Love this! 💜 Reckon this history gets forgot; our wealth was built on our ancestors hard lives. Also makes me feel better listening to that water when UK's stuck in a vicious heatwave! - Hope them flies arn't the bitey type.. Wish my Dad could see this vid; he was only other person I knew into stuff like this, & he knew so much interesting stuff too; treasure time with like-minds, slips away too soon.
Found some more info on this mill and possible tunnel in the wall on derelict Manchester, + Some pictures. Wish someone would do this sort of thing around Nottingham, would defo be watching..
What a brilliant video! Thanks for going through all that to show this to us...the slippy floor, the slimy stalactites and OMG all those flies! 😱 All the times I've been down that road, never knew that was underneath. Fab! 😀
Three generations of which two lived in Egington Street called it the Red Hill. It was landfilled and the Sandstone cliff we climbed on vanished. Then somebody decided to call the Red Hill the Sand Hill!
Really enjoying your videos, Martin! Been working through them :) Just be very careful entering any confined spaces though. You can't tell what gases are in there and what method of escape would be needed. At the very least invest in an O2 meter, which will alarm if there is a lack of oxygen or any other potentially fatal gases. Maybe even a small breathing apparatus in case of an emergency, it would give you at least a few minutes to escape. Keep up the amazing work!
Quite impressive! So much history is just a few feet away from the main roads and it's as though it's just been forgotten. Cheers and keep up with the adventure's!
Amazing to see from those old maps just how densely built up districts like Collyhurst and Miles Platting used to be, nowadays a short journey east of Manchester city centre almost feels like dropping off the face of the Earth.
Checking almost every day to see if you've uploaded a new video. Didn't expect it to be this long or this good so soon after another great video "Lost Island of Pomona". Thanks Martin for another quality video.
Hi thank you very much for your comment, really appreciate that. I was Lucky that I found the place and Connor came with me. Just to save you checking I have got another part filmed but am working a stint now so it wont appear till next week. Have you clicked the notification bell on my channel. It will let you know when I upload. And thanks very much again. 👍
Hope it does not rain :) Good explore, I would say as a caver of some experience it's a good idea to check the weather is settled before you enter an active system. Cos it can get real exciting real fast. When are you going to do the upstream bit with the round pipe ?
Brilliant Martin when I was a kid before they filled moston brook in they put a concrete ring section tunnel where the river was near the dogs home I used to climb in there and ended up where you started 👍👍👍
That would be a great crowd funder among Mancunians. Clear out all the rubble and it would be the longest tunnel of love in the world.......Some tourist attraction !
Great video.. been through the tunnel as a kid loads of times. It comes out on collyhurst rd it looks a bit more overgrown nowadays. I love collyhurst it's an amazing area if you look beyond the bushes.
It's official: You two are complete nutters! All the different levels in the tunnel suggest maybe a series of bridges where the gaps were filled in over time, using different materials, to create one large tunnel. I also note that there's a pub, just off Rochdale Road, called The Swan. It was obviously the local when Fitzgeorge St and its side roads were filled with homes, and the name probably dates back to when the brook was open at that point? Oh, and one last thing, if you look closely at the 1892 -1914 25" OS map, you can see a curve and angle in the building line on Jane's Place, opposite Brydonville Street. I wouldn't mind betting that that marks the line of the bank of Moss Brook before it was culverted over to create your tunnel. As always, fascinating video, much kudos to you, sir!
What a fantastic video fantastic channel, been looking for something like this for ages particularly round the Manchester area as I am half Mancunian, my mum was born in Manchester well actually in Salford in Eccles keep up the great work Martin you're doing a fab job....
My question is, it all being abandon, does someone maintain it enough to keep water flowing!? , surly someone has to inspect all this stuff and give a report on potential cave in or wall going to fall down. Then someone has to repair it!?
Well done lads 👍 if you go through the beginning of a tunnel you must come out the end of a tunnel it's tunnel law 🤥 great stuff another cool video look forward to your next thanks 👍
Martin Zero good call you would have never lived it down use saved yourselves a massive ribbing 😂 impressed as well use went back up good effort all round with the extra mile well done 👍
I am rewatching the classics,Martin and Connor of course! It is so fun to see this again, and honestly it is no less intriguing to me now. Not like any of us going out much right now anyway. It is a bit wacky here currently for same reason as UK,and at my job they are starting to check our temp and all before every shift,so on days off I love watching you both and of course Foxes Afloat! Hope Connor bought the pints! Once all this Corona stuff chills,so cannot wait to meet you guys.
