The Underworld of Rochester Ny - Abandoned Subway Tunnels
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- Were you aware that Rochester, NY had its own subway system? Nope? Neither did i, but soon as i heard about it, i knew i had to see it for myself. Only a small underground section remains of it, but the coolest section of it goes underneath the Rochester Library. With long dark tunnels, signs of homless people, unique graffiti pieces and random sections of rail, this place has a bit of everything. So come along as myself, Cliff the Wandering Woodsman, and Rich & Kara Wolf as we explore the Underworld of Rochester, NY.
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So dose this connects to the aquaduck???
What a great exploration.... Welcome to My City born and raised here in Rochester NY... Dig deeper into the history of Rochester New York... Check out it's haunted cemeteries you won't be disappointed.... Be careful in our underground homeless, drug addicts, and thieves... All that aside Rochester is a spectacular City full of history...look into the underground... Did you know we were involved in the Manhattan project... The nation's oldest brewery is here in Rochester...we are full of colleges and universities and one of the best places in the country for medical services motion picture film industry started here with George Eastman. Are City borders lake Ontario some of the most beautiful sights you will see... Thank you for your visit I enjoyed the video
Thanks for sharing
The nations oldest brewery is in Pottsville, Pa. Yuengling
Great info...im from Rochester as well. Did loads of tours with school as a kid. Love the history
So did they mix the radioactive slag from the Manhattan Project into the concrete like they did in Niagara Falls?
Born and raised in Rochester N.Y
shit same here
Same
Hi from Geneva, ny
me too...born at Genesee Hosp in 1970
Same.
At 30:43 , the subway there is under the Broad St. That bridge was the aqueduct for the canal and was/810 feet in length in total. That was one of the 3 great engineering feats of the construction of the Erie Canal.
That's my main entrance
Thank you for showing me parts of my town ive never seen.
I did my Master's Thesis on the Rochester Subway after having worked at the Gannett Newspapers for 29 years. The newspapers brought all of their newsprint into their plant via rail car for nearly 70 years. I was in charge of ordering newsprint and rail cars that were delivered through the subway tunnel. There was an 800 foot section of the tunnel that had been walled off to use as a newsprint warehouse from the late 70s thru late 90s. Your segment of the video where you showed two tracks next to each other is for the purpose of switching cars in and out. Consider yourselves fortunate that no major chunks of concrete fell on your head. It has been a persistent problem for many years. I enjoyed the video. Much of the graffiti is impressive and some are beautiful. There is a great deal more that can be told about this story. Thank you for recording and posting the interesting video.
Thanks for watching
There is a great deal more to this story and it’s not pleasant more nefarious
@@KKP- of course, some of the story is nefarious starting 1980s to present, but there are some great stories to tell as well.
Thomas Downs : dig deeper. Kodak brought it nazi scientists and engineers. They did human testing on unsuspecting people. ... down the hole you go
I was born and raised in Rochester. It is my home. It is beautiful and ideal for raising a family. Like all other states and countries there is a dark side. I have been researching the dark side starting with first hand knowledge and a lot of physical artifacts from the era.
That is the perspective I am coming from regarding this subject. In no way am I trying to defame my beautiful city or it’s people.
We were all fooled. Of course I don’t have to tell the people that were riddled with cancer and other horrific deadly diseases inflicted upon them unwillingly.
There is no independent media any longer. It’s all a narrative you must follow. I would look in areas that are not from a main stream media agenda/narrative.
Believe it or don’t. Always a choice
If people really knew what this project actually was ...
Congress is saying we need another “Manhattan project level testing”
What did it test ?
They tested humans with injection.
What is in those injections..
radiation. Mercury etc.
But the government would never hurt its people.?!?
So what does one think they are going to put into this new cold vaccine ? (It is a cold)
Good things? Like thimerisol? Which is mercury for those unaware.
Try researching darpa hydrogel
It wraps around your dna and makes a third strand.
Any belief in Jesus Christ knows that will defile his creation.
Who wants to defile Gods creation? Satan. Time is short.
This technology makes us slaves.
Look it up, I want you too.
Good job in finding real treasure of which many Rochesterians are not aware of nor know that it exist. Very kool.
