My guess of the small "refuges"spaces on each side of the pipe are so they can have room for the spanners to tighten joint bolts as thats were the spaces appear at each joint...update the joints used can also be tallow filled with Hemp and lead filler cauked in but i think the spaces are still to give them easy acsess to work on the joint but as i say a guess
The first tunnel you were in was very likely just to carry the cast iron pipe which is very much still there. If you imagine building reservoirs on such a vast scale, as the victorians did, was in its infancy. A lot of new engineering was pioneered. It was not certain how the ironwork would survive underground. Water pipes were not driven through earth and rock, as newer concrete and plastic pipes are. The outer tunnel is so the pipes could be maintained and repaired.
Hi Martin.Ive been watching almost all your videos and they are truly great.I am a composer and studio /musician so I know how hard working in that field is.I can really appreciate the amount of graft you do in these vids to get them up to production status.I would be correct in saying that the filming and trekking is the easy part and most of the time consuming stuff is done at home.In my view the mainstream tv BBC .ITV etc are really losing out to you.They either dont know how you tube film makers of your calibre are attracting a lot of of people from all ages.I have learnt so much from your vids.I dont know much history about Lancashire and tbh ,I would have never cared that much to find out.But you have a rare gift of pulling people in to your world of exploring .I would love yto see you make films for the whole of the world to see .Good luck and ffs keep making them m8.
Hi Martin, you’re on my my old patch ! The area where the water tunnel begins is called The Don Gorge & at the opposite end to the viaduct was a small village called Levitt Hagg. This was abandoned & demolished in the 1950’s but signs of it still remain. There are numerous lime kilns along the Gorge too, near to where the village was.
Great video Martin spiders and tunnels the things you do for us Sunday night viewers I thought you was going to get stuck going it the other end of that pipe and your mates saying we will get the rescue out at midnight don't panic. Looking forward to your next video with a lunch break interval with flasks.
Martin I love it . The Smirks and Smiles on your faces at the start made me know it was going to be a Good Time . Ha ha ha The Music at the Shaft was Great . Can I request something by Semprini next time ? Yes I am impressed by the Victorian Workmanship , Be Proud . You have a Good crew with you . Thank you and please stay Healthy .
So you creep into a claustrophobic tunnel, then pause and point out the crack in the ceiling. I love your videos, they are always very interesting as you show us the forgotten and un- loved buildings of previous engineering marvels ( largely forgotten ) i would pay good money to go on a guided tour with you, but no dingy, tiny tunnels please.👍👍
You haven’t got a river named after you then Martin 😉. Don’t know if you knew but the shafts are only for ventilation after the tunnel is complete. They are actually sunk as construction shafts which gives each shaft an additional two “headings”. This vastly improves the speed of tunnelling. That tunnel with four shafts plus the ends will have had ten headings. Furthermore, they measure the depth by using sight sticks laid out over the top and then they drop plumb bobs in to determine the direction. It’s all done by eye and when they meet, they are very accurate. Short tunnels like your rail tunnel didn’t justify the effort of building a construction shaft. Brilliant video but for goodness sake, think of a way of letting someone know where you’ve gone!
Apologies if this has been said before, I haven't read all the comments! Looking at the map, (10:42) the tunnel doesn't appear to follow your red line. I guess it follows the line of the shafts and terminates at the west end where it says Wr Twr (Water Tower) and Resr (Resevoir). I suspect the pipe is the outlet from the water tower. The cracks are probably due to mining subsidence.
@@MartinZero - the water tower was built in 1951. Thrybergh reservoir was built between 1874 and 1880, which is when the pipeline would be constructed.
Well Martin that was just fantastic. That first tunnel was so long I’m surprised you lasted so long in there, having said that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now that second tunnel was just beautiful. The stonework was fantastic it was a gem. Thanks so much for taking me along. Wishing you a Merry Christmas, please stay safe and take care
Hey Martin, glad to see you in my neck of the woods (on the right side of the pennines lol). Great vid as always, but didn't know about the tunnels etc. The viaduct is a great site, and pretty high when you are on it. Looking forward to future vids. Keep up the great work, and have a great Christmas.
Wow. I lived in Doncaster for 25years but had never been to Consiborough, except through it on the train. The tunnel was very interesting. 11/10 for creepiness. And, for the record, skinned milk is just coloured water. :)
That entrance would phase many people me included but Martin and our intrepid explorers are not phased. The places and lengths you go to pal to bring us these incredible videos is up and above the call. You and the team have a bloody good Christmas and look forward as always to the next one.