Incredible. We live close by, my daughter's nursery was just across the road. I saw the brick wall from upside and the fences locking down this area. But never went there. Incredible what is there. Thank you for going to those places and making these videos!!!
Hi brilliant video, you need to go to heywood and explore ashworth valley, full of history and old mill ruins there is a book called the forgotten valley you can still buy, millcroft tea room is still open and worth a visit. Keep up the good work
I wish Mansfield was as interesting as Manchester but we are a small town. Our history is steeped in mills and foundries and brewery buildings but most are converted or gone now. We have a Brunel Rail viaduct that cuts through the town, and the River Maun but the only few interesting things are a pond with overflow arches back into the river and one culvert that takes the river under a road through to a demolished/cleared Metal Box site, becoming a housing development. Our council is keen on locking things up and then knocking them down into car parks before you get a chance to even know they're gone and even then you would have to be quick and lucky to see anything good as CCTV is the order of the day here. I love your videos and you and Connor make an almost comedy pair when things go a bit dodgy, especially Connor when he nearly slips over and starts to laugh behind your back :D lol
Hey Martin! Just wanted to say I've only recently discovered your videos but I have massively enjoyed all I have watched so far and also how much of an inspiration you and your videos have been. I've been big into local history for about 10 years now in the southern us and I've always wanted to take a more hands on approach to find out more clues and details that you just cant fond on the net. Very similar things here with long lost springs and streams that have long been lost. Anyways I just wanted to say you are motivating me to work on projects of my own and get more involved. Keep up the good work and csnt wait to see more!
I absolutely agree with what someone else has said below, Martin, about willing you to get out. I felt like a was watching a horror movie and was wanting to scream at you not to go back lol When I had a look on maps to figure out where you had been, I was actually shocked to see what a short distance you had travelled. I am not in any way trying to play down what you did. More a case of saying how tiring it is to walk even a short distance in such conditions. Potential urban explorers should bear this in mind. Once again, hats off to you.
Great little adventure. It's fantastic that you bother to show maps and photos. It's amazing to see parts of cities decayed and forgotten. Functional dereliction, far from easy on the eye. Yet tantalising and irresistible to some of us. Look fwd to your next adventure. P.s. Walking the roads in waders? or back through the tunnel to the boots? Easy decision to the Young. I'd have climbed the bank & asked him to bring my boots up with him on the other side.
Amazing martin and connor, my towns a bit flat for urbex, youve got a rich vein where you are. Cheers for the videos, mate. Take it easy...ps just revisiting your back catalogue!!
Another good video,keep churning them out they make really good viewing. That Sandhills area is a place I've always been meaning meaning to explore,I've made my mind up to do it but I think I'll stick to ground level after watching that
Just found this channel,brilliant vids,I live 2 mins from here and never knew it existed.next time I’m on the bus on Rochdale rd I’m going upstairs to look at where you were...hope there is a traffic jam
No way...I did not think you both would go the entire length of that tunnel....I think you should both have indiana jones hats and instead of hard hats..lol...amazing vid one again....JIm
Just what I was thinking at the start of the video, the land that time forgot. At 3.54 I was thinking there may have been a water wheel there once. The shape of the water tunnel seems to suggest that as the water would be faster to turn the wheel. Again martin youve impressed me with your work. Really enjoyed it. Thanks Dave
@@MartinZero hard to see as you kept panning the shot round. Based on the design and height of the culvert tunnel I would guess it was indeed a breast shot waterwheel I.e. water comes onto the wheel halfway up which us not terribly efficient. Look for what may have been a large hole for the axle.