Ty
Thank you! I grew up in Rochester (Hilton actually). I remember going to the library with my mother and brother. I always loved the “Secret Room” with children’s books. I remember them talking about the subway entrance in the basement. The view of the library and the Genesee River brought back so many memories. Nice to see that the river is as dirty as it always was back in the 70’s and 80’s. I also remember having dinner in the restaurant at the top of the building (With the round top) in one of your photos. The restaurant turned and you had 360 deg views while you ate dinner. :-)
I lived on the corner of N. Greece & Latta Rd. - Right beside the gas station. It eventually became a mini-mart.
My elementary school in Henrietta took us to the Rochester Library on field trips!! I loved the secret room in the children's section! I was so disappointed when they got rid of it!!!
Remember Mid town plaza! First mall in the nation!
Elizabeth Anderson Yes I do! I didn’t remember it was the first mall but i remember my best friend and I would take a bus from Hilton and have a girls day on occasional saturdays in high school. It was pretty special to buy our clothes downtown! :-)
Glenn Christie I grew up off the very end of North Greece Rd! I haven’t been back there in over 20 years. I bet a lot has changed.
I was born in Rochester NY ty you so much for your video so many memories!!!!!
Amy Briggs I live in Rochester born and raised I now live in Henrietta i didn’t know that we had subways this is so cool
@@SunflowerHTDomgtv yes it is !!!! Nice to see another Ami from Rochester!!!🙂
Genesee hospital here! Born in '70👍
Me too 😊
Great video as always! Thanks for letting some of us live thru you with your adventures! Keep up the great work! :)
It’s crazy seeing parts of my city I’ve never seen!
i feel the same
My older brother told me about it but I never been there or seen it
Second generation of Rochester here, my dad used these in the 50's for work. As a child i rode them a few times.
Same here
Same here I never seen that
My favorite parts of videos like this one are the clear shots of talented artists' work. Just because it's graffiti doesn't automatically make it bad. I appreciate your slowing down and capturing the art.
My favorite is when you get to the rails downthere
Thank you. This was awesome. I have lived in Rochester for over 25 years and still have not explored the tunnel
Get out and explore
24:01 "I think it's Dinos Barbecue."
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, actually. And they are located in the former Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, built in 1905.
Ty. We were underneath it where the windmill is.
it is called that
I remember when it was just an abandoned station.
My brothers ex wifes first ex Howie is the owner for "dinasour barbecue" and also "sticky lips" my brother did all the wiring at "sticky lips" I'll have to ask him.ill have to ask Daniel if he's ever heard of hauntings.i know someone who walked in the tunnel and the psychiatric bldg.i have a friend who thinks her mother hangs around her since she died
There’s info on the brige bout this subway abandoned tunnel
Thank you for showing this. The graffiti was for the most part very nice and artistic. I forgot how huge it was. Great video. Thanks again. God bless you and your family and friends with you.
Really? I'd like to watch that?!
Some talented graffiti at this location. Nice find, really interesting!
@Tammy P
Graffiti still looks like a blight
I watched a documentary once about the “subway leading nowhere” originally they planned for this to connect all the way to NYC but the Rochester mayor & the mayor of New York at the time had a falling out & that was the end of that great plan.
All because two adults 😑
Rochester and NY are very far from each other, are you sure about this?
@@thegrassguy2871 Maybe it was for a Railroad instead.
that's like a 9 hour drive.... no way they were planning on building a subway.....
The very large pillars with so much detail on them...and some of the art work, there are some very talented people out there in the shadows... if some of those people would paint some of these ugly buildings setting around the world would be a better place to look at..so many places set emply, so many homeless, it doesn't make any sense...great video JP!!! Always look forward to the next one! 🙃
FUA crew members (those responsible for the awesome street art you're seeing here) aren't really seen as vandals here in ROC... they're actually commissioned and paid by a slew of business and building owners to paint murals or original art on the sides of said buildings (it wasn't always that way, in the early 90s, original members of the crew, even though they have always been known as the best of the best taggers, had to be discreet when working (repelling down the sides of bridges in the dead of night etc to leave their mark) and many of them went on to do big things with art, from owning tattoo shops to becoming graphic designers for large corporations such as Nike.... And I agree, the masonry work is astonishing, considering it was done in 1823 when the Erie Canal aquedeuct was completed (the subway was built in the original Erie Canal bed)
They do, but if its not a permission spot it gets buffed by most cities even if the place is abandoned. Thats part of graffiti though, its fleeting by nature! Especially Subway graffiti as in on actual trains, guys in Europe will spend hours to infiltrate and paint a whole car or even whole train knowing it will be buffed within 24 hours. 1UP Crew from Germany even painted the MS Mediterranean Sky, the cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Greece.
