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    Fairground Attraction

    So it's been over 2 months since I went draining properly, I was at a loose end and decided to tick this one off the never ending list of shizzle

    First discovered by R1 in 2009, this place doesn't disappoint, with it's continual change in shape, size and composition, the place is a little belter!

    There are one or two stoopy bits along the way, a large inspection chamber, an oldskool storm overflow chamber complete with cobbled floor and a junction where 2 sewer overflows intersect

    One small section requires some real effort and a spine of steel, but well worth the hassle to see it all

    Despite hearing that it was only a short drain (It wasn't), I persevered only to find an eventual shrinker, somewhere underneath and beyond the bus depot

    The return of solo draining...


    Outfall






    The first section was fairly stoopy and more like a scrap heap challenge with the amount of junk that had washed up

    You could practically build a car with the stuff strewn about in here




    After what seemed like an age, the tunnel shrunk to around 1.5M at this point




    I persevered upstream through another stoopy brick pipe, before it opened up to a much newer section of RCP

    Although fairly boring, it did provide an adequate stretch for my back




    It soon gave way to a stone section of tunnel, complete with cobbled floor




    In the distance I could see a shaft of light, eventually approaching a large inspection chamber, the manhole had been pikey'd




    After another quick back stretch, I continued on upstream




    The stonework continued in the next stretch for around 200M before shrinking to under 1M, I had to practically crawl through this bit - NSFW




    I really do hate stooping, I'm getting far too old for this shit, BUT had I given up now I would have missed some real interesting features which lay ahead


    First up, this old overflow section, with disused sluice gate




    Squeezing through the other side led into this oldskool storm overflow chamber, which had some modern additions, to allow inspection




    Ahead a 2.5M pill shaped tunnel presented itself, I could hear what sounded like a weir in the distance

    A short distance later was indeed a small weir




    Looking back down from the other side




    I climbed up and continued on, now bent double in a smaller 5ft RBP, the drain had now decided to shrink again




    This section was fairly long and boring, eventually changing into a much more interesting mix of brick & stone in the form of this egg shaped tunnel




    A few hundred yards up, I got a whiff of fresh, smells like sewer to me

    ..Sure enough 2 egg shaped sewer overflows intersected the main tunnel




    A quick mooch up led to a 350mm pipe, behind which the sewer was inaccesible

    I doubled back and carried on upstream, I could now here traffic thundering above

    I only passed one manhole shaft, which was a good 25ft to the surface


    Eventually the egg shaped tunnel became a shrinker, to a point where I had gone as far as possible without now having to crawl the remainder

    Time to head back out

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    Default Re: Fairground Attraction, Manc - July 2011.

    Tahts really nice, looks a belter!


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    Default Re: Fairground Attraction, Manc - July 2011.

    Some real nice features in there mate. Nice shots too


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    Default Re: Fairground Attraction, Manc - July 2011.

    Top notch this chief
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