Edlington to conisborough water tunnel – october 2011

[Urban Witness]

History - From looking in to the minimal history available of this place it appears to have been for the water supply to Conisbrough and is shown on maps from 1892. I its also believed to have carried water from the reservoir at Thrybergh to Doncaster.



Date of Explore – October 29th 2011

Explored By - Shane, Kerry and Maisie (dog)



This was our first explore, As its just down the road from me i decided to take a look,

I printed of a few maps and marked them up with important information of my plans and gave to my best mate just in case anything went wrong.

I dont know much about the tunnel but i have added some ideas of what it was used for above in the history section. If you know anymore about it please leave a comment.

So after finishing work at 1pm we went home for some dinner, We didn’t know how long we would be, and we had a few more leads we wanted to check out after, best to go on a full stomach.

I packed my bag got the torches together wellies on and hi-viz jacket and flashing collar for the dog.

I had a vague idea of where the tunnel was but its a guess as to where the entrance sat. We headed of to where i thought the entrance sat and came straight across it. That’s a bonus!

I got my gloves on and grabbed the torched and sqeezed my way through the small opening to check it was clear. After confirming it i called in Kerry and the dog.

so let the explore begin…

First thing we came across is a wheel barrow .. god only knows how that got in there..

Next we came across the start or the pipe,

My exploring partners

ahh Some fresh air

came across a paint pot

Some of the roof has metal sheets, this is the effect it has got to

The Walls repeatedly went from brick – stone – brick ..

Nice Stone Section

Me and the dog..

this is a nice change from the first brick one. We came across 3 of these air shafts but i believe there are 4.

16.01.85… hope thats a true date

Some form of supports

We are not alone!

We got to a point where there was so many spiders and they was getting bigger and bigger, and the space getting smaller and wetter.

I put the camera away and we started walking back,

this is the way in and out for us..

We was in the tunnel for about 1hr 30mins and was a great explore,

shane

p.s i hope this report is welcome here

 

[phill.d]

I liked that, It was obviously a fun trip, good to see exploration like that now and again

 

[PaulPowers]

Nice report

A little advice is to not use flash, instead use a tripod and set your camera up for a long exposure and light paint

 

[Urban Witness]

Nice report

A little advice is to not use flash, instead use a tripod and set your camera up for a long exposure and light paint

i had broke my tripod the night before down at harworth colliery pit i have a new one now though , looking at your site it works a treat :wcool:

 

[PaulPowers]

i had broke my tripod the night before down at harworth colliery pit i have a new one now though , looking at your site it works a treat :wcool:

Flattery will get you almost everywhere

I'm not a photographer just a guy with a few tricks

 

[Urban Witness]

Flattery will get you almost everywhere

I'm not a photographer just a guy with a few tricks

i like tunnel photos you just dont see it in life.. unless you go in them haha.. its just finding them , not like building where theres a chance of walking past and noticing a place ..

 

[dannylaing]

Looked really interesting both,don'tb think the beer tank would get through that hole lol,good pics!

 

[fluffy5518]

This type of report is MORE than welcome here !! We ( well me actually !!) cant get enough of underground sites and espescially unusual ones such as this. Keep 'em coming !!

 

[night crawler]

Great report and done with you other half, never get mine going along though I must say the dog might. Is that one of those Cave Spiders Fluffy loves so much.
When is the next one?

 

[TeeJF]

Nice one bud, great pix.

 

[krela]

Definitely welcome! Thank you

 

[Em_Ux]

Ewww hate the spider!

Looks like you had a good explore.

Thanks for posting

 

[Urban Witness]

thanks guys, i have another report of a disused railway but its nothing really worth posting, i have a few places on my list to vist, will look forward to posting them

 

[Urban Witness]

Great report and done with you other half, never get mine going along though I must say the dog might. Is that one of those Cave Spiders Fluffy loves so much.
When is the next one?

yeah its a cave spider there was so many and they were getting bigger!..

next one when i find one haha

 

[PaulPowers]

Cave spiders are nasty but stick to the walls at least

Have you been to Thorpe Marsh yet?

 

[Urban Witness]

Cave spiders are nasty but stick to the walls at least

Have you been to Thorpe Marsh yet?

Not yet I mentioned it to my other half last night so it's on the list

 

[RichCooper]

Are those air vents the things in the field opposite the water tower ?

 

[Urban Witness]

Are those air vents the things in the field opposite the water tower ?

yes mate .. just checked on google maps

 

[RichCooper]

Cheers I often wondered what they were

 

[Urban Witness]

Cheers I often wondered what they were

get your self down there .. mind the spiders are the conisborough side