I worked at Gannett Newspapers, which was on the corner of Exchange St.and Broad St. from 1955 to 1995. When I first started there was an active station on the North side of Broad St. The subway tracks, until 1996, were used by trains to carry large rolls of newsprint from the Port of Charlotte to the basement of the building. Large doors and ramps allowed lifts to carry the rolls from the train into Gannett's basement. I was never in the tunnel, itself, but looked through the door area and could see the old station.
Thank you for taking us all on this video tour of the old trolley tunnel! It's insane that the people in charge just abandoned the tunnel and the streetcar system just to make room for cars. I'm hoping the city or county plans on restoring light railways through there considering that there's also sn abandoned freight line or two.
If you want to see as complete a journey as one can take on the old subway, look for a video called "The End of the Line" and check out the last minutes for their "ride through". As a member of the Rochester community I can tell you that before all the cement walls and modern construction, the walk under Rochester was terrifying and beautiful. We always went in groups and there was always something amazing to discover. I am glad that the spirit of adventure lives on and this video stimulates people's curiosity!
Just discovered this channel and glad I haved, It great to have urbex explorer creators without manufacured noise and fake horror stuff keep making great videos!
Im not a fan of fake dramatics so i keep it as real as possible.
We would climb the fence at the War Memorial to enter while waiting for a concert to start. The area over the river. We never ventured to far back in the 1980's. Looks like they are keeping the Tunnel Alive. Cool Vid. I am from Rochester.
I was amaze at the tunnels " I would love to visit & wonder around pretty cool indeed !! Staying with you guys adventures !! Good job all of you ! Ooh' rah !!!
im a lifetime west side girl....from chili, gates and now in greece. its really unsettling seeing this kind of poor and disadvantaged area so close to me. im faaaar from rich, but this humbled me. you never know how bad other people have it. it really affected me. Bless us all...
That was a good video... I live in Rochester and I used to play in those tunnels when I was a kid back in the 70s
I lived in Rochester for 1962 to 1966 and I never even knew or heard about a subway under the street. Thank you for the video. It is truly a massive structure.
Thanks for watching
Great video Jay. The underground infrastructure of cities is incredible. Can you imagine what NYC looks like underground?
That would be a dream come true to get under nyc
Its amazing, but VERY easy to get lost. NY has been built and rebuilt so many times the underground is basically a honeycomb, and its very easy to get off the beaten path into stuff that isn't even officially mapped. It's also pretty easy to accidentally end up on an active subway line, so if you go be dam carefull!
Sometime when your exploring you should talk to a homeless person and get his perspective on life. I think a lot of people might be interested to hear how they survive, they aren't all bad people.
I agree! So many homeless people are either veterans, or teens kicked out by their parents, or other people who just haven't been as fortunate in life.
Well stated!! You never know why a homeless person is in that situation. God Bless them!!!
@Bill Williams it's not always drugs & mental illness. You are a shallow minded person.
@@CallMeAdam2023 Thank you so much Ace 88_RC!!! I was just fixing to say something and read your comment!! God Bless you for speaking up. You are correct it is not always drugs or mental illness.
@Bill Williams, you have spoken out of turn young man. Homelessness can happen to any of us at anytime. It is a fact of life. Most families live paycheck to paycheck. We made donations at the drop inn center. There were families in there: Moms, Dads and children. Elderly people. It is very sad. Yes some homeless might have a mental illness or take illegal drugs but they are not all in those situations. Be gentle and kind with people, all people Bill. You never know what situation you might be in one day. Don't judge, volunteer to help, donate some used coats, hats, gloves and other nice used garments you are not using anymore. Thank you for listening Bill. You took the first step to caring. 🙏🌞
I am a native Rochesterian andI have gone into the old subway bed several times. There are several areas in the tunnel that were shored up because Broad St. was starting to sink. Gannet Newspapers used the tunnel to store the rolls of newspaper. That was the dock that you came across before you went under the Broad St. Bridge. The tunnels that are capped off were rail lines that went to other parts of the city. My mother and I took the subway to the train station, shortly before they closed the subway. I was probably 3 or 4 at the time. As I recall it was a big adventure. You probably entered the tunnel from Broad St. near the train station that used to be Nick Tahoes. As I recall there is or was a fire station nearby. I believe my mother told me that during WW2 she and friends would take the subway to Charlotte. My mother was a nurse at Strong Memorial hospital during the war. My last walk through the subway bed was probably 10 or 12 years ago now. Thank you for showing us the tunnel.
