An Industrial ankle breaking Culvert. Sheffield 36DD
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this video we visit Sheffield Yorkshire to walk along a river culvert. The River is Sheffields Little Don river or the River Porter. It has an unusual name given to it by the Urbex community which is 36DD. Named after the page 3 model Sam Fox breast size. However the original Samuel Fox was an Industrialist in the Sheffield area and played a role in the story of Sheffield Steel. The River runs through the Stocksbridge area. Its a very industrial culvert and displays remnants of Sheffields industrial past. We finish at the Stocksbridge Steel works. We have lots of minor side tunnels and streams that run into the River Culvert some of which we explore.
Marcus on Instagram: the_drain_maestro, Marcus on RUclips: ruclips.net/channel/UCwQhplRoBDvLgXIQu_WXsyg
Hi Martin are that River Medlock???
@@TheUpplanning Have you watched it ?
@@MartinZero yes Mr Martin i have
@Alexander Lindström Little Don River 👍
Subbed to his channel. Anyone who would crawl through a tunnel to get the shot has my vote.
Nice one Martin, I worked in that steel mill in the 80s in the cable tunnels underneath the rolling mill it is like a maze under there we were fitting sprinklers everything was covered in bloody oil dripping from the rollers above and it was very hot with sparks dropping down all over the place the cables caught fire hence the fire sprinklers, this brought back happy memories with my old work buddies, Cheers
Cheers Keith its still very oily now, plus the remains of all those cables
I wonder if that was where my uncle Jeff Walton worked... I'll watch the vid and see if ti rings any bells.
Walking those culverts looks tough enough but the thing I marvel at is at one time years ago the original trenches were dug by hand or with horses and drag lines then every stone and brick were put in place by hand and afterward the trench , stone and brick work were filled in from above and covered over again . The amount of work done to move the thousands and thousands of tons of material without the power of modern heavy equipment boggles the mind .
You had a great guide there Martin, well done Marcus!!
You need to get him on James's tea making course for next time.
I don't think I would have taken a step further if I'd seen that crayfish ..... a dragonfly doesn't have claws like that beast😉
Some great brickwork in those side tunnels, very interesting to see. Great video as always.
Good luck from Spain!!
Yeah I didnt fancy touching that crayfish myself
It’s fantastic to see a young lad like that getting out and about, he’s doing the things that I used to do as a kid in the 70s. Great video 👍
marcus an extraordinary young chap i take my hat of to him how far he was willing to go to help you out i bet he went home and said dad those lancashire folk dont half whinge a lot :P lolllll
Just dont ask him to make you a brew 🤢
The people who built this were pure legends. Thank you for showing their work
That brick will have been from the Wadsley Bridge Brick Company, Wadsley Bridge being pretty close. I never knew that the Little Don was also the Porter - very confusing when there's Porter Brook in a completely different part of Sheffield.
Porter Brooks down Ecclesall road innit? the opposite end of town
Aye that's that right
Yeah the brick was from wadsley bridge brick co, it was from before the 40's as it changed names to the Sheffield brickworks around then I think.
I was going to say the same then spotted your comment - ex-Hillsborough lad here!
Great to see young lads so interested in the local history, a lot more should try it instead of sitting at home on their x box. Cracking video lads.
My eyes popped out at your opening scene!! The scale, aspect and composition is epic! At first glance I thought, “That’s Martin with his film camera.” More seriously, your model makes it entirely plausible that you’re filming a massive military fortification. Whoa! And there’s the drive way! This is perfect.
It’s astounding how many rivers are called Don, from Russia to Australia to France to Britain and I think Canada.
It means brown, from the word dun...hence the old pubs called the dun cow, just meant brown cow. The Don in Sheffield gets it's brown colour from the peat on the moors where it originates.
According to R. Graves in his White Goddess book. The word Don, is evolved from a Neolithic pan-mother goddess belief (all rivers named after the tribes Mother-Goddess). The original name could be Danu/Ouranu/Oranos etc. Which originated in the ancient Aegean. There is enough evidence to suggest that the Minoan/Mycenean peoples came to the British isles, or that Britain was a kind of university of the old world where you went to study these mysteries/spiritual learning or even the sciences of that times, a Lyceum?.