Only just watched this but another amazing video, cheers Martin! Far too many massive spiders, my idea of a nightmare. Loved the Christmas Live last night too. Merry Christmas. 🎄 🤶 😁
Can you imagine lugging all that pipe into the tunnel and fitting it all together, can't imagine the man hours involved! Another awesome video thanks for sharing this Martin! 🔦💧👷🏻👍🏻🕷🕸
Shafted again, sorry bad pun love your adventurous spirit lads reminds me of my childhood days always exploring tunnels and no thought of safety, as ever lads superb engineering and brickwork on the tunnels even the small tunnel
This took me back to over forty-five years ago when I last went through the tunnel, nice to see it in more detail as we had an old bike lamp which we avoided using to save the batteries and a couple of jam jars with candles in. Not surprised to see cracks though as you had Cadeby Colliery at one end and Yorkshire Main at the other, although Cadeby had a fault line running through it. I was quite surprised that you didn't have a search for the funicular railway that ran from a quarry. The track was made from L shaped slabs of limestone.
Brilliant video Martin, one of your best I think, so glad you stopped when you did, I was there with you, all sorts of things start going round in your head, I was in an old canal tunnel a few years ago and we actually saw some small movement in the brickwork, so I love old tunnels but they can be frightening, well done.
Another great adventure. I was very pleased when you didn't go beyond the shaft - it looked like very low headroom. The other features shown were also amazing. Best Wishes Pete.
Great video. Been busy with Christmas! So just catching up 👊👊 we we're watching your live feed the other night, always a good giggle. Hope you've had a great Christmas, (hope James got some decent boot's! Rather than his trainer's) all the best for the new year ✌👊🤘🔥angi+marc
Those arches are for jacks to be put under the ends of pipe when pushing them together, and when a section has to be replaced they would jack numerous sections to make the pipe shorter so a mew section could be put in as they aren’t bolted joints they are slotted sections
To add to your point, when I read "jack" I immediately thought vertically. But like a tunnel boring machine, it jacks its way forward by pushing back against the lining rings installed as it progresses. Those archways would allow same: jack horizontally against their inner facing to force the pipe sections into the one before or after. Tight caulking would require the force of a jack for a pressure capable pipe.
Amazing amount of work must have gone into that brickwork, carrying all the bricks and mortar. Don't think we will ever have workers like them again. Hats off to those workers.
When you came to the "fault" crack around 13 minutes and you said that looks dodgy, a wave of concern came over me. Then I remembered that I wouldn't be seeing this if you were trapped. Stay safe Martin, many worry about you while you are providing an education to us.
Great intro song! Al Bowley with the Ray Noble Orchestra ! Al was killed during WW2 when a bomb bounced up the street, through his front door, up the stairs and hit his bedroom door! It did not explode! But...the door hit him and killed him! Its easily overlooked but is a Shinning example of 30's music haha! Oh and of course great explore! I like when you go with Ant and James!
We only had candles available in the 80’s as kids, there was always some in cupboard at home for when the 50p used to run out in electric meter 🤣 Great videos really interesting cheers
LOL, 38m20s the little crawley one, points at James and the short one points at Ant. Another great production fellah's, thank-you all, shortie, crawley and Martin!
Another great video. Always interesting watching your stuff and also entertaining. I noticed the other end of the railway tunnel did have a fence but it was pulled away. And yes Semi-Skimmed milk is tea Yuk! Got to be Yorkshire tea too
Thanks Martin. Another belter of a video. Thank you for the work you put into these videos for us to watch mate. I hope your christmas day is the best it can possibly be and hope you and your family stay safe. All the best buddy. Andy from Wigan
Many thanks Martin, James and Ant. Another couple of tunnels. Very interesting indeed. And..Definitely blue top milk in tea....Merry Christmas and thank you for all your wonderful videos Martin.
Very interesting video thanks for making it. My mates and I went the full length of that water tunnel a few times back in the late 1960's. Back then you could just walk in the entrance and the bottom of the shafts did not have so much infill as now. The spiders were ignored but we once disturbed a bat that kept flying about us.
28:00 I knew it, the tunnel leads to the Barrow-Downs! 😱 It’s a good thing you guys turned back when you did, wouldn’t like to run into a Wheel-barrow-wight down there 😁
A new Martin Zero video. Tunnels! That's sunday night sorted, then. Much appreciated. And no, you can't make a good brew with skimmed milk - it's basically water that someone has rinsed some emulsion paint brushes in. Silver/blue top milk or nothing, for me, every time.
Hi Martin I've just watched your video on the water tunnel and all I can say is that you wouldn't get me down there also that poor little girl who got hit by a train sad but it did have it's funny moments when you slipped and the in depth conversation about tea it was interesting to watch looking forward to seeing more all the best for Christmas take care Kevin ps im the one who likes daleks too.