Ive been in there several times. It gets really eerie the further you go in.
Same, havent been in a while but should definetly go back. Video brings back memories!
Thus, 'Eerie' Canal...?
Im pretty sure I head someone sharpening a knife down there so, yup
Anyone going down there should take lanterns to light your way. Be awrare that there are rats and bats down there as well as the homeless. Definitely do not go alone.
@@thomasdowns1117 nonsense. Only people that go down there is people doing photoshoots and exploration.
It always makes the videos so much more interesting because you take the time to share your research on the videos. Thanks 😁
My pleasure
Rochester NY gets a bad rap in the 21st century. It was a thriving metropolis in the 20th century and to think in the early part of that time there existed the technological ability to divert an historic deep canal elsewhere to create a subway system. For unknown reasons the 'right-of-way' access appears to be maintained in a limited fashion perhaps by the municipality. Great video.
Wow, the graffiti at the entrance and in the tunnel is amazing!! Thanks for this great video and I subscribed to all of yours friends channels. Loved this exploration.
Was born and raised in Rochester. Very cool to see the graffiti. Some talented folks. Thanks for the tour.
I lived in the Town of Greece from March 1968 ‘til 1990. I never heard the address of this tunnel - Did You?
Thanks for checking it out
Born and raised in Rochester. Went to 29 school for a time during the Cuban missile crisis. I remember the subway when I was a kid. A lot has changed. Great vid. Brought back a lot of memories.
Wow this was awesome I enjoyed this much. That was cool to see track still in place down there it really gives full scope that trains once ran through those tunnels. Incredible seeing all that space. Loved the picture of the train that once ran. Loved the picture montage at the end too. That windmill was awesome to see. Excellent as always and great to see you exploring together. Awesome.
This place had a little bit of everything and i really enjoyed sharing it.
back in the the 70's we teens could gain access to war memorial to get into concerts from that old subway
Nice
I appreciate this documentary. I always wanted to know what it looks like down there. Awesome tour.
Thanks Christina
Pretty amazing, timeless structures below ground. Artwork was better than an art museum. I enjoyed the historical journey and was happy to view through your camera lens. You looked pretty tired.
Long hot day
I’m thinking you’re going to the wrong art galleries.
like before seeing, because i know i'm gona love it... Love abandoned tunels👍😍 stay safe💪
Thanks for sharing Jay😊
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Interesting video. The force of the water was amazing and the graffiti.
There are a lot of comments on here by people from or near Rochester. You know what downtown Rochester has become - a near ghost town. There is a great deal of evidence that the closing of the actual subway in 1956, started the decline of Downtown Rochester. Of course, there are other factors such as the growth of suburban shopping centers and highways. However, the closing of the subway altered commuting to downtown for many workers and shoppers and hastened suburban flight. The old Rochester Subway was more important than many people realize.
Excellent. My major in college was Urban Studies with a focus on Urban Transportation.
@@MensAsses33 I remember a Thomas Simmons when I worked summers at Kodak 50 years ago. Might you be the same person? Where did you take your Urban Studies. Did you get into issues such as transportation and infrastructure? In Rochester these were very important issues.
Really neat tour of the old sub system, thanks for adding the history! Was very interesting to watch. Gave thumbs up as always
Thanks for watching my friend
@@JPVideos81 my pleasure
Cool video! I drive for hanson concrete in Rochester and quite a few years ago, we brought our mixer trucks down here for a project- redoing the curved parts at the top of those columns. Very cool to come down here in the summer. Always something cool to see. That metal arch at 13:42 was always super tight to fit under. There used to be a way to get in under dinosaur, but they've since filled it in and built apartments.