One example is Mycenean glyphs being found in caves in Ilkley. It's a very broad subject and open to debate. But Graves never published anything that he couldn't back up with some feasible evidence. The Doncaster High Man, which is a profile face looking to Ancient Tara in Ireland, is a massive structure some miles across in height and breath. Still can be seen from google maps, it must of been a fantastic undertaking. And is probably one of the most massive stone age construction in the world. And there is alas no interest in study of it.
That's a very informative and insightful explanation.
I'm a Sheffielder and as I mentioned, our main river the Don, which has four tributaries, the sheaf, porter, loxley and rivelin, flows brown.
Thanks for explaining the deeper origins of the word, I was only going off what I knew and probably relates to the old Saxon meaning.
Yes, there's a Don River in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It empties into Lake Ontario.
Old Man Martin having the kids do his dirty work.... I approve being 56 years old myself :D
Yep why not 😄
Definitely a Signal Crayfish and where you found the Crayfish remains on the concrete plinth could be the remains from an Otter feeding
Amazing how much history can be uncovered from exploring these tunnels! You’d think going into a modern culvert would be boring, but there’s always some interesting stuff in there!
Oh yeah they always turn up something
Absolutely cracking footage from Marcus.
Really liked what he got on camera for you / us
Yeah, it was a section all his own, and really enjoyed it.
I saw Patrick's version of this. Your research and background info make the journey very informative. The side tunnel Markus walked through was fascinating with the stair cases. Another cracking episode. Thanks to all for bringing it to us!!
Cheers Christopher, yeah i did love that side tunnel
The factory you were under had a works football team that eventually mutated into Stockbridge Park Steels, who’s former players included Chris Waddle and Jamie Vardy......Martin Zero geeks can also be football geeks.
Love those pictures of the mill in use. My anvil was made in Sheffield. By the markings etc. I think it dates from the time of Confederation (Canada, 1867)
Is it a Mousehole Forge anvil?
@@emmajacobs5575 Yes :)
@@The_Smith ah cool - it’s fairly near me and the people who restored much of the old buildings on the site were friends of my dad.
@@emmajacobs5575 that is so neat to know!!! if I ever make it to the UK for a visit, Sheffield and whatever is left of Mousehole Forge is on my list.
The factory was known as Fox’s. Even after it’s take over by the government (nationalised, when it became British Steel) or being bought out privately
Up in my area and I never even knew about this one, funny how you can miss stuff so close to home...
Love all the industrial bits and little off shoots.
Such a great explore Martin, appreciate the effort you put in to make these happen!
Cheers 👍
As I remarked to Patrick Dickinson several years ago on his on his video of the 36DD, the most appropriate safety device for exploring the waterway nicknamed after Samantha Fox could only be the World War 2 "Mae West" life preserver. If used, the buxom-like appearance of this vest when inflated would make for a classic image.
Great to meet Marcus - an inspiring young fella.
Leave us Yorkshire folk alone ;-) I grew up near there, and my uncle worked there in the 80s, glad you visited the dry side of the Pennines!
Hey teacher.... leave them kids alone
Oh martin.....i been working in west yorkshire for 12 months now and i filled up my petrol last week and got chattin, as us friendly lancashire folk do, with a chap at petrol station.....he thought i was from yorkshire🤯🤯🤯 omg i have picked up the accent something awful. Arrgh.
Possibly a bit of pre Sam Fox trivia relating to the Newton family.
The London Gazette
Publication date:31 January 1837
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership lately
subsisting between us the undersigned, Joshua Newton
and William Newton, carrying on business at Stocks-bridge,
in the parish of Penistone, in the county of York, as Blacking
Manufacturers, was this day dissolved by mutual consent;
and that all debts due and owing to and from the said partnership will be respectively received and paid by the said Joshua
Newton : As witness our bands this 24th day of January 1837.
Joshua Newton.
Wm. Newton.