Great video Martin lots of fun filming that made me laugh watching ya squeeze through the second entrance...also noticed the joint alcoves ..brilliant mate All the best keep the great content coming stay safe mate...regards to Ant a mutual friend...Frank & Lee ....
The method you used to climb into and out of that tunnel is exactly the same as one uses to climb in and out of a steam locomotive firebox to do repairs,through the firehole door-when the fire has been out for a couple of days of course! Another cracking video Martin,you do it so we don't have to.
So back in 2010 me and my friend stumbled across this tunnel, it at that time there was no spary paint and the entrance was more closed up we had to dig muck out to get in it also had bars over the entrance and one was missing so we got in, it could have been another 127 hours as we knew nothing about the tunnel and where it went we was young and stupid we walked the length they was no wheelbarrow then lol and I did notice spary paint in the tunnel that said U2 war tour been a U2 fan was thrilled to see, thank you for posting this as me and my friend still had no idea what the tunnel was used for until now 👍
Looks to be a gravity fed raw water trunk main. We have one on outskirts of bristol called "the line of works" it goes for miles its tunneled in the highest parts to keep the elevation down but for the most part the weight of the water pushes itself along.
The amazing thing is that this was hand dug and hand laid at one point in time this was a valuable resource for people, goes to show how times have changed and how people had to transport resources from town to town awesome video like always
I always love the content y’all make. So many Urbex videos I’ve seen are just people wandering around having no clue what they’re looking at, but y’all really seem to do your homework and know what y’all are talking about. Keep up the good work!
nice to see you in my back yard theres has to be another video to be made here you should have definatly visit the castle the stocks and theres a water tower across the road from your ariel field shot and visit the don weir its so close to where you were
What an absolute gem mate!!! Just be grateful Martin that you don't have the nasty spiders like we do in Australia ;) A possible use for the small tunnels next to the pipe could be for the tools to tighten the bolts for the joins, given the amount of torque for the bolts, the wrenches would have been quite long.
Martin, your arse was twitching towards the end of the first tunnel, can see why you didn’t want to go along the other end, your very brave or daft, another thrilling vlog Martin,thanks.
Another fascinating exploration guys, well done, I enjoyed it very much. Btw, I thought James was going to say soya milk for the tea! 😀. Yes, it has to be full fat!👍🏻
Fantastic. You are all very brave. How did the frog live in the tunnel.? Must have water and food from somewhere. Tell James tea and skimmed milk is like drinking dish water. Thank you for sharing.great vlog.
Good day Martin you have sum magic videos im afraid the spiders had on the run you are a braver man than me with them. And have a merry Christmas stay safe
Good video Martin, once you seen those cracks, you did well to keep going, personally I might turned back, you do go to great lengths to bring good footage, looked a eerie place, what with bits if brick then rock , good to see it was well venitlated even with that bit of a fallen from a ventilation shaft , history was interesting, often people who sweated and shed blood and lives of these places are forgotten, shame they often have to die to leave a note in their construction, interesting about the other tunnel and gypsy girl, very sad , still remembered in a way, enjoyed the music , thanks for sharing Martin, have a great Christmas and happy new year, all the best to you and yours 👍🙂
A "spanner" is only usable if there's nuts and headed bolts. No sign that I could see. It was the first thing I looked for. Pressure able piping, even cast iron, was certainly extant at the time of construction. As other commenters have pointed out, it appears caulking was used, and wisely so. In a tunnel that length, flexibility rather than rigidity would be needed to prevent fracturing, especially with cast iron. Note also that the sections *appear* to be held in place by (ostensibly) clay save for at the unions. Again, this would permit some flexibility in the 'seating' of the pipe along the hard floor.
@@MartinZero Hi martin , thanks for your fab vids, when i started my plumbing apprenticeship in 1969 we were still mainlaying with cast iron pipe and caulking joints with spun yarn and molten lead, the firm was mostly involved with industrial type work.I was in my absolute element as although the work was very heavy , we had a great team back then and they made sure that i learned the jointing method in order to stand the 200 lb pressure tests demanded by the then water and hospital authorities. The cut outs near the joints would be there so you could swing the hammer during yarning and "bumping up" during the jointing process .Very happy days i was still there 40 years later, now retired in Gran Canaria .
The bare rock face's in the tunnel reminded me of the copper mines at Alderly Edge. Thanks once again to the three of you and thoroughly enjoyable. p.s. Martin, why are your smileys rubbish? pmslLast but not least, a Very Merry Christmas to you Martin, James, Ant, Danny, and crew and to the viewers and supporters of the channel where ever you are. Merry Christmas.