Very interesting thank you so much for showing us this video.
My pleasure
I heard that...”let’s scare them “. 😂😂. That is SOOO me!!
😁
Ya totally had me laughin
I've done that tour in reverse. The end of your hike led to the main exit adjacent to South Avenue on the West side of the river. The Lehigh Railroad had it's railroad station there. The building is Dinosaur BBQ now. The layered 'bridge' that crosses the Genesee River is the Erie Canal aqueduct. When the canal closed the aqueduct was paved over to create Broad Street. So Broad Street in downtown is effectively the old Erie Canal. The canal bed that was covered on the aqueduct was used as a portion of the Subway. The water on that end of the tour is water still flowing from the Genesee River to old feeder and mill races from the mill and canal times. It flows out and under the Rundell Library.
On the East side of the river is the original Gannett News headquarters. Gannett was founded in Rochester, and the Democrat and Chronicle was its lead newspaper. The D&C and Gannett shared the building as HQ. Until the 1980s when it moved to VA. A spur from the subway branched off to Gannett to deliver the huge rolls of paper needed to print the newspapers.
The transit line exited from the tunnel you originally entered and continued to run west above ground out to the GM plant (Delco then Delphi) on Mt Read and Lexington. That is where the Rochester carburetor were built.
Ty for sharing
*_This was awesome! Loved the photo montage and finding those rails! This was a very fun trip. Thanks!_*
Thanks for joining me
wow,,I live near Rochester an never seen the tunnels,,Thanks that was awesome..would of liked to have tagged along..:)
Thanks for checking it out
I think that was the princess from Mario Brothers on the wall LOL looks like she got a botched boob job. And those steel beams at 12:12 were covered in primer to keep them from rusting in the humidity.
excellent journey in the neighborhood! I remember the subway cars and tunnel under the library in the reading room of the children room in the old library building. Great footage!
Was there access from the library to the tunnels?
I always wanted to go down there but use to get scared going near any of those openings but that was when I was younger.
I hadnt thought of going down there in years. I'm glad I finally got to see it
I love watching people that aren't from here go places that people who are from here are smart enough to stay tf out of. You guys are lucky you didn't f'd up while you were down there.
Those of us from Rochester Really Should Learn about this. I learned when as a teen. Rochester is Definitely a place with a rich history. Stop allowing them to blind you. Research it for yourself, you’ll be surprised what you find.
I agree. Lots of things not talked about and loaded with history.
Hi, I'm from Rochester and I'd noticed @the end of your video- the horned green television graffiti piece is by a friend of mine who is a well known artist in this city. *Cruk* haha
I think it was last year heard that someone wanted to put a restaurant or restaurants and bunch of cubicles for people to sell things in the old subway bed. Not sure exactly where it would be but got the impression that it would be where you were walking on top of the river or along side it.
The idea/proposal is to put restaurants and shops in the part of the tunnel under the Broad Street Bridge. The remainder of the subway bed would not be suitable or very accessible.
JP, that was a really cool place!! The whole place looked so interesting, but especially some of the really crazy awesome graffiti artworks. Those people have some serious mad skills!! Thank you to you of course, Cliff, Kara and Richard for taking us along!
I love the idea. I have never been anywhere up North, and I have told my husband I want to go to New York. There are several places I want to see. Along with a quick visit into Canada so my poor kid can have a kinder egg. So who knows what 2020 has in store for us.
NY is so full of interesting and unique things to see. From subway tunnels to abandoned resorts.
Been 40 years since I have ventured down there. Every time folks came from out of town just had to see it. It has changed quite a bit since the 80's. Art work has improved. Used to be boxcars under what I believe to be the Gannett building. Broad street by the junction of Allen & Canal up to Main Street by the original Nick Tahoes was torn up & replaced in the mid 70's which may have been the newer construction you saw. We used to down there with flashlights & if we were lucky a Coleman lantern, only ran across 1 other person who homeless & 1 of our party tripped over him sleeping. Thank you for the memories.
Thanks for sharing
This was really cool exploration. I've never seen anything like that before. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I worked for Gannett Rochester Newspapers in the 80's and 90's. The giant rolls of paper were brought in by rail. They went directly under the building. Those were the rails you found. The printing operation was moved to Canal be Ponds in the early 2000's
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Born and raised here in Rochester NY I've been down in those old subway tunnels many times.....but haven't been down there in many many years!!!!!
