop the flow ever reaching the Thames. The small channel of water is sewage and it goes down the interceptor but cannot cope with the tide and rainfall together
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14:00 Those are scary looking flaps. They weigh tons. Imagine the amount of water that comes through forcing them wide open.
And to think both the Fleet and Tyburn carried good sized cargo vessels up stream to collect and deliver goods at the top of the tide obviously, but became so badly polluted by tanneries and other foul discharges that they were like many other London rivers forced underground the Hackney river is just one of the others rising near highbury and wending its way through stoke newington down to hackney through the water cress beds along well street and into the river lee. there was a time I could name all the tributaries of the thames in order up the north bank and back down the south bank, these days I struggle to name ten in any old order. Another london river of interest is the new river that carried fresh drinking water from springs way out from london to the reservoir at the top of the hill just up the road from the angel islington [still there], it also provided a smooth comfortable boat ride much of the way to cambridge as did the river stour and for the transport of farm produce to the london markets . built in 1615 this man made water course was eventually taken into control by the victorians, who set about much modification and banned boat transport along it's length. Of interest the largest brown trout ever caught in England was taken out of the new river I believe in the wood green area.
Brilliant information, Boris Johnson kept going about opening these rivers up, they are foul sewers and would cost billions to divert the sewers and there is no real source of water other than sewage.
Possibly not somewhere you'd want to be during heavy rainfall...
During any rainfall especially the day, you’d have to choose a very dry week in the early 00s of the morning to go inside any sewer in London
Be interesting to leave a GoPro - and a light - on the tunnel roof to see how high and how quickly the river rises after a summer storm !
Very high! Although it has interceptors in 3 parts. It can only qualify as being called a river between Hampstead and St John’s Wood then disappears down the interceptor. From there onwards it’s 100% sewage.
Super cool video thank you so much
Boahr - wonderful video again❤!
I love your videos and locations. I hope, i have not to wait long time for your next one👍!
Very cool to see, thanks for the upload!
Happy to see another lost river
Not really lost, more of an inconveneince to builders so covered over.
We knew where she was all along
🙂
@@keithsquawk"Lost" to a couple of generations of the public, though.
Now, not even lost; don't know that it's there, doesn't exist!
Thank you again sir
Excellent video. Can I ask - what was beyond the second big flap, is that the Tyburn just upstream? Also, do you get permission / clearance to go down these tunnels?
This is downstream. The flaps you see are under Victoria, this is to stop the tide coming in and overwhelming the interceptor.
I wish i could visit it whenever
Supper, amazing river 😂
Wow. I want to dig to this place.
I'm sure I've seen that rat going up the ladders before??
I love you video. Thank you?
@@davidfinney-gm3ij Thank you.
@@valdigger How long Did it take you to get out of there. Where you cold ?
I was thinking it's engineered for a lot of seasonal flow -- then spotted what looks like 'normal' high water line halfway up the walls!
Reminds me of the found footage film, the Tunnel. Scary
Thank you @valdigger for exploring this. People keep going on about this being a river but its 100% sewage a
Fascinating… now do Pindar!
Are those tree roots? 2:40.
@mickeydodds1 Yes mate 👍
There are London Plane trees planted either side of Grosvenor Road - from the spacing, I reckon the roots are from those !
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Rootspotter!
Straight out of aliens
OK dus al het frituurvet is reeds weggebikt
Tyburn is river that's more of a drain than a sewer.
Far less chance of a fat blockage.
@@keithsquawkNo it’s not it’s a trunk sewer the fat near Bond Street is the worst. It is called the Kings scholars pond sewer. The water you see is foul sewage which is feeding straight into the Low level interceptor sewer, the remaining section to thames only sees water when it rains or when the tide comes back in. The only part which can be called a river is between Hampstead and St John’s Wood which has little water from source, even this is mixed with sewage then it is captured by an interceptor. The rest is a sewer.