Chocolate cake and Cherry soda, after eating leftovers from last night's family Christmas party here. That's a great exploration! You could leave a bottle of Bailey's the day before and see if it's gone the next day.😉😄
I would concur with Brian Hilton who suggests the " refuges" spaces are there on each side of the pipe joint for maintenance. At a glance the pipe seems to be made with cement joints, which is in line with early water industry practice, this means each joint would have to be hemp sealed before troweling the cement in. The hemp is caulked in with chisels, so the joiner would need about 18" to hammer and caulk each joint. The joints may be a very early version of an "o-ring" joint, if so the space might be for hydraulic equipment to pull the next pipe in and make the joint. What ever the seal, the space provides room for an external leak clamp should failure occur.
That was surprisingly amusing and interesting. The repartee was worthy of Saturday Night at the Palladium. Thanks for having the gumption to go into that waterworks tunnel 😉
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My guess of the small "refuges"spaces on each side of the pipe are so they can have room for the spanners to tighten joint bolts as thats were the spaces appear at each joint...update the joints used can also be tallow filled with Hemp and lead filler cauked in but i think the spaces are still to give them easy acsess to work on the joint but as i say a guess
Good thinking
Yes that was my thoughts too Nairb, to give clear access around the flanges etc
I thought that too as the refuges definitely seemed to line up with the pipe joints.
Yep. Personal access to get around and under the pipe to access joint in pipe. A lot of work, but probably easier that the full tunnel that width.
Was going to say this too, they would have needed room to climb up and down ladders to get under the pipe.
The first tunnel you were in was very likely just to carry the cast iron pipe which is very much still there. If you imagine building reservoirs on such a vast scale, as the victorians did, was in its infancy. A lot of new engineering was pioneered. It was not certain how the ironwork would survive underground. Water pipes were not driven through earth and rock, as newer concrete and plastic pipes are. The outer tunnel is so the pipes could be maintained and repaired.
Remember kids. Never climb in an outdoor pizza oven thinking it's a tunnel. 😂
Thats good advice Steven 😀
T e Fi Fo Fum!😂
It does look strangely like a pizza oven.
James always seems like a fun guy to bring along on any adventure: slightly out of his element, but game for anything 😄
Yeah he is always up for whatever I put to him
Yeah he’s just got that shit eating grin. Glad to see him go along on martins adventures
Always a smile, the man.
James is a legend on your videos, doesn’t have a clue but is always happy always smiling always willing for the adventure! Love it
He's a fungi lol.
Hi Martin.Ive been watching almost all your videos and they are truly great.I am a composer and studio /musician so I know how hard working in that field is.I can really appreciate the amount of graft you do in these vids to get them up to production status.I would be correct in saying that the filming and trekking is the easy part and most of the time consuming stuff is done at home.In my view the mainstream tv BBC .ITV etc are really losing out to you.They either dont know how you tube film makers of your calibre are attracting a lot of of people from all ages.I have learnt so much from your vids.I dont know much history about Lancashire and tbh ,I would have never cared that much to find out.But you have a rare gift of pulling people in to your world of exploring .I would love yto see you make films for the whole of the world to see .Good luck and ffs keep making them m8.
Manchester is a gold mine of visual treasures. I find your videos are one of my favorite escapes.
Hi Martin, you’re on my my old patch ! The area where the water tunnel begins is called The Don Gorge & at the opposite end to the viaduct was a small village called Levitt Hagg. This was abandoned & demolished in the 1950’s but signs of it still remain. There are numerous lime kilns along the Gorge too, near to where the village was.
Ahh thats interesting Andy thanks
You've sme guts going down a tunnel like that - very interesting and one can only imagine the harsh working conditions to construct it - thank you
Yeah I loved all that bare rock
Great video Martin spiders and tunnels the things you do for us Sunday night viewers I thought you was going to get stuck going it the other end of that pipe and your mates saying we will get the rescue out at midnight don't panic. Looking forward to your next video with a lunch break interval with flasks.
Superb as usual my claustrophobia kicked in as it does when Martin goes down the mole hole
You would of loved it Chris
Martin I love it . The Smirks and Smiles on your faces at the start made me know it was going to be a Good Time . Ha ha ha The Music at the Shaft was Great . Can I request something by Semprini next time ? Yes I am impressed by the Victorian Workmanship , Be Proud . You have a Good crew with you . Thank you and please stay Healthy .
Thanks very much Mark. yeah we had a good day 😀
Another interesting video! Love the tunnels and stories. But, Skim Milk? That's just white colored water, HA! As always, Crack on & Cheers!!