@@wideyxyz2271 Theres an old mill local to where i live which still has one of those turbines inside the building just outside bristol the plce is called willsbridge mill the dam got washed away in the floods of 68
Hi Martin another great video found your channel by accident and now I`m hooked. When you came back the second day and stood on the bridge opposite the paint factory you said it emerges in the Irk just on the other side but I was told by the maintenance guy from the factory called Barny it goes under the road the turns left and runs under the factory and joins the Irk lower down past thier big warehouse he also told me its that big they have had a mini digger and dumper down there once to clean it out. I work in the haulage yard next to where you stood and when it rains hard the water runs very high and very fast.Keep up the good work
The Bridge Mill area looks as though it's gone through several boom/bust cycles . Most old Mill areas have crashed and burned and some rebuilt. Intense hydraulic forces are created during severe storms , often destroying old mills , washing out bridges and scouring out new ravines . The large boulders scattered throughout the drainage tunnel are evidence . If they survive this threat they often are destroyed by fire . Fascinating history brought to light . Thanks
Another great one Martin. Your comment about Confetti reminded me of the the little ditty my Dad used to say "Shit, Shite, and Cacky, all went out for tea. Shit, Shite with all his might into Cacky's tea." These little things will soon be forgotten and erased from our Manc heritage unless we keep it alive. Yes, please get hard hats, and stay safe down there.
Wow ! Who would have thought that that was at the side of Rochdale rd. Brilliant, maybe jungle spray & face masks to go with the hard hats. Would love to join you.
Think my dad could help on a few things, he's always telling the grandkids storys about life in Manchester when he was a kid. Me.... I moved out when I was 5 so it's nice to see the work that your doing. It's so interesting.
That red sand stone that you go on about , well there is lots in stockport, driving on the m60 ' I was looking at the viaduct , at the side there is loads of it , RED SAND STONE.
You two make a great funny exploring pair and truly side splitting cheers for the laughs. Also going by size of each tunnel mouths the rock debris has too be at least 4 -6 deep in places with you squatting so much towards the roof. That`s some serious thousands of tons debris flushed by the water - power of nature
Bad air in regular tunnels maybe, but not likely in a tunnel with that volume of running water. That kind of water flow would also create a fairly decent flow of air. With the temp of the water being lower than the surrounding air, it would cause a current of air that would follow the flow of the water. The smell in that tunnel might be bad, but not likely to be toxic. Also, the air flow would have been enough to force air up those various drain openings along the way, dissipating any toxins further. Besides, that tunnel really didn't seem like it would have been long enough for any bad air to build up in it. As far as hard hats go, yeah definitely, along with some gloves and safety glasses.
Great video again Martin hard hats yeah you need a rubber duck because I can see one of you getting a early bath. Loved the T Shirt from the good old days when tv was tv not run by one company
You guys should invest in helmets so you don’t bump or scratch your beans with the low-hanging junk. Fascinating video! Love the history and the grandeur of the buildings and bridges. Absolutely amazing what they built in the olden days. I’d love to run a metal detector through that tunnel to see any artifacts under the water/silt, but I’m in Canada!
That old graffiti from 1921 was beautifully written. Anyone remember the writing on the wall on Victoria Avenue and Middleton Rd by early 60s CND protesters? It was still there even when I was a kid and I was pissed off when the Council removed it in the 1990s. They also removed the big "All Out on May Day" graffiti from the wall behind the bus stop on Middleton Rd. I think they should have been preserved as part of Manchester's political history.( NB I am not normally a fan of people painting stuff on walls - these were different.)
I grew up by Boston,so a good response is Wicked Pissah, a good thing I assure you. I also love plane spotting, so not a huge shock your vids are so intriguing. Not sure the exact month, but I truly look forward to some pub time, maybe an explore,though at 6'2 little height needed! Thanks again.
Another brilliant video Martin thank you, I was getting a bit worried wishing you would go back , seeing all those flys I was thinking you were going to find a body down there, we don't have that many in Africa lol . I think it must have been a deeper tunnel at one time and the rubble has filled it in a lot , I would have loved to have been with you even at 71 I would have still been game enough to go down there . Please invest in a hard hat and some sort of mask , you never know what is down in those tunnels. Enjoy your life Martin and do exactly what you want to do life is an adventure even at my age xxx
Another excellent video Martin. Born and bred around there, had a friend lived on Fitzgeorge st, and I used to go to collyhurst county primary, or the tinnie as we called it.
