COLOSSUS OF THE SOUTH - Brighton - March 2011

[joybee]

Bloody marv fellas

[MJS]

Cheers for the comments everyone! I'm still in awe of this place, god knows how I'll top this

So what do those drop pipe things do?

We were in the lower system (basically a huge storm/waste water storage tunnel) which is 100feet below the upper system. The drop pipes basically 'drop' any excess flow that the upper system can't handle during excessive rainfall, and keeps it down there until it's able to be pumped out in manageable amounts.

[Krypton]

Ah i get it. So is the upper section accessible?

[MJS]

Yea, the upper section is the old Victorian stuff. I don't think it's accessible from the lower section though. We did want to see it, but with the rain, we thought best save it for another time!

[SilentHill]

Brilliant guys

[crippletron 3000]

I don't think it's accessible from the lower section though.

It is, you just need to rope up

[MJS]

Yea, that's what I thought. Just not accessible if you're on foot

[Rebel]

Nice one! Soon fills up with water and other things

[KingElvis]

Those are incredible, lovely work.