Yeah skimmed milk has no use on this planet Martin
Great video Martin climbing into the tunnel reminds me of Data trying to get in a shaft on Star Trek
You certainly go the extra mile for these videos! Thanks, good to see Ant on board.
Thank you, yep this was Ants find
So you creep into a claustrophobic tunnel, then pause and point out the crack in the ceiling. I love your videos, they are always very interesting as you show us the forgotten and un- loved buildings of previous engineering marvels ( largely forgotten ) i would pay good money to go on a guided tour with you, but no dingy, tiny tunnels please.👍👍
You haven’t got a river named after you then Martin 😉. Don’t know if you knew but the shafts are only for ventilation after the tunnel is complete. They are actually sunk as construction shafts which gives each shaft an additional two “headings”. This vastly improves the speed of tunnelling. That tunnel with four shafts plus the ends will have had ten headings. Furthermore, they measure the depth by using sight sticks laid out over the top and then they drop plumb bobs in to determine the direction. It’s all done by eye and when they meet, they are very accurate. Short tunnels like your rail tunnel didn’t justify the effort of building a construction shaft. Brilliant video but for goodness sake, think of a way of letting someone know where you’ve gone!
Yeah Pretty much the way they did Standedge Don. I am working on a way of naming a river after me. Might have to dig it first 😄
Apologies if this has been said before, I haven't read all the comments!
Looking at the map, (10:42) the tunnel doesn't appear to follow your red line. I guess it follows the line of the shafts and terminates at the west end where it says Wr Twr (Water Tower) and Resr (Resevoir).
I suspect the pipe is the outlet from the water tower.
The cracks are probably due to mining subsidence.
Yeah the red line is just a rough guide Roger. Yes there was a water tower nearby we kept seeing
@@MartinZero - the water tower was built in 1951. Thrybergh reservoir was built between 1874 and 1880, which is when the pipeline would be constructed.
Thank you guys love everything. Thank you
Thanks very much
Well Martin that was just fantastic. That first tunnel was so long I’m surprised you lasted so long in there, having said that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now that second tunnel was just beautiful. The stonework was fantastic it was a gem. Thanks so much for taking me along. Wishing you a Merry Christmas, please stay safe and take care
Hey Martin, glad to see you in my neck of the woods (on the right side of the pennines lol). Great vid as always, but didn't know about the tunnels etc. The viaduct is a great site, and pretty high when you are on it. Looking forward to future vids. Keep up the great work, and have a great Christmas.
Thanks Darren all the best
Oh Man that Shinning music give me the Chills 💀
Happy Holidays & Prosperous 2021 Martin .
Wow. I lived in Doncaster for 25years but had never been to Consiborough, except through it on the train. The tunnel was very interesting. 11/10 for creepiness. And, for the record, skinned milk is just coloured water. :)
Nice video Martin 😎
Thanks for sharing m8y 😃🍻👍🏻
That entrance would phase many people me included but Martin and our intrepid explorers are not phased. The places and lengths you go to pal to bring us these incredible videos is up and above the call. You and the team have a bloody good Christmas and look forward as always to the next one.
Awesome nice to see you in my home town lol last time I was in those tunnels probably I was 14 am now 44 .
Not only is this interesting but you all are a crack up. We all need a laugh these days thank you and Merry Christmas.
Thanks Katherine, Merry Christmas
Only just watched this but another amazing video, cheers Martin! Far too many massive spiders, my idea of a nightmare. Loved the Christmas Live last night too. Merry Christmas. 🎄 🤶 😁
Can you imagine lugging all that pipe into the tunnel and fitting it all together, can't imagine the man hours involved! Another awesome video thanks for sharing this Martin! 🔦💧👷🏻👍🏻🕷🕸
Thanks very much Daniel
When I went down in the early 60s there were narrow gauge railway tracks in the tunnel, presumably to carry the pipes.
Shafted again, sorry bad pun love your adventurous spirit lads reminds me of my childhood days always exploring tunnels and no thought of safety, as ever lads superb engineering and brickwork on the tunnels even the small tunnel
This took me back to over forty-five years ago when I last went through the tunnel, nice to see it in more detail as we had an old bike lamp which we avoided using to save the batteries and a couple of jam jars with candles in. Not surprised to see cracks though as you had Cadeby Colliery at one end and Yorkshire Main at the other, although Cadeby had a fault line running through it.
I was quite surprised that you didn't have a search for the funicular railway that ran from a quarry. The track was made from L shaped slabs of limestone.
This channel never disappoints. Thank you Martin and gang!