Love this! 💜 Reckon this history gets forgot; our wealth was built on our ancestors hard lives. Also makes me feel better listening to that water when UK's stuck in a vicious heatwave! - Hope them flies arn't the bitey type.. Wish my Dad could see this vid; he was only other person I knew into stuff like this, & he knew so much interesting stuff too; treasure time with like-minds, slips away too soon.
I can't believe how addicted I've become to your videos. ... AMAZING. thankyou
Thanks Catharine
Fascinating video! Really enjoyed seeing the interior of the tunnel!
Love the Granada.TShirt
Martin Zero did you work there ?
@@Helen-sound Where? Granada or the mill? :-D
Brian Robertson Granada
Brilliant! Thanks for showing us the places that we would never have seen.
Found some more info on this mill and possible tunnel in the wall on derelict Manchester, + Some pictures. Wish someone would do this sort of thing around Nottingham, would defo be watching..
What a brilliant video! Thanks for going through all that to show this to us...the slippy floor, the slimy stalactites and OMG all those flies! 😱 All the times I've been down that road, never knew that was underneath. Fab! 😀
Three generations of which two lived in Egington Street called it the Red Hill. It was landfilled and the Sandstone cliff we climbed on vanished. Then somebody decided to call the Red Hill the Sand Hill!
Great Video Martin and Connor and Respect to you both for continuing your journey despite not knowing what laid in front of you. Intrepid explorers!
Hello, thank you. I actually quite enjoyed being in that dark dingy tunnel 😀
Really enjoyable and informative video, thank you.👍
Martin your videos are absolutely brilliant
I reckon you should do this on TV
Thanks very much. Nah I'll stick to youtube 😄
Does anyone watch TV ...apart from my Mrs ?
Brilliant
Really enjoying your videos, Martin! Been working through them :)
Just be very careful entering any confined spaces though. You can't tell what gases are in there and what method of escape would be needed. At the very least invest in an O2 meter, which will alarm if there is a lack of oxygen or any other potentially fatal gases. Maybe even a small breathing apparatus in case of an emergency, it would give you at least a few minutes to escape.
Keep up the amazing work!
There will be no gasses in a culvert like that. If so then there would be combustion years before and explosion.
Quite impressive! So much history is just a few feet away from the main roads and it's as though it's just been forgotten. Cheers and keep up with the adventure's!
Very interesting - love it! and the t-shirt 👍👍👍
Thanks John. 😃
Made me late for work! I was dying to see where you ended up.. Your videos are a killer in the mornings with cornflakes ha ha
Cheers Ste 😃
Great work
Another great explore, I think I've learnt more about the waterways of Manchester since watching your vids, than I ever have from any where else!
Cheers Richy yes i do find them fascinating
Nothing like a constant flow of free power for the Mill.
Brilliant.......
Another great video thanks , you never know what's going to be over the next ledge.
Hi Graham. Thanks very much. It felt like that, just kept edging on. 👍
Amazing to see from those old maps just how densely built up districts like Collyhurst and Miles Platting used to be, nowadays a short journey east of Manchester city centre almost feels like dropping off the face of the Earth.
Yeah, very densely populated, streets where you wouldn't even imagine today
Checking almost every day to see if you've uploaded a new video. Didn't expect it to be this long or this good so soon after another great video "Lost Island of Pomona". Thanks Martin for another quality video.
Hi thank you very much for your comment, really appreciate that. I was Lucky that I found the place and Connor came with me. Just to save you checking I have got another part filmed but am working a stint now so it wont appear till next week. Have you clicked the notification bell on my channel. It will let you know when I upload. And thanks very much again. 👍
Hope it does not rain :) Good explore, I would say as a caver of some experience it's a good idea to check the weather is settled before you enter an active system. Cos it can get real exciting real fast. When are you going to do the upstream bit with the round pipe ?
Brilliant Martin when I was a kid before they filled moston brook in they put a concrete ring section tunnel where the river was near the dogs home I used to climb in there and ended up where you started 👍👍👍
Really !!! I think I want to climb up into that tunnel and go the other way 👍😃
Brian Moore yes I remember that being built.
@@MartinZero I want you to too, although I know it starts at moss brook road.
That would be a great crowd funder among Mancunians.
Clear out all the rubble and it would be the longest tunnel of love in the world.......Some tourist attraction !