Great explore! My wife grew up in Rochester and had no idea the extent of these tunnels. Lot less urbex opportunities where I live, the places I do find, I'm much more likely to run into a bear, than homeless people. You can generally reason with homeless people, but the bears don't always have a story for you. It's kind of a toss-up.
Haha. You make a good point.
Interesting information. Beautiful views by the river.
Those supports are similar to those under the el (elevated railway) that comprise the Chemung County Transit Center in Elmira, NY. They really hold a lot of weight when you consider that trains pass on them almost daily. What a cool find, especially with the river.
Amazing feat of engineering after WW I. Contructing the tunnels and building the arches had to be back breaking labor. The stairways are interesting and some of the graffiti and art work is incredible. I thought you may find some remains of the teller's stations where one purchased their subway tokens. I found some old tokens at the edge of the parking lot of Nick's Restaurant at Sea Breeze down by Irondequoit Bay on Lake Ontario. I figured they were washed out of the soil during the spring runoff. It was springtime when I found them. The subway used to extend to areas that were touristy, such as Lake Ontario Parkway and Sea Breeze Amusement Park, which had the second oldest carousel in the country (from Germantown, PA) up until the fire they had in 1994. A new carousel was constructed there and the two surviving hand-carved horses of the old carousel were replicated when they made the new horses. They also used photos to get an idea of the various ways the horses were painted and how the craftsmen had added real horse hair manes and tails to them. They are works of art. This may be a place you may want to tour and video tape next, as the original Jack Rabbit roller coaster built in the 1920s survived the fire and is still in use today. It's the third oldest roller coaster in the country.
The Rochester Subway did not go anywhere near Sea Breeze but did extend along a corridor parallel to Mt Read Blvd on the west side ending at Lexington Ave. However there were trolley cars that ran to Sea Breeze up until WWII.
@@thomasdowns1117 correct because my grandmother would tell me stories in the 1970s and 1980s about her taking the trolley from downtown to Sea Breeze. When I was in grade school and lived in East Irondequoit a few girlfriends and I went down to the gullies around Helendale Road and found cement structures that the trolley went thru. My mother and grandmother told me that is what they were. That was in the 1960s.
Thank you for the interesting tour, glad I was able to tag along with you all right from my desk.
It’s a good thing you went down in a group that is not a place to be with less people and certainly not late at night. Many bodies have been recovered in there over the years. Lots of used syringes as well.
crazy how i live here and never knew we had an abandon subway or asylum until now
My favorite parts of the video was the water logged portion of the tunnel, seeing the remains of the old tracks and the really cool photo gallery at the end. Great work!
Ty
Really cool find!!! Wonderful video and pictures!!! I like the arches!!! Thank you for sharing Jay!!!
My name is Casper and I am and I am an active part of the homeless community and I would also be willing to help and make sure people are safe and know the truth about that area in the homeless community in that area we would be willing to help and actually be able to show you the safest parts of that Subway because we live down there not only because of shelter and refuge
Sure would be nice if there was a way to use this subway again for a light rail line going from the airport to downtown to the Amtrak station.
Awesome explore ! We were out of town and missed the premier : ( Some really beautiful artwork ..Great photos in the montage and the music was perfect. Looked like a lot of fun . Another great video , Jay ...thanks or sharing the fun.
You're on the go more than i am.
@@JPVideos81...but not as interesting ! ..........have to depend on JPV for that : )
I remember as a kid exploring those tunnels. Use to be able to get in by the court house in downtown and go all the way across the river.
Well done. I was there in the 70s when I was around 16. No graffiti was on the walls and some places in there were spooky.
Thank you for this. I was born and raised in the Rochester, NY area. Back in the 1980's I did a little urban exploration with some friends in Hamlin which is west of Rochester by 10ish miles. I heard about the Rochester Subway not long before I moved away and have always been curious about the subject.
Thanks for checking it out
Oh, hells yeah! Grew up here as well, these tunnels were legend since as long as I can remember.
The arched passages were not part of the Erie Canal. they were water raceways to supply water to run water wheels for businesses along the river.