There is a death in 1843 of a Joshua Newton aged 61 in the right area together with news reports of sales by auction on the instruction of his executors , these include sale of livestock, land and homesteads . There are other Joshua Newton references in the newspapers noting cotton mill ownership in the Oldham area though it seems to be a different Joshua Newton and references continue beyond 1843
Thanks Glen
Imagine someone sat on the pot having a dump and hearing "oh wow it smells a bit sewery, goes on forever" coming from the toilet 😭😭😭 lol 🤣
😃👍
Is it only me but does anyone else see a face in the waterfall around the 16:24 Mark?
That's the ghost of Samuel Fox guarding his river against intruders from over the hills in Lancashire.
Love the quality of the brick/ stone work in those tunnels, fantastic stuff.
Thanks Martin for a great investigation. The Signal Crayfish remnants that you saw at the beginning of your video were very likely what had been a meal of another invasive creature, the Mink, the other live Crayfish you came across were also Signal Crayfish. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Yeah at the time I was baffled, but that makes sense
What a great explore in this video with that side tunnel that just went on and on. Great guide today and fascinating place.
Thanks 👍🏻 Hope your well
I think this is the same steel works where Patrick Dickinson had some problems. They really have some jumped up jobsworths in that factory because I think they actually called the cops on Patrick! The cops were pretty heavy handed with him although he hadn't even committed any offenses. Trespass is a civil matter and for aggravated trespass he would need to be carrying something menacing like a crowbow definitely not a camera!
I remember Patrick having problems
Redcar British Steel station was like that: you couldn't leave the platforms without a security guard challenging you.
Speaking as a Yorkshireman who spent DECADES in Manchester, I can say with authority that Lancastrians may be many things, but soft ain't one of them, as this film clearly shows. The image of Sam Fox involved in a wireworks makes sense. Support, including underwiring is ESSENTIAL.. I do not know whether it's a Yorkshire or a Lancashire crayfish, but good luck to it, and I very much enjoyed the video! Nice one Martin and colleagues. 🌟👍
Thank you William
Thanks Very Much Martin A Brilliant Video
Thank you Blue
You described Sam Fox as a "large chested lady".... you mean she had a large piece of furniture? 🤔🤔 Could you expand on your comment ... please 😛😛😛😛😛 😉 PS Great video. Thanks 👍
She had a very big chest of drawers
Well of course it was a shame that James couldn't be there, on all grounds but, especially for the 'brew'. Really missed him and I'm sure you did too. However, a fascinating explore with the very knowledgeable and indefatiguable guide, Marcus! Nice to make his acquaintance. This was a one stop shop for learning, from maidens with 36DD assets, to non-native crayfish. This looked like quite a tiring expedition but made for a really entertaining video, with something for everyone!
It was exhausting, you couldnt walk properly. I slept that night
Brilliant as ever! Riveting but at the same time terrifying!
Cheers Graham
What’s that strange light coming from the sky?
Haha well done Martin flying the flag for LANCASHIRE 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Oh yes 🌹
A very interesting video Martin, it just shows how the covering has changed over the years and stuff just abandoned or left to rot as its out of public gaze.
36DD? I used to fantasize about 36DD's.....erm.....erm, OK I STILL fantasize about 36DD's!
You were brave to go down there.You wouldn't get me down there! However it's because of peo[pe like you that we find out about these places.Great video.Thanks.
Thank you, wasnt so bad to be honest
This was so neat! Marcus was a very helpful drain guide. I’ll have to check out his channel for sure. 😀
Cheers
Sam fox I remember her from my teenage years . My dad had a poster of her above his work bench . Fantastic video you are one of a few filmmakers that make me want to find out about my local area . Thank you so much
Another brilliantly made vlog Martin.
Yep, if the Yorkies chuck down the gauntlet then as a Lanc you have to pick it up !
From the pollution aspects factories might be illegally dumping waste. That comes as no surprise since human waste is chucked in our seas that surround our island and our natural rivers ( disgusting actions considering how much we pay for water and sewage treatments )
Great work to give us an insight of that world under our streets.
Keep safe warm dry and virus free
Take great care all
Cheers David
you should do some more videos with marcus
Yeah might do
As a lad who used to live in Stocksbridge it’s nice to
see it being featured. As you know now parts of the steelworks is now a nice housing estate and shopping area. it’s also fascinating to see what is hidden in the area I used to live
Yeah I wish I knew more of the area really
The thought of getting caught in that small side culvert by a sudden downpour terrifies me!