Great video.. been through the tunnel as a kid loads of times. It comes out on collyhurst rd it looks a bit more overgrown nowadays. I love collyhurst it's an amazing area if you look beyond the bushes.
Wow so youv'e been down that Tunnel. I would have been scared as a kid. Yes there is a lot of History in Collyhurst 👍
Fascinating! There are many areas to explore here in the USA, your area is very rich in history too!
Sounds good Dave
It's official: You two are complete nutters!
All the different levels in the tunnel suggest maybe a series of bridges where the gaps were filled in over time, using different materials, to create one large tunnel. I also note that there's a pub, just off Rochdale Road, called The Swan. It was obviously the local when Fitzgeorge St and its side roads were filled with homes, and the name probably dates back to when the brook was open at that point?
Oh, and one last thing, if you look closely at the 1892 -1914 25" OS map, you can see a curve and angle in the building line on Jane's Place, opposite Brydonville Street. I wouldn't mind betting that that marks the line of the bank of Moss Brook before it was culverted over to create your tunnel.
As always, fascinating video, much kudos to you, sir!
What a fantastic video fantastic channel, been looking for something like this for ages particularly round the Manchester area as I am half Mancunian, my mum was born in Manchester well actually in Salford in Eccles keep up the great work Martin you're doing a fab job....
Thanks Colin
Absolutely fascinating. Plus it's lovely to here that beautiful Manchester accent! I now live in Yorkshire and miss my home town:(
Hello, thank you, best regards to Yorkshire 👍
Hat's off to you lads that was brilliant 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Stewart 👍
Brilliant👍🏻😊
Cheers Degsy
It’s a hidden beautiful treasure
Yes it is 👍🏼
Excellent video,laughed so much. Hey Connor,fun addition to the mix. So must buy you guys a pint when I fly to Manchester in 19.
Hello Andrew many thanks for watching and commenting. I'll pass your message to Connor. We will take you up on the beer offer 👌
LOVE your videos, amazing 👌
WOW.....I found that hard to watch, I was telling yous to get out, it was a bit claustrophobic, but 10 out of 10 for doing it. BRILLIANT
Thanks Nina, am sure you would of liked it, it was a summer paddle 😀👍
oh no no no, I'm curious about what is down there so I'll leave up to you and Connor, I'm too scared lol.
My question is, it all being abandon, does someone maintain it enough to keep water flowing!? , surly someone has to inspect all this stuff and give a report on potential cave in or wall going to fall down. Then someone has to repair it!?
Well done lads 👍 if you go through the beginning of a tunnel you must come out the end of a tunnel it's tunnel law 🤥 great stuff another cool video look forward to your next thanks 👍
I said to Connor if we bail out now everyone will Laugh 😆👍
Martin Zero good call you would have never lived it down use saved yourselves a massive ribbing 😂 impressed as well use went back up good effort all round with the extra mile well done 👍
I am rewatching the classics,Martin and Connor of course! It is so fun to see this again, and honestly it is no less intriguing to me now. Not like any of us going out much right now anyway. It is a bit wacky here currently for same reason as UK,and at my job they are starting to check our temp and all before every shift,so on days off I love watching you both and of course Foxes Afloat! Hope Connor bought the pints! Once all this Corona stuff chills,so cannot wait to meet you guys.
Thanks Andrew, hope you manage to come over
Would be interesting to see this after heavy rain.
Great posting nice 1 Matey
That was a good trip.
Yet again another great video I thought you was going to end up in Yorkshire
So did I Simon 😃
Incredible. We live close by, my daughter's nursery was just across the road. I saw the brick wall from upside and the fences locking down this area. But never went there. Incredible what is there. Thank you for going to those places and making these videos!!!
Cheers Daniel
Bud Abbot and Lou Costello,you two are nuts,but happy nuts.
