Blakewater Culvert, Stooping Low - Blackburn - Feb 2011

[BB]

Some History.

The River Blakewater is a river running through Lancashire, giving its name to the town of Blackburn.
The Blakewater rises on the moors above Guide near Blackburn as Knuzden Brook and runs through the hamlet of that name, before taking the name Blakewater (meaning either "black water" or "clear water,") near the village of Whitebirk.
From there, the river runs through the Blackburn areas of Little Harwood, Cob Wall and Brookhouse to Blackburn town centre.
The section of the Blakewater running through Blackburn town centre was culverted during the industrial revolution, and now runs underground. The culvert was extensively modified in the 1960s during the redevelopment of the town centre - it now runs underneath Ainsworth Street and between Blackburn Cathedral and Blackburn Bus Station.

Visited with Buried Alive. This was our first venture underground so sorry if the pics look a bit shoddy.

Here We go




Graff from 1980


Love these old Pillars










Presume part of the regen.


Into the Concrete..


Back out again.




This was further up the river.
The second, smaller! culvert










Thats the lot

Called Stooping Low as BA is 5'3 and this is her in the smaller section!


Hope you Enjoyed the Pics

[KingElvis]

Mate those shots are excellent, and you've been lots further underground than I have :-)

Great work.

[MJS]

Nice looking culvert! Not seen this one before

[Nicola]

Cracking pics!

[simonix]

Fantastic photos, well done.

[BA]

Some History.Called Stooping Low as BA is 5'3 and this is her in the smaller section!

Haha it was a wee bit small in there
Will put some of mine up if i can get photoshop to upload.

Nice images there BB

[BB]

Thanks everyone
Got the underground bug now! Need more!

[Kevsy21]

Looks good,well done.

[BA]

Literally A couple of mine (only so many angles you can get!!)