The underground world of River culverts
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- In this video we go underground into a river culvert. This culvert is in Manchester UK and it carries the Gore brook. One of Manchester's lost rivers. During the Victorian era the Gore brook became a very polluted river and it was necessary to keep it out of the drinking water supply in the nearby Gorton reservoirs. This feat of Victorian civil engineering is fascinating as the brook runs through aqueducts constructed around the reservoir and it contains two underground waterfalls. This amazing underground world proved quite a challenging underground adventure for our urban exploring urbex team. We are joined along the way by a sewer, well a combined sewer overflow that provides quite a fresh sewer smell.
Music; Drone from Artlist. All other music by Dean and Myself. Franks theme is the Melody from Electricity by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Played by Dean.
Additional filming and Photography by Roy. Thumbnail by Roy - บันเทิง
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Music; Drone from Artlist. All other music by Dean and Myself. Franks theme is the Melody from Electricity by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Played by Dean.
Additional filming and Photography by Roy. Thumbnail by Roy
Fascinating video 👍 (the music near the end reminded me of Phaedra by Tangerine Dream 👍).
Marvin says: Don't panic and wear your Mask. 🖖😷👍 ❗
Hi Martin, without wanting to sound like your Mother. Please will you and James wear a hard hat when you go on adventures like this. I did caving and potholing when I was younger and I had it drummed into me..Don't go underground without a hard hat. Great video. xx
@@LittleCarol I'm worried about that too, please wear a hard hat Martin.🙏
Marvin says: Don't panic and wear your Mask. 🖖😷👍 ❗
Sorry only just commented on the upload, I thoroughly enjoyed this one, pls can you try and make all other videos this length, say hi to Frank sidebottom for me lol.
Would it help to bring a can of HD spray paint to mark directions just in case anyone happened to get lost down there?
My wife just walked in the room and said "is Martin in a culvert AGAIN?"
You must invite her along 😀
@@MartinZero she's a long time fan, I'm sure she'll be joining you later. Thanks for the video, you're much braver than me!
pmsl
And you said "does a bear s**t in the woods ?!*?"...
I'm willing to bet that "choke" is actually more of an air trap like you find under your kitchen sink. Because of the state of the gore brook back in the day when it was culverted, it probably stank quite badly and you don't want that air, now building some interesting character inside a closed underground pipe, bellowing out and making everyone's day more colourful than it needed to be.
Victorian engineers were just on another level
Definitely 👍
Yes and it was often underground
Very masonic
i think you will find modern day engineers are just as clever.just use more modern methods
@@johngansler6487 I think you will find computers do most of the work today and they used a pencil, paper and math also most modern engineers only know their trade as a result of what the Victorians had already worked out and built plus the Victorians made a huge effort to make it look as good as they could even sewer pipes, which is sadly lacking in alot of modern engineering
That ladder you were all climbing up looked seriously nasty, with all the stuff hanging off it. Great video.
Post 10 - I'm going to walk through this short culvert
Martin Zero - Hold my beer
😀👍
I’m sure if Post 10 had access to these types of culverts he would.
Post10 and his trusty rake would have those roots & debris dealt with in a flush 😉
...uhh, i mean “flash” 😄
@@Addieisgoinghome Post 10 would be like a rat down a sewer pipe if he saw culverts like the ones we have in the UK!
@@mrlister2000 100% accurate. 😂
Wow ! Where do i start . This is probably my favourite video so far . The craftsmanship down there is stunning but such a crime it’s buried away from view . The waterfalls , the stone bullseyes, the brickwork merging from 2 tunnels and then the choke is just a thing of beauty and such a clever idea . And last the Aqueducts ! I wonder how many people have wondered just what they are . Thanks for the amazing stills of the tunnels under construction too as a bricky they were gold 👌🏼🤩🧱👍🏼.
Thanks Martin 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱👍🏼
You know, when civilization ends and there is no one left this will still be there with water flowing as it is now.
Fantastic video it really makes me think, well done guys. From Adelaide Australia.
I saw "Gorton Reservoir" and got excited for a minute, since I grew up about two miles from the *Groton* Reservoir in Connecticut. Then I realized what country this was in and re-read the name a little more carefully xD
A forgotten river, in culvert, in a tunnel, with Frank? This is the most Martin thing imaginable.
I suppose so 😄
That was hair-raising. You are all so brave. The “enchanted forest” was scary. Thank you isn’t enough for what you do. You should be in tv films and documentaries. Well done. Amazing stuff.