Hi brilliant video, you need to go to heywood and explore ashworth valley, full of history and old mill ruins there is a book called the forgotten valley you can still buy, millcroft tea room is still open and worth a visit. Keep up the good work
I wish Mansfield was as interesting as Manchester but we are a small town. Our history is steeped in mills and foundries and brewery buildings but most are converted or gone now. We have a Brunel Rail viaduct that cuts through the town, and the River Maun but the only few interesting things are a pond with overflow arches back into the river and one culvert that takes the river under a road through to a demolished/cleared Metal Box site, becoming a housing development. Our council is keen on locking things up and then knocking them down into car parks before you get a chance to even know they're gone and even then you would have to be quick and lucky to see anything good as CCTV is the order of the day here.
I love your videos and you and Connor make an almost comedy pair when things go a bit dodgy, especially Connor when he nearly slips over and starts to laugh behind your back :D lol
Yes same here we have lost so much
That outflow area would make an awesome movie set...Looks like something out of Tomb Raider.
Yeah true, I call it the land that time forgot
Hey Martin! Just wanted to say I've only recently discovered your videos but I have massively enjoyed all I have watched so far and also how much of an inspiration you and your videos have been. I've been big into local history for about 10 years now in the southern us and I've always wanted to take a more hands on approach to find out more clues and details that you just cant fond on the net. Very similar things here with long lost springs and streams that have long been lost. Anyways I just wanted to say you are motivating me to work on projects of my own and get more involved. Keep up the good work and csnt wait to see more!
Thanks Paul I hope you get it done. Let me know
Top Work. Thanks but for heck sake take care. Old Lancashire lad and luv what your doing.
John
Thanks John much appreciated
Another hair raising video ! One way would have done it for me , but you two had to return !! Such courage !!
Thanks Anne, it was that bloody Connor 😄
I absolutely agree with what someone else has said below, Martin, about willing you to get out. I felt like a was watching a horror movie and was wanting to scream at you not to go back lol
When I had a look on maps to figure out where you had been, I was actually shocked to see what a short distance you had travelled. I am not in any way trying to play down what you did. More a case of saying how tiring it is to walk even a short distance in such conditions. Potential urban explorers should bear this in mind.
Once again, hats off to you.
Great little adventure. It's fantastic that you bother to show maps and photos. It's amazing to see parts of cities decayed and forgotten. Functional dereliction, far from easy on the eye. Yet tantalising and irresistible to some of us. Look fwd to your next adventure. P.s. Walking the roads in waders? or back through the tunnel to the boots? Easy decision to the Young. I'd have climbed the bank & asked him to bring my boots up with him on the other side.
Ha yes I should of done that. 😆😃 Thanks again 👍
Amazing martin and connor, my towns a bit flat for urbex, youve got a rich vein where you are. Cheers for the videos, mate. Take it easy...ps just revisiting your back catalogue!!
Another good video,keep churning them out they make really good viewing. That Sandhills area is a place I've always been meaning meaning to explore,I've made my mind up to do it but I think I'll stick to ground level after watching that
Hi Mike, wait till I do my next video, there is more interesting stuff there 👍
Just found this channel,brilliant vids,I live 2 mins from here and never knew it existed.next time I’m on the bus on Rochdale rd I’m going upstairs to look at where you were...hope there is a traffic jam
Just awesome
Shall do!! Need a Dry Irish Stout bad,but luckily my fave brewery is on Massachusetts border an hour from here. Have great day.
Wow what an amazing channel. Greetings from Sunny Perth, Western Australia
Hello 👋🏼
Brave men!! I think you must have recorded every single insect in that tunnel
Great stuff as usual.
Cool t shirt. Brings back a few memories
Yeah it’s a great T shirt Paul love the old Granada days 😃👍
@@MartinZero tbh only found your channel yesterday. Subbed straight away.great content
@@paulcresswell2279 Thanks very much Paul for subscribing really appreciate it. Keeps me motivated 👍
Tremendous! I would have turned back. That was one intrepid explore and very interesting about the mill too. Loving your channel!
Thank you very much, we nearly did turn back 😀
Mission accomplished. well done and goodnight
Cheers Pal. It was a good bath after I had been in there. Bath on a weekday too 😃
No way...I did not think you both would go the entire length of that tunnel....I think you should both have indiana jones hats and instead of hard hats..lol...amazing vid one again....JIm
Or an Indiana Jones Hard Hat :p They must exist!