Thanks very much Rob
Brilliant video Martin, one of your best I think, so glad you stopped when you did, I was there with you, all sorts of things start going round in your head, I was in an old canal tunnel a few years ago and we actually saw some small movement in the brickwork, so I love old tunnels but they can be frightening, well done.
ANOTHER great video Martin 😁.
Keep'em coming.
Rich 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks very much Rich
Another great adventure. I was very pleased when you didn't go beyond the shaft - it looked like very low headroom. The other features shown were also amazing. Best Wishes Pete.
I think it would have been more of the same Peter, so we left it
Missed you last week. Thanks for another great video Martin
Cheers Brian
Great video. Been busy with Christmas! So just catching up 👊👊 we we're watching your live feed the other night, always a good giggle. Hope you've had a great Christmas, (hope James got some decent boot's! Rather than his trainer's) all the best for the new year ✌👊🤘🔥angi+marc
Cor blimey, that's a big pipe you got there Martin. 😮
Were gonna need bigger trousers
Great video, along with all the others. Really enjoy them.
Thanks Jez 👍
Those arches are for jacks to be put under the ends of pipe when pushing them together, and when a section has to be replaced they would jack numerous sections to make the pipe shorter so a mew section could be put in as they aren’t bolted joints they are slotted sections
Yes! If not exactly as you state, something closely akin.
To add to your point, when I read "jack" I immediately thought vertically. But like a tunnel boring machine, it jacks its way forward by pushing back against the lining rings installed as it progresses. Those archways would allow same: jack horizontally against their inner facing to force the pipe sections into the one before or after. Tight caulking would require the force of a jack for a pressure capable pipe.
Good thinking Ray
Amazing amount of work must have gone into that brickwork, carrying all the bricks and mortar. Don't think we will ever have workers like them again. Hats off to those workers.
I've been slacking on the vids recently, I'm currently binge watching them all. Great content as usual Martin
Martin your crazy. Just the sort of videos we need at the moment as it was fascinating.
Cheers Ken, glad you enjoyed
Another great video Martin, and the music was a nice touch.
When you came to the "fault" crack around 13 minutes and you said that looks dodgy, a wave of concern came over me. Then I remembered that I wouldn't be seeing this if you were trapped. Stay safe Martin, many worry about you while you are providing an education to us.
Thank you, it was more the cracks in the bricks that concerned me
Fantastic exploration Martin
Cheers mate glad you enjoyed
Great intro song! Al Bowley with the Ray Noble Orchestra ! Al was killed during WW2 when a bomb bounced up the street, through his front door, up the stairs and hit his bedroom door! It did not explode! But...the door hit him and killed him! Its easily overlooked but is a Shinning example of 30's music haha! Oh and of course great explore! I like when you go with Ant and James!
Poor old Al
I grew up playing in these tunnels, all way through and back again with candles, there called the air tunnels, brilliant memories seeing them again
Cheers Shane, you were brave with Candles
We only had candles available in the 80’s as kids, there was always some in cupboard at home for when the 50p used to run out in electric meter 🤣
Great videos really interesting cheers
I love how you take us along with you on these adventures Martin
Thank you for all your work 🙏🌹
Thank you glad you enjoyed
LOL, 38m20s the little crawley one, points at James and the short one points at Ant. Another great production fellah's, thank-you all, shortie, crawley and Martin!
Thank you Sergei
Another great video. Always interesting watching your stuff and also entertaining.
I noticed the other end of the railway tunnel did have a fence but it was pulled away.
And yes Semi-Skimmed milk is tea Yuk! Got to be Yorkshire tea too
Skimmed is worse 😩
@@MartinZero yes never seen the point in skimmed, it’s just water with a thimble full of milk diluted in it
Thanks Martin, Merry Christmas mate & a Happy new year👍👍
Thanks Ste merry christmas
Thanks Martin. Another belter of a video.
Thank you for the work you put into these videos for us to watch mate.
I hope your christmas day is the best it can possibly be and hope you and your family stay safe. All the best buddy.
Andy from Wigan
Thanks very much Andy all the very best to you
Thanks for these trips that you take us on , always fascinating . Much appreciated 👍
Thanks Andrew
Great explore, well done Martin & lads.
Many thanks Martin, James and Ant. Another couple of tunnels. Very interesting indeed. And..Definitely blue top milk in tea....Merry Christmas and thank you for all your wonderful videos Martin.
Very interesting video thanks for making it. My mates and I went the full length of that water tunnel a few times back in the late 1960's. Back then you could just walk in the entrance and the bottom of the shafts did not have so much infill as now. The spiders were ignored but we once disturbed a bat that kept flying about us.