Thanks Shirley. Loved the Forest
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i''m glad you took the great Fred Dibnah's advice on using old ladders "never hold the rungs, always hold the sides"! some of those old ladders looked a bit iffy!
Did you like that!!!
Big props to you all for this video! With that current there was a serious risk of danger! Glad you all enjoyed it and covered it for us all to see! :)
Thanks Sean, I have seen pics in there with nearly no water, much better with a big dramatic flow
@@MartinZero where in oldham are you from? I am from waterhead
@@MartinZero you find the most obscure but interesting places to cover that gets passed by thousands of people everyday :)
Brilliant vid Martin, you can't beat drains and culverts. All that hidden engineering, fascinating. Thanks for posting. 👍👍
Thanks very much Steve
Hello Steve it was a great video this I really enjoyed it just as much as everyone else if you're into this sort of thing I think you will enjoy this video I've done th-cam.com/video/4FC4doBt3Yg/w-d-xo.html I think you will enjoy it 😁
That "Slide of Death" as you call it is genuinely terrifying. It looks like something out of a horror movie
Yeah, no getting out of there
Do wonder who is going down the slide to maintain it though
@@kevinfarrell8074 I'm not convinced that tube at 12:01 is the same tube we see at 10:23 ... if you look at the water, it's not going into solid pipe-filled water, I think from 10:23 that water is going into another chamber - and THEN some how going into that tube at 12:01 , either way you're gonna get sucked into a small pipe and die some how. Super horrible way to go.
@@xsm5525 Yes there must be a sump to maintain the flow rather than the pressure. Otherwise the siphon would not work.
most likely, the water you see at the bottom of that slide is at the same level at the top of the pipe outside. it goes deeper than you can see
By hell Martin, it pins you to your seat does this one. Thanks for your combined efforts and the history behind it...... Fascinating.
Thank you Stephen
The planet needs more Frank Sidebottom explores videos :D
Hats of to Nick for making that happen.
Yeah he made that head perfect
@@MartinZero I am surprised the man can walk. Wearing that head and climbing those ladders takes some huge balls.
The quality of work, engineering, and the craftsmanship that was put into building something that will never be seen. Amazing. Thanks for taking us with you!
Brilliant and always an interesting video Martin, I' not surprised James looked terrified ! the video contained all my phobias as well, tunnels, dark running water and climbing down ladders into the abyss ! I its so fascinating what's beneath our feet, out of sight and rarely seen by the public. Many thanks for bringing this great content to us, much appreciated.
Thanks Steve, I reckon you would secretly love it 😀
The look on James' face when he saw the slide of death tho XD He looks like he just came face to face with his own mortality
honestly stuff that isnt normally seen by the public fascinates me, its something about not being supposed to be there that makes it so interesting
Two things I love about this video, before it's even got anywhere: (1)- that beautifully cinematic shot of the rain falling on a draincover that says 'Manchester', and (2)- Frank Sidebottom! The shot of him in the tunnel made me very happy - I'm sure some younger viewers might be completely baffled. I know that Chris Sievey, who originally gave life to Frank, has been dead a long time now, but seeing Frank again, brought me out in goosebumps. Not of fear, but of happy memory.
Understatement of the week: 'Original ladder sketchy'. Those rungs are lengths of cotton. A hard cough would wreck them.
Brilliant shot of you in the tunnel looking at the waterfall - slowed down, it looks incredible.
I think, Martin, that, although fascinating, that culvert would be high on my list of 'Britain's Most Unpleasant Places'.
Another top video to start my Sunday night shift. Nice one.
Thanks Brian. yes it was nice to honour Frank. I have good memories of seeing him live and Nick did a great job in making the head
I used to work in Timperley and saw him about quite a lot. Eccentric. Bizarre. But fun.
That was well good, Martin. I always think its really quite sad that rivers are 'forgotten' and placed into pipes under the ground but it's really interesting to see them. How much the landscape has changed over time just amazes me. That slide of death was terrifying and the fountain where it ended was incredible , kind of terrifying and amazing all at the same time!
Didn't realise Frank Sidebottom was so adventurous. 👍😂
Good old Frank
Or quite so....alive.
@@roberthindle5146 I heard he had been recycled and turned into council envelopes.
Quite an ominous start, Martin, but it turned into a real gem. That huge vertical piped fountain is a real engineering masterpiece. Incredible to think it's still there and working dozens of decades after the Victorian's built it.