Thanks Jim 😃
Just what I was thinking at the start of the video, the land that time forgot. At 3.54 I was thinking there may have been a water wheel there once. The shape of the water tunnel seems to suggest that as the water would be faster to turn the wheel. Again martin youve impressed me with your work. Really enjoyed it.
Thanks
Dave
Hi Dave, thank you. A water wheel I never thought of that. thats probably why the mill was built there because of the brook. 👍
@@MartinZero hard to see as you kept panning the shot round. Based on the design and height of the culvert tunnel I would guess it was indeed a breast shot waterwheel I.e. water comes onto the wheel halfway up which us not terribly efficient. Look for what may have been a large hole for the axle.
I will Giovani if I ever go back down there 👍
@@MartinZero or a small water turbine they became quite common in the late 1800s early 1900s and much more efficent..
@@wideyxyz2271 Theres an old mill local to where i live which still has one of those turbines inside the building just outside bristol the plce is called willsbridge mill the dam got washed away in the floods of 68
Hi Martin another great video found your channel by accident and now I`m hooked. When you came back the second day and stood on the bridge opposite the paint factory you said it emerges in the Irk just on the other side but I was told by the maintenance guy from the factory called Barny it goes under the road the turns left and runs under the factory and joins the Irk lower down past thier big warehouse he also told me its that big they have had a mini digger and dumper down there once to clean it out. I work in the haulage yard next to where you stood and when it rains hard the water runs very high and very fast.Keep up the good work
If you want to look at the entrance to the tunnel under the road you are welcome to come into the yard
Hi David yeah I’d love to thanks
I’d love to see it, thanks
I LOVE those special bricks with the rounded edges :) Fantastic :)
I think I love bricks through doing these videos
The Bridge Mill area looks as though it's gone through several boom/bust cycles . Most old Mill areas have crashed and burned and some rebuilt. Intense hydraulic forces are created during severe storms , often destroying old mills , washing out bridges and scouring out new ravines . The large boulders scattered throughout the drainage tunnel are evidence . If they survive this threat they often are destroyed by fire .
Fascinating history brought to light . Thanks
Thanks a lot Montie great info 👍
Absolutely Brilliant, i was terrified on your behalf 👍🏻
Like no.59 - my heart beats in fear when I watch your investigation videos - fully watched 👍👍
Good entertainment Nathan 😆👍
I think the view of the chimney at 2:00 is from Fitzgeorge St. the mill is on the left; as always, another interesting video.
Yes I think your correct
What a shame these rivers are not cleaned out. With the History behind.
Love the video but can't help thinking one day there'll be an unexpected deluge an you'll drown or get trapped. But you'll enjoy the journey
Simply a Martin and Connor classic! Love you guys.
NIce one mate ,very scary under there! Well done
Cheers 👍
My brew's gone cold and I've entirely lost track of my knitting. Rivetting stuff!
Ohh sorry about that but thanks for watching
@@MartinZero I'm slowly catching up - thanks again for this :-)
Another great one Martin. Your comment about Confetti reminded me of the the little ditty my Dad used to say "Shit, Shite, and Cacky, all went out for tea. Shit, Shite with all his might into Cacky's tea." These little things will soon be forgotten and erased from our Manc heritage unless we keep it alive. Yes, please get hard hats, and stay safe down there.
Cheers Joe, never heard that little ditty before 😃
You explore, so we don't have to. All very interesting stuff.
Thanks David
Great video yet agen brilliant 😊☺👍💯🐝🐝
Cheers Kyle 👍
Rochdale Road and Eddington Street: 53.497747, -2.220676.
Bridge Martin is standing on at 21.54 in the video: 53.496584, -2.227159
Wow ! Who would have thought that that was at the side of Rochdale rd. Brilliant, maybe jungle spray & face masks to go with the hard hats. Would love to join you.
Brilliant. On the old map is the street I was born on, Bushton St. Great to watch thanks.
Thanks Peter 👍
Think my dad could help on a few things, he's always telling the grandkids storys about life in Manchester when he was a kid. Me.... I moved out when I was 5 so it's nice to see the work that your doing. It's so interesting.
That red sand stone that you go on about , well there is lots in stockport, driving on the m60 ' I was looking at the viaduct , at the side there is loads of it , RED SAND STONE.