The thought of that roof coming in gets me
Very interesting.I have a Fox framed umbrella which was my Grand Father's
Always enjoy these videos when you go off into the culverts Martin. This was a great one. Well done to Marcus too, love his spirit of adventure!
Thanks Peter
Well that was a bit of a challenging walk. Martin, I bet you ache in parts of your body that you normally don't. You met the challenge and conquered it. A big thanks to Marcus for showing us this interesting bit of Sheffield.
I slept that night 😄
Yep, you certainly were down and dirty, lucky you had young Marcus to do all the small culverts!!! A real rabbit warren down there.
An absolute maze of culverts within the tunnel, Martin. A totally incredible place with so much water flowing for summertime, especially this dry summer! A great video, and many thanks for going over the border into Yorkshire.
Thank you, yes I was surprised at the flow of water
So we can say that Sam Fox had large tracts of land, and not be seen to be in any way sexist... nice :)
Great explore, I don't think I've seen a dull culvert on any of your videos yet.
Top marks to Marcus.
Martin. The Crayfish remains are from either an Otter or a Mink. I live on the canal and see this all the time. Hope this helps.
Great video btw.
Yeah I realise now
what river are we in?
..'currently'...
I see what you did there that you didn't see :D
Iam glad you spotted my stroke of genius 😃
Those old cable supports were for copper wires I'm guessing phone cables at one time and the new orange conduit I'm betting those are all fiber optic cables that have replaced the copper lines that used to run supported on all of those metal brackets sticking out of the wall on the right
Great to see you in Sheffield Martin! Thanks for another great video. Hope you can explore our local history here in Sheffield and give your insight on it.
That was one of your most entertaining videos. 🐀"Rat in a drain pipe" and you followed him. Liam looks like, "What am I doing here".
Pity neither of them can brew up Robert 😀
Does Marcus have a channel, seems to know a lot?!
Link to his channel pinned in the top comment
@@MartinZero cheers Martin, didn't see it was at the end of the video 📸
Nice yabbie, a little smaller than the bugga that blacked my finger nail on my middle finger of the left hand when I was 9! Yabbies, are freshwater crustacean. But, my guess is you knew that already m8. The grow'm big in Yorkshire, and bigger in Ballarat 😉 Yorkshire, a good spot to go Yabbie'n for the reddies. Nice 1 Marcus, checkin out the channel. Thanks Martin, done well, stay vertical m8.
Great video martin as always. Marcus seemed to know his stuff...have a great week stay safe..and looking forward to your next video luv ya
Thank you, yeah Marcus is a regular explorer around those parts
I've caught and eaten Signal Crayfish, by the way, and they were tasty. Got them from a local river, in the country, nowhere near any industry. If there are pests (which these nippy little buggers are), then it's always great if they're edible pests.
I couldnt eat one 🤢
@@MartinZero - I wouldn't eat one from there 😆😆😆 - but you only eat the tails; they're like big prawns. If you cooked them in breadcrumbs, you could probably tell someone they were Scampi, and they'd believe you.
I used to buy crayfish tails from a well known cheap German supermarket. Bloody lovely they were.
Hmm, "Crawdad" soup, anyone?
@@MartinZero Not if it's caught up s#!t creek! With or without a paddle!!
Interesting but rather you than me!!! @24:37 - Cable hangers are also used in the Railways!!! 🙂🚂🚂🚂
Do you know of any RUclipsrs that walk London culverts? Loved this video by the way, love all your culvert walks
No sorry Mark, I’ll do some for you
Aww wow thank you 😊
Another fascinating video Martin :) At 20:11, I couldn't help but notice that the map says 'old incline' near the top. I assume that was part of a tram road? I wonder if there is any evidence of that left in the wooded area. So much history around there, just like everywhere else that you do videos :)
I wonder what Post 10 would make of your epic explore of the culvert. The signal crayfish look quite large compared to our native species.
Enjoyable as always, thanks for posting..
