Thursday, 8 March 2012

Hulme Flumes Little Brother (Re-Visited)

Ojay/Camera Shy...

After archiving some old reports and running out of Kronie I decided it was too nice of a night to waste stuck indoors.

The usual suspects weren't about, so it was a good oppurtunity to meet more new faces.

With his recent drain fail at the Works I met up with Camera Shy who seemed keen to check out some of the City's drains.

Anyway the new Lidl value waders that had been rattling around in the boot of my car all week needed putting to some good use so as usual it was a last minute.com meet..

(Top lad, he even brought me some kronies)


For some reason I got the urge to revisit HFLB, besides it's not a bad intro to sewers for someone who's never ventured into the fresh before.

Just when Camera Shy thought he was safe, I took him via the tourist route, sadly his thigh waders were no match for the Medlock so again he got another soaking :D

I've been here dozens of times over the past couple of years, essentially a simple CSO the place does has a certain charm...

An unassuming Brick Arch breathes fresh over the River Medlock


Once inside the overflow (a 1.8M RBP) twists and turns before a short run up to the trunk



Eventually reaching the overflow chamber located under the Junction of Whitworth/Princess St



(P14)




Here a 2.1M trunk sewer flows through and inverts under the manually operated Penstock


(A quick dip in the fresh was in order to clean off teh wad0rs before heading back out)


GOINDRAINS

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