Yeah there is, it stretches from there over to Liverpool
You two make a great funny exploring pair and truly side splitting cheers for the laughs. Also going by size of each tunnel mouths the rock debris has too be at least 4 -6 deep in places with you squatting so much towards the roof. That`s some serious thousands of tons debris flushed by the water - power of nature
Yeah your right. I wouldn't like to be in there after a serious downpour
Ok...Hardhats are recommended. As is an O2 meter. Never know what kind of bad air might be lurking deep underground.
Yeah weve invested in the hard hats now
very true!
I can understand the O2 meters good advice but please, don't insult their intelligence. Hard hats are not always practical and it's their choice!
@@MartinZero Thank you! We love you and want you to be safe . What would we do without your videos ?????
Bad air in regular tunnels maybe, but not likely in a tunnel with that volume of running water. That kind of water flow would also create a fairly decent flow of air. With the temp of the water being lower than the surrounding air, it would cause a current of air that would follow the flow of the water. The smell in that tunnel might be bad, but not likely to be toxic. Also, the air flow would have been enough to force air up those various drain openings along the way, dissipating any toxins further. Besides, that tunnel really didn't seem like it would have been long enough for any bad air to build up in it. As far as hard hats go, yeah definitely, along with some gloves and safety glasses.
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Great video again Martin hard hats yeah you need a rubber duck because I can see one of you getting a early bath. Loved the T Shirt from the good old days when tv was tv not run by one company
Hello, thanks very much. Yep we need hard hats and life jackets 😀 Connor did fall on his face but off camera . Good old Granada Tv eh 😃👍
Imagine who was the last person to walk through there before you two crazy kids! Top one. Nice One. Get sorted Martin!!!!
Probably Urban explorers. I cannot imagine who else would go down there ? Mad fer it 😆
Sorry it was so exhausting for you, but thanks for hoofing it for us. Really enjoyed the video definitely not familiar with Manchester 😁
Cheers Daniel. It was an interesting hell hole
Yet another great video Martin loved watching it keep them coming regards Martin.
Really fascinating video Martin 👍🎄merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Jay 👍
A brilliant video Martin really enjoyed watching it.
You guys should invest in helmets so you don’t bump or scratch your beans with the low-hanging junk.
Fascinating video! Love the history and the grandeur of the buildings and bridges. Absolutely amazing what they built in the olden days.
I’d love to run a metal detector through that tunnel to see any artifacts under the water/silt, but I’m in Canada!
That old graffiti from 1921 was beautifully written. Anyone remember the writing on the wall on Victoria Avenue and Middleton Rd by early 60s CND protesters? It was still there even when I was a kid and I was pissed off when the Council removed it in the 1990s. They also removed the big "All Out on May Day" graffiti from the wall behind the bus stop on Middleton Rd. I think they should have been preserved as part of Manchester's political history.( NB I am not normally a fan of people painting stuff on walls - these were different.)
Yeah they sound interesting I can’t remember them
pmsl you are mad luv it
I grew up by Boston,so a good response is Wicked Pissah, a good thing I assure you. I also love plane spotting, so not a huge shock your vids are so intriguing. Not sure the exact month, but I truly look forward to some pub time, maybe an explore,though at 6'2 little height needed! Thanks again.
Ok be sure to let me know when you land 👌🍻
Another brilliant video Martin thank you, I was getting a bit worried wishing you would go back , seeing all those flys I was thinking you were going to find a body down there, we don't have that many in Africa lol . I think it must have been a deeper tunnel at one time and the rubble has filled it in a lot , I would have loved to have been with you even at 71 I would have still been game enough to go down there . Please invest in a hard hat and some sort of mask , you never know what is down in those tunnels. Enjoy your life Martin and do exactly what you want to do life is an adventure even at my age xxx
Joan get your waders on and come with us 👍 Thank you very much. Yeah I think all that rubble has raised the bed of the brook.
Another excellent video Martin. Born and bred around there, had a friend lived on Fitzgeorge st, and I used to go to collyhurst county primary, or the tinnie as we called it.
Hi Alan, yes Ive heard of the Tin school. I hope you approve of my next video 😀
I'm sure I will.
Another great video Martin, don’t think I would have ventured in there matey 😳 Thank yoy
Thanks David it was all good fun 😃