28:00 I knew it, the tunnel leads to the Barrow-Downs! 😱 It’s a good thing you guys turned back when you did, wouldn’t like to run into a Wheel-barrow-wight down there 😁
You speak from experience
@@MartinZero
Maaaaaaybe... but my therapist said i shouldn’t talk about it 😆
I appreciate this LOTR reference.
Superb exploration Martin, very interesting to see the old Victorian building work.
A new Martin Zero video. Tunnels! That's sunday night sorted, then. Much appreciated.
And no, you can't make a good brew with skimmed milk - it's basically water that someone has rinsed some emulsion paint brushes in. Silver/blue top milk or nothing, for me, every time.
That pretty much sums up skimmed milk
Thats exactly what ive always said... a drop of emulsion in a bucket of water = skimmed milk, tastes the same too!
That air shaft you looked down had been capped just above the tunnel, flat bottom with a green polythene liner, and no arches visible.
Skimmed milk.... really!!! Another great video Martin...
Hi Martin I've just watched your video on the water tunnel and all I can say is that you wouldn't get me down there also that poor little girl who got hit by a train sad but it did have it's funny moments when you slipped and the in depth conversation about tea it was interesting to watch looking forward to seeing more all the best for Christmas take care Kevin ps im the one who likes daleks too.
Great video Martin lots of fun filming that made me laugh watching ya squeeze through the second entrance...also noticed the joint alcoves ..brilliant mate All the best keep the great content coming stay safe mate...regards to Ant a mutual friend...Frank & Lee ....
Thanks Frank and Lee glad you enjoyed it all the best
The method you used to climb into and out of that tunnel is exactly the same as one uses to climb in and out of a steam locomotive firebox to do repairs,through the firehole door-when the fire has been out for a couple of days of course! Another cracking video Martin,you do it so we don't have to.
Thank you Peter, great to see am in good climbing company 😃
Think you Martin for nice video see you next week and you all time make me laugh 😀
Thanks very much Steffen
Great explore. Very interesting waterworks tunnel.
Thanks very much Carl
All the best for the new year mate . Stay safe and take care. 😀
So back in 2010 me and my friend stumbled across this tunnel, it at that time there was no spary paint and the entrance was more closed up we had to dig muck out to get in it also had bars over the entrance and one was missing so we got in, it could have been another 127 hours as we knew nothing about the tunnel and where it went we was young and stupid we walked the length they was no wheelbarrow then lol and I did notice spary paint in the tunnel that said U2 war tour been a U2 fan was thrilled to see, thank you for posting this as me and my friend still had no idea what the tunnel was used for until now 👍
Looks to be a gravity fed raw water trunk main. We have one on outskirts of bristol called "the line of works" it goes for miles its tunneled in the highest parts to keep the elevation down but for the most part the weight of the water pushes itself along.
very very good. great entertainment. thank you
The amazing thing is that this was hand dug and hand laid at one point in time this was a valuable resource for people, goes to show how times have changed and how people had to transport resources from town to town awesome video like always
Yeah I liked the bare rock bits
I always love the content y’all make. So many Urbex videos I’ve seen are just people wandering around having no clue what they’re looking at, but y’all really seem to do your homework and know what y’all are talking about. Keep up the good work!
Thanks very much Austin
nice to see you in my back yard theres has to be another video to be made here you should have definatly visit the castle the stocks and theres a water tower across the road from your ariel field shot and visit the don weir its so close to where you were
Another great film. You kept calling it disconcerting, well it was certainly that watching it. Wouldn't get me down there.
The music at the start of your video was from the film The Shining. Its called Midnight and the stars and you. Brilliant
Yep 😉👌
Recorded by Al Bowlly w/ Ray Noble & Orch. if I remember rightly.
Another great watch, keep them coming buddy
great video mate ive been down there and bloody ekk it doesn't half get to your back afterwards
Yeah a bit stoopy
What an absolute gem mate!!!
Just be grateful Martin that you don't have the nasty spiders like we do in Australia ;)
A possible use for the small tunnels next to the pipe could be for the tools to tighten the bolts for the joins, given the amount of torque for the bolts, the wrenches would have been quite long.
Any spider bigger than what we have would be the limit for me. I would die
Martin, your arse was twitching towards the end of the first tunnel, can see why you didn’t want to go along the other end, your very brave or daft, another thrilling vlog Martin,thanks.
Cheers Norman, yeah it was just more of the same
the little gaps in the wall seem to be associated with the pipe joints. May have been some sort of a jacking point to push the pipe sections together.