Not related to this location, but I remembered a culvert in my old stomping ground of Aberdeen that would probably pique Martin's interest 😊
What a journey. Wish I was there, for real. At 19:24 where does that manhole cover open up??? Maybe leave a battery powered transmitter and look for the signal from above. Where you took your "Brew Break" was that under the Fox Valley Shopping Park? Top notch team for this video. Again, wish I was there.....
@SZYCAG Were you spotted and chased out?
Liam failed to do so 🤨
You need a licence to handle crayfish, there are seven species of crayfish present in the wild; this includes our native White-clawed crayfish with the rest being all non-native species. The under side of Signal crayfish claws are red, the underside of the native species claws are never red.
I wasnt picking that bugger up Steve 😀
@@MartinZero Just tip them over :)
He’s using Yorkshire Metres, they are different to any other known measurement known to man (ex Bingley lad)
Superb. You never cease to entertain us . Fantastic filming. I think Marcus will be getting lots new fans after watching this. Most enjoyable. Thank you for sharing your explores with us. Really appreciated.
Another cracking video Martin , what a labyrinth down there . That brook tunnel was amazing 👌🏼🤙🏽🧱👍🏼
Are you never worried about picking up Weils Disease mooching about in all that dirty water ?
A very enjoyable video thank u …. It’s great to see the young generation taking a interest in local history and stuff 🙂
Cheers Fatima
@@MartinZero ur welcome 😉
Generally... You should find a Water Coarse, By a Footpath. #Always
It's a Signal Crayfish - You still need a Licence to Catch them for #Food
Great scenery and of course some interesting culverts! Marcus was knowledgeable and has a real interest! you should get down to your area for an explore! I love the brickwork in some of those side tunnels!
I must admit, i did love that side tunnel
Another masterpiece, don’t think I could handle all those spiders like! 🤔 Keep up the brilliant work Martin and thank you. 👍🏻👍🏻😀
Must admit, Iam not keen
Nice to see that the freshwater crayfish still survive in the River Don and Little Don… my Dad used to catch them when he was a seven years old in 1944
The Peoples republic of south yorkshire if you dont mind , get it right or I'll tell Patrick lol
I'm my area that size of a water body wouldn't be a river. Likely wouldn't be a stream or creek. It most likely would not even have a name that anyone knows.
Looking forward to finishing watching this video later. There's another gentleman explorer that did a good video on this as well as how it goes it's name.
Thank you could go to North Hampton Hampshire it’s like there
Did you see the size of those crayfish claws 🤯 looks like some good eating hiding in that river.
Fascinating, would love to explore something like this
Is it me or are explorers getting younger ? Pass the zimmer....🤣
Great video 👍
your new guide and camera op. is fantastic James your sacked ! Fantastic vid i do love a good drain and culvert system to poke about in
AT 30:00 looks like the water is from the original water holding pond.
Thinking about the fact that men had to build this from Stone all those stones all that work by hand it just amazes you to look at it
Wharncliffe crags is one of favourite climbing spots.
Super post, thank you Martin, another brick too! excellent, it was a Wadsley Bridge Brickwork brick, I'm off to find out about them.
Thanks Simon
Always enjoy your videos Martin. I especially like these types.
Thank you
It’s alright this is Martin….happy Zero day from n Ireland 😎
Cheers 😀👍
Martin every explore you do is interesting, fascinating and amazing.
Thanks Adam
Very nice and interesting stuff, going out of your comfort zone (Greater Manchester / Lancashire) and the tunnel was very interesting with so many features! Thank you Martin.
Cheers Daniel, yeah some nice side tunnels
Bloody hell, I've never seen a reservoir so close to houses, can you imagine the problems if something were to go wrong with the reseervoir? I'd forgotten about page 3 girls as I've only ever bought about 2 newspapers in my 40+ years of life. I wonder if you follow it up far enough, if you can gain access to the culvert under the reservoir. Remember, it's only tresspass if you refuse to leave. Thing is, in flood conditions, that sewer is gonna go straight into the river :(
Yeah must admit, I thought that about the sewer, easily overflow after rain
not what I thought It was after searching 36dd but still interesting
Great stuff Martin, always good to see you on this side of the Pennines.
Cheers pal
Never know anyone get so excited about having a cup of tea 😂
36DD? 😂😁 Geez....how old am I.... 🤔😏