Yeah there are black and white pictures from the 1960's of it
When various up grades to the storm water systems near where I live,(Minnesota) are done. They are usually done in the winter because in the winter precipitation falls as snow and doesn't immediately start filling the tunnels with storm water. A few years ago a worker was killed when he was swept away in an underground culvert by a sudden down pour from above. Very exciting video!
10:20 considering how dangerous it is, I can't believe that slide of death entrance doesn't have like a massive grill/trash-rack type of thing to stop humans going down, I mean, you could either A, slip and just go down it, or B.... I guess thrill-seeking teenagers if they ever got down there wouldn't say no to something that looks like a water park slide!! lol
Just imagine the amount of man hours it must have taken to create these culverts.
Well, back then the people who did this work actually worked instead of having two guys with shovels and ten more standing there watching 😂
Yeah and there were loads along this Brook
They had no tv.
No health and safety and red tape to get through. Lots of injuries to build these fantastic tunnels around Britain.
Big Up for Frank!
Cracking video especially the Victorian fountain😀😀😀
Cheers Bill, cant beat a bit of Frank
These Victorian water works are quite impressive engineering feats. And while F. Bateman and other engineers of his time will be remembered, it was the hundreds if not thousands of laborers who performed back breaking work which made it all possible. While we all admire the grand stately homes and buildings above ground built in the same period, these incredible water works made life possible not only for the Victorians, but for future generations. Unfortunately, as the saying goes, out of sight out of mind. But thanks to you, Martin, these marvels are being enjoyed in a way past generations could have never imagined. - Cheers from Switzerland! :-)
I agree and thank you
Wow Wow wonderful this week so interesting, I noted how brave you were knowing how much you hate heights, well done Martin a special thank you this week, top quality as usual, well done James ! thank you Nick and Roy.
Thanks Debbie, yeah that big waterfall was a bit of a challenge
I bet that choke Airates the water too! Thats a good thing.
Probably Robert
Yes it made me wonder if the Victorians would have known the benefits of aeration or it was just a chance bonus.
Do these things ever get maintenance or are just left to run as they were built?
Frank sidebottom and the stig head in the photos at the start brilliant video as always.
Thanks very much
The slide of death, leading to the pretty fountain of death. Pretty cool.
Hi Martin, That slide of death, from the out side looks like the part of a 'Trompes' for air compression, machinery in mines for drilling or even weaving machines using air pressure & given the date of 1914 Manchester the comperssed air could have been for used in a franace for steel manufacturing.
What is fascinating to me here in the states is that I don’t know anywhere that we have these man made tunnels. I am fascinated by them. The time and effort that was required without any modern tools.
@@paulcarmichael596 cities have them. Minetta Brook in NYC is well known because of one of the Fantastic Beasts films, although there isn't a lovely marble starting point like the film.
Sounds like a good explanation
Carrying that head must have been like transporting the gnome in half life 2 !!
It always amazes me that the brickwork is beautifully made and yet it never gets seen, well done Martin and team thanks.
Yeah true, and thank you
Iv lived in Gorton for the past 50yrs walked across them aqueducts hundreds of times i lived two seconds away from that pipe fountain but I never knew that you could walk through them tunnels great video thank you
That was brilliant. I was glued from start to finish. A huge thank you to all four of you and last but not least Dean.
Thanks Martin
That slide of death thing is one of my greatest nightmares: you go into a regular slide in a public swimming pool, but then you discover the end is plugged, so it slowly fills up and then you drown.
My theory for this “slide of death” is probably to stop erosion.
That pretty much describes that slide Benjamin
Martin Zero well, it’s terrifying.
Really interesting, i’ve never seen anything like it.
Excellent video and not the place to be on a rainy day. These Victorian inspired water engineering systems are incredible. Thank you for giving us the chance to experience places we would never get to see!
You got some bottle my man, excellent, a tunnel with in a tunnel, and most of the brickwork looked in very good condition, well done chaps.
Debdale park... My main hangout in my teens. We used to mess about on those bridges that went across the ressers. Amazing to find out they were actual tunnels.
Yeah I would have never known
Truly amazing what people can create, culverts that are greatly build to withstand time. It looks so well build that maintaining such culverts is not needed so much. Love the video's Martin!
Thank you, I dont think maintenance has been down there for years
Twisted cool. Glad you all made it out safe
I cannot explain how much I LOVE your videos. Thank you for putting these together.