Yeah I agree Geoffrey good thinking
Another fascinating exploration guys, well done, I enjoyed it very much. Btw, I thought James was going to say soya milk for the tea! 😀. Yes, it has to be full fat!👍🏻
Martin another great adventure with James absolutly amazing, Merry Christmas.
Thanks very much Shaun Merry Christmas
Great explore, thanks.
Fantastic. You are all very brave. How did the frog live in the tunnel.?
Must have water and food from somewhere. Tell James tea and skimmed milk is like drinking dish water. Thank you for sharing.great vlog.
Its not even proper milk its long life
Very cool, glad you had fun!
Thanks Timothy
Good day Martin you have sum magic videos im afraid the spiders had on the run you are a braver man than me with them. And have a merry Christmas stay safe
Thanks Erik, merry Christmas
Kool stuff 👍🏼🍺🖖🏼🤔
Could you climb up the air shaft 🤔 🥸
Score... free wheel barrow
Wish you'd gone through the full length, though this is definitely the most claustrophobic video yet! Great work again :-)
Nah it was more of the same
Good video Martin, once you seen those cracks, you did well to keep going, personally I might turned back, you do go to great lengths to bring good footage, looked a eerie place, what with bits if brick then rock , good to see it was well venitlated even with that bit of a fallen from a ventilation shaft , history was interesting, often people who sweated and shed blood and lives of these places are forgotten, shame they often have to die to leave a note in their construction, interesting about the other tunnel and gypsy girl, very sad , still remembered in a way, enjoyed the music , thanks for sharing Martin, have a great Christmas and happy new year, all the best to you and yours 👍🙂
Thanks Colin Merry Christmas to you
The little arches are at every joint of the pipe so presumably to give room to use a spanner.
That is the first thing that came to my mind as well.
Yeah good thinking
think the same, just for replacement of piping section to be made easier.
A "spanner" is only usable if there's nuts and headed bolts. No sign that I could see. It was the first thing I looked for. Pressure able piping, even cast iron, was certainly extant at the time of construction. As other commenters have pointed out, it appears caulking was used, and wisely so. In a tunnel that length, flexibility rather than rigidity would be needed to prevent fracturing, especially with cast iron.
Note also that the sections *appear* to be held in place by (ostensibly) clay save for at the unions. Again, this would permit some flexibility in the 'seating' of the pipe along the hard floor.
@@MartinZero Hi martin , thanks for your fab vids, when i started my plumbing apprenticeship in 1969 we were still mainlaying with cast iron pipe and caulking joints with spun yarn and molten lead, the firm was mostly involved with industrial type work.I was in my absolute element as although the work was very heavy , we had a great team back then and they made sure that i learned the jointing method in order to stand the 200 lb pressure tests demanded by the then water and hospital authorities. The cut outs near the joints would be there so you could swing the hammer during yarning and "bumping up" during the jointing process .Very happy days i was still there 40 years later, now retired in Gran Canaria .
The bare rock face's in the tunnel reminded me of the copper mines at Alderly Edge. Thanks once again to the three of you and thoroughly enjoyable. p.s. Martin, why are your smileys rubbish? pmslLast but not least, a Very Merry Christmas to you Martin, James, Ant, Danny, and crew and to the viewers and supporters of the channel where ever you are. Merry Christmas.
Very amazing video well done and keep up the great work and merry Christmas and Happy New year hope you have a good one
Thank you Martin.Great Explore.
Thanks very much David
Thumbs up Martin another great video
Thanks Matthew
And a very merry Christmas Martin and all!
Chocolate cake and Cherry soda, after eating leftovers from last night's family Christmas party here.
That's a great exploration! You could leave a bottle of Bailey's the day before and see if it's gone the next day.😉😄
I would, but am not going back in there
I would concur with Brian Hilton who suggests the " refuges" spaces are there on each side of the pipe joint for maintenance. At a glance the pipe seems to be made with cement joints, which is in line with early water industry practice, this means each joint would have to be hemp sealed before troweling the cement in. The hemp is caulked in with chisels, so the joiner would need about 18" to hammer and caulk each joint. The joints may be a very early version of an "o-ring" joint, if so the space might be for hydraulic equipment to pull the next pipe in and make the joint. What ever the seal, the space provides room for an external leak clamp should failure occur.
Thank you for the info
Love your videos Martin, I have lived in Doncaster 72 years and did not know those tunnels existed ?
Mate your videos have such a good vibe. Originally from Manchester myself and I've learnt so much about the city I never knew. Keep it up :D
Thanks very much
That was surprisingly amusing and interesting. The repartee was worthy of Saturday Night at the Palladium. Thanks for having the gumption to go into that waterworks tunnel 😉