Ty
Thank you, i am a second generation Rochester resident spent my whole life here. My grandfather arrived to NYC in 1899 from Italy, my father Born here in 1926. He rode subways for work and i was on them a few times as a small child. Politicians have wanted to do things with it every now and then, but nothing ever came of it. I have done tour like you a few times. People who live here are shocked when i tell them they still exist. That BBQ you smelled was Dinosaur BBQ it runs right along it, hope you had a chance to sample it.
I heard its good food. May try it if i return.
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Hope you come back, cool channel, i subscribed and set notifications on. Will check out your other videos.
Your photography is phenomenal! And you are so informative. Who knew that this existed? Incredible find. And as always, respectful. You and Cliff are my favorite explorers. If I was stuck in an elevator I'd hope to have you two to talk to! My favorite part was the art. Answering your question.🤔
Thanks lynn
Excellent!!!
Overcoming fear is the best way to continue growth.
There is a flag that flies in my bedroom that reads:
"FEAR IS NOT AN OPTION "
Good walking past your fears.
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damn!!...that abandoned subway is in better shape than our bridges in new york!!
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That's because the subway tunnel doesnt get driven on daily...common sense
I live 20 mins from Rochester and that was always around never seen it but looks nice
From what I learned, Broad St was where the Erie Canal ran through Rochester, so before it was reconfigured for rail
That was so cool! Would love to walk through those tunnels as long as I had others with me and one better be a big guy. Lol thank you for sharing!
I think im big enough lol
@@JPVideos81 haha no worries there.
Wow! I never thought I'd see "The Erie Canal" ! As a child, I was taught a (Miner's song) an old song about A Mule named Sal are the words.. anyway, the old Subway System carries quite a history! Really enjoyed the video/history lesson! Glad you & crew were not snagged by any of the mentally ill /homeless individuals!
U always find cool stuff.I enjoyed all of it.
Look at the Art work, it can tell us stories about the people from the neighborhood. Frederick Douglas underground passage from our old church on Favor Street to the U of R Tunnels under the school towards the Genesee River! Wow!😎
That was actually pretty awesome! Graffiti that isn't vulgar, is quite the artwork. Would be really fantastic if the city would utilize all that space. The community could really benefit from it being converted into usable space. Many many possibilities.
Skate park material.
@Risa Langdon
Graffiti still is a blight
Just at the beginning of the video, haven't watched the rest yet, but as you walked through from the entry tunnel into the large open area where the rounded columns are, it almost resembles a water reservoir. Will keep watching, another awesome video!!!
Wow!! Super cool video Jay!!! Absolutely loved this, tysm and stay safe, ❤
An amazing explore Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺👍👍🐨
I live in Rochester and I’ve always wondered about these tunnels but know it’s not safe to explore alone. Thanks for the video!!!
Just F.Y.I. that bridge over the Genesee River was originally an aqueduct that carried the Erie Canal {Clinton's big ditch) across the river. The canal helped put the "Flour City" on the map between 1834 and 1862 by acting as the "Highway" of the time to ship goods (a lot of flour in part produced by the Genesee River) long distances. An aqueduct is a bridge for water that actually carried the Erie Canal across the Genesee river without the two waterways ever touching. A vessel on the Erie canal would be carried across the Genesse river like a car is now carried over a waterway on a bridge.
All in all a VERY interesting video, one which I have hoped to see for a long time. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing
Loved everything in this video especially the great graffiti / works of art. That river is mighty powerful !! Great photo montage👏🙌!!! Vanessa. South Australia 👍😎🐨
FANTASTIC video Jay 😄 Thanks.
You know I have lived here all my life,but never been down in the tunnels I guess I was too scared to go in.But the video is really neat and the history behind is is very interesting.Thanks for making the video.
Thanks for checking it out
This brings back memories. My friends and I used to walk through from one end to the other during the night as teenagers. When was this filmed? My friend said it was filled in.
Last month
@@JPVideos81 I was down there in 2001 with a group and crappy flashlights in the middle of the night. Rumor at the time was there was a serial killer living down there at the time. Who knows. We went in by Dinosaur BBQ which was filled in last year I think.
The area where i showed the windmill and across the river, we were standing underneath the bbq place.
Very cool explore. Enjoyed the history details and the windmill was neat. Building in the photo at 40.00 looks like a 50's sci-fi robot! Thanks for sharing!