That was epic - thank you for being brave and exploring it for us-please stay safe and well sending regards 👏❤️😁xx
Thank you, yep we are all good
Loved this. Looks like they didn’t make accommodation for movement of fish up and down the river. I guess it was so toxic back then that there weren’t any! Interesting to see the frog in there. I wonder if he was a single ‘’wash-in” or part of a subterranean, sustained population? Where is the intake for this culvert and what is the wildlife like upstream?
Awesome! Thank you once again.
Thank you Martin yet again you produce a fabulous video...
10 seconds in and it's great......
Cheers Mike
Awesome video Martin!! Top marks to you and the lads!
Thanks David
One of the best exploration videos yet!
Really excited for this video.
Best one in ages Martin. James looked terrified, but still did it. That's courage. Nice to see Frank! Amazing engineering down there. Have you ever thought of some sort of personal vhf communication system when down in such places? You could then all keep in comms without shouting or being misheard.
Yeah I thought of radios but we just never got round to it
@@MartinZero something like a H4855 Personal Role Radio (PRR)
@@MartinZero A gas detector might be good too. Did you happen to see a mysterious, sinister cowled figure down there? Might have sounded like Donald Pleasance?
it seems youtube knows me better than i know myself. never would have even imagined anyone would film this but im glad you did and glad i got it in my recommends. very interesting stuff.
Thank you
Absolutely brilliant explore. The design of the culvert and aqueduct is amazing.
Spectacular!
Omg, those inside ladders were so filthy.. I can't imaging touching them with bare hands :()
Oh I said the same thing, it must have felt like pure slime!
Wash your hands with sanitiser, but I wouldn't touch my face after touching those ladders. Frog looked healthy 🐸 Hope he or she has hit the "Like" button 🔔🤣
Can you imagine what would happen if that tunnel became blocked completely ,the back flow would flood the whole of the area with no where to go .
Yeah bit of a situation Geoff
And it will be, if those roots are not addressed
@@83gt17 its a disaster waiting to happen through lack of maintenance ,whoever the authority is thats responsible for this tunnel could end up with one almighty bill for damages if it collapses inwards .Once one brick of the tunnel arch goes it will probably cause the rest to go and the then the only option would be to excavate from the top downwards but they would need to locate the blockage first. In the meantime though millions of gallons of water would be flooding the whole of the area with no where to go .
@@geoffdecorator1701 I wonder if its that row of trees on the golf course Martin shows in his shots of the aqueducts? They might be the ones responsible.
just awesome !!!
Brilliant video! Thx
Oh Martin that ladder up the waterfall looked grim. How you'll ever be clean again after I don't know 😂 great video as always!
Must be brew time👌💪
One sugar Nathan
@@MartinZero and non of James skimmed milk if you please 😂🍼
Facinating but this makes me so anxious.
Amazing, thanks Martin. As many people have commented, I also spent many times walking back and forth on the reservoir culvert and over the golf course. I was there with pals on a very hot day in 1989, in the smaller area of water to the right, lots of carefree teenagers were diving off the culvert into the water and having a swim. One lad got tangled in the weeds and sadly drowned.
14:35 ish: It's interesting that you can see how much of the culvert roof is exposed inside the outer tunnel by where the mineral deposits start at the sides. They're not all the way to the top. I guess they stop where the soil covers the culvert in the tunnel?
Amazing footage of your adventure! The engineering is awesome, for that time period! You guys have more nerve than I do, to go into the depths of Hades like that, haha! Enjoyed this one very much. Be safe and looking forward to more great videos! Cheers!!
Thanks Martin, it was harder not to go in, Knowing how spectacular it was inside
"The engineering is awesome, for that time period" I think they were better at it then than we are now!
I’ve learned more about the Rivers of UK than where I live in Tennessee in the USA. lol. Love that River Medlock series. :)
💚 from From Ireland to Manchester !!
Just give Ollie and Ratty a call and he'll have those roots gone in 10-15 minutes.
Watch out for the corn!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Looking forward to watching this with supper later on. Right up my culvert. Okay, that doesn't sound right, but never mind. 😁
Any update on the CDs Martin? 👍
They are being posted out. He did the international ones last week. The others should be posted or posted within days
Absolutely wonderful video Martin. Very well done to you and the lads for a fascinating explore. So good to see Frank make an appearence as well. Many thanks.
As always another great vlog
I would have loved to have been the owner of the local brickyard when this culvert was constructed.
I did a bit of digging around and I found the likely company was The Manchester Street Brick Works. What I found interesting in my mini research was finding out the UK was actually importing a lot of their bricks from America. Which is odd to me and I couldn't figure out why. My only conclusion could be the different soil available in North America versus Europe. Perhaps it was higher quality. Whatever the reason there are likely a good many bricks from America shown in this video.
If you google "The Victorian Crolla's Manchester Street Brick Works" you'll find a few pictures of some of the factory and its workers. Some of the fellas may have even made the bricks we see in this video.
Roy was like a salmon going up that waterfall 🐟
Fantastic Martin and must have been seriously daunting. The lengths you go to to bring these videos is breathtaking and on behalf of all us couch potatoes I say Thankyou. Where would we have been without Victorian engineers and navies. Cheers boys take mi hat off to all of you.
Only the people who have done draining will know that feeling stepping down a ladder into a noisy, Disorientating, The look on James face said it all. We all walk drains with the words What if?? Playing in our minds? But you capture that feeling so well in this film, Sometimes conversation is limited because you all know why we do it. Yes it is scary as it comes - But the that filled with adrenalin is a an amazing cocktail. Great film - great soundtrack!! Steve Telford
Thanks Steve, yes scary as it was I couldt miss the opportunity to see such a wonderful place
You're a braver man than I martin it looks very nasty down there
It was good to be honest very interesting
@@MartinZero all your videos are amazing 👏 but a lot of places look intimidating very scary tunnels and black holes my toes curl up watching them but I watch every week really interesting what you do stay safe martin 😀 see you next week
It’s like a scene out of Indiana Jones or The Goonies but I wish you lot would wear gloves all the way through
What’s fantastic insight into something we take for granted and very rarely think about. Well done to all four of you.absolutely brilliant.
I don't know if you will read this Martin, but I have been subscribed for a couple of years, and for some reason, the settings were at personalised. I've changed it back to all. The result is that a random video of yours came up, and I'm 3hrs down the rabbit hole that is Martin Zero. Thank you so much for what you do. I'm amazed at your explores and footage.
Thanks very much Chris, hope you enjoyed the 3 hours 😀
Really interesting. Is there any fish down there?
As a student I did assist in building and then finally cleaning a town's new sewer system. I remember standing on a submersible pump and watching the waterfall splashing down in front of me. Of course, I did not crawl along the tunnels; they were not as large as the ones shewn! These tunnels are too long to play pooh sticks (sorry, I couldn't resist introducing that word).
Very pleased to see the alternative, slightly archaic, but still acceptable spelling of shewn.
not to be confused with "poo sticks" which you don't want to meet down in those waterways😃
Absolutely fantastic
Thanks Gafrers
Absolutely fascinating thank you again Martin, a great watch!
Thanks Adam
0:44 In Dutch we have the word "goor" which means very dirty, disgusting. Our goor is pronounced (almost) the same as your brook Gore.
Must have very similar origins do you think ?
@@MartinZero I'm pretty sure. Dutch and English both originate from Germanic roots so there are still a lot of similarities between English and Dutch.
Despite it being hidden from view, the quality of construction never faltered. How times have changed.
Not a place for the light batteries to fail, hope you had spares.
“James, put the phone away, put the phone away!” ..... now’s not the time to be ordering pizza!
He probably was ordering take away knowing him 😀
"So one large with extra cheese to the lake, uh-huh just chuck it down the nearest drain?"
There would not be any signal in there anyway.
That was above and beyond , amazing how so much interesting stuff is hidden underground out of sight .Happy Easter team you deserve it .
Awesome video and thanks for sharing you crazy people
Your the post10 of the UK xD
I need to start clearing some blockages 😃
WOW! Extraordinary.
Amazing, simply amazing.
Thank you Carlos
When I was a wee boy I was lucky enough to watch 'The Third Man' on a Saturday morning kids picture show, and was fascinated by the chase through the sewers. That was at the same time a huge open sewer system was being dug at the bottom of our local park. We had many days exploring this and also had some pretty scary experiences ! This meant I was hooked for life on going underground in caves and disused mines. So thank you for putting your explores on youtube for us all to enjoy !
Fascinating. 🖖
Epic explore , great video, thank you very much , very entertaining and educational
What a belter! Thank you Martin.
Thank you Rob
That intro with the Manchester manhole cover with the rain. Chills Martin. So awesome.
Cheers mate 😊👍
That was an epic journey.
Crikey what a place!
This should be a good one! 🌟🌹
Amazing place
WOW, fantastic journey. I'm exhausted just watching it. Brilliant piece of civil engineering. Thank you lads.
Thanks very much Peter
Brilliant that was, good to see the late Francis too 😁👍