Exploring a HUGE underground drain network
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- It's amazing to see what we walk above every day, not knowing what lies beneath. Stumbled upon a HUGE underground drain network in North West England. Spent a good 3 hours underground. Have cut alot of footage where there's nothing particularly of note. Keen to get back and see how far I can get.
All that walking, and then over the course of time, you find out... You're IT.
Evacuate When Air temperature changes that mean water is coming
or a huge gust of wind hits you, run.
Seventh _ Cult oh Hell yes
Michael Hamilton once happened to in a drain in sheffield, luckily i was at a huge 2 story chamber, the water came through under me as i watched like a tsunami.
Seventh _ Cult where was this??
@@Mike6867 hard to explain really, there is a place in Sheffield call walkley, near the bottom of walkley there is a loud storm drain network running 24/7, the chamber had been checked up on and for what ever reason it was left open. Me and some friends decided to go down. It was really loud you couldn't hear yourself talk so I brought something to make it quiet but not too quiet. We got half way and I remember this gust of wind hit our faces. We Ran until we ended up in a huge chamber that had 2 floors and climbed as fast as we could. We looked down and we were happy that we were up there rather than down there as the water could take you off your feet really easily. We had no choice but to get out of the chamber and lift the manhole to see where we were. We were on some sort of concrete path next to a river (we think it was river don) and found our way back. The manhole we went down has been closed ever since and not been able to go down. It was a good but scary explore. Also when we went out of the manhole when we felt the gust of wind a few old people were wondering what we were doing and had to lie and say we were inspecting possible sinkholes.
When foul water (raw sewage) is overwhelmed it gets dumped down this style of drain.. very dangerous
For my short break, I would have found a nice place to chill down there and watch the original Ninja Turtles movie, then moved along and kept exploring, lol.
Interesting video, keep it up, always facinating to watch videos like these.
Be safe.
Haha. Thanks very much for the kind feedback and taking the time to watch and comment :)
Nice video what a cool network and it got pretty deep ...also loved the birds nests complete with bird eggs at the end !!
Thanks for your comment :) I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Yes the birds nest at the end were nice to see :)
@@FatJoeFilms but you didn't go for a swim it looked a little deep probably enough to splash around in
Tremendous explore, pretty brave too!
Thanks for watching and kind feedback :)
We used to play down there as kids whilst they were building it late seventies early eighties. When you climbed the up the high ladders I seem to remember them being just off Dingle Lane Appleton.Great memories, thamkyou
Thanks for watching and commenting, and providing further information :)
We all float down here, and if you come with me, you'll float too!
Very nice Storm Drain exploring:)
Thanks for your comment :)
I hope this will comfort you a bit… No one who dies here ever really dies…
Me and a group of friends are looking to explore the underground tunnels of my hometown in England. Any advice before we do
We will have tunnel maps, rope, torches, waterproofs, wellies and string to find our way back. There is 12 of us going. 1 or 2 have explored the tunnels, but over 30 years ago. I assume we will need permission off the local council or United utilities as this can be extremely dangerous. Any advice would be great
To be honest mate it's extremely unlikely that you'll get permission from United Utilities. My disclaimer is I don't recommend doing this as its dangerous and unpredictable. Now I can't be sued lol, It sounds like you're taking sensible precautions such as rope etc, and it's handy you have underground maps - this is a rarity in urban exploring.
I can't really give you more advice as you're already covering most things except from be sure it's not a swer due to noxious gasses, you can get an air quality detector for these purposes if desired. Also, probably obvious, but be mindful of the likelihood you'll need to lift a manhole to get into these places. If I can give you any more info, let me know. And also let me know if you're wanting to share locations 👍
@@FatJoeFilms I'll share locations when we have been through the tunnels buddy. I wouldn't want to mention them and then die down there lol
You need to be extremely cautious, I work in these environments and I wouldn’t want to risk going in without a gas monitor. Storm drain can leave deposits of silt and organic matter. when that stuff breaks down it releases carbon dioxide, it’ll suffocate you without you knowing about it. Hydrogen sulphide can be found in the thick black silt which can smell of rotten eggs if you disturb it, it’s extremely flammable and toxic.
The local authority would never give permission for the public to enter this environment so I wouldn’t even bother asking.
Always let people know where you are and remember if something happens it’s extremely unlikely the fire service will be able to save you because they need to get specialist crew in for that stuff.
Very cool video! Makes my curiosity go wild!
Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Is this sewer water or rain water? There's a big difference...
It's a surface water drain (rain water)
Been in there but only by the entrance and to those windows good little place though
Looks like an underground bomb shelter going further deeper
How F-in deep were you? All those ladders and still more to go.
I've no idea but would love to know!
George Wang,
In the description at the top of the page he stated that he's in north west England. Mountain country most likely. Lots of hills and altitude changes. That explains the ladders. And all of "smaller" pipes coming from various directions most likely means small town streets (with storm drains on every 3 way and 4 way intersection) that lead to a main drain on the "county roads".
I can tell you that at one specific intersection in the town that I live in in NJ USA there are 8 different "smaller" drain pipes that all lead to one massive main pipe all within 50 feet of each other.
The smaller pipes are no bigger around than your chest cavity and lead to 8 different street corner storm drains at the 5 points that they all connect to. The massive pipe that they lead to is big enough to fit "Volkswagen Beetle".
Heya Georgie! You want your boat back????
Is this a sewage system or a storm drain cause it looks oddly cleaner than I thought
Storm drain :)
@@FatJoeFilms you should upload more
@@adrianrojas3929 Thank you! It's certainly been a while but I intend to get more content up soon. Including a revisit to here as there was more to see! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Woooooowwww I have never seen a underground drain (inside) before
Yeah it's pretty awesome to think we all walk above stuff like this everyday and don't even realise. Thanks for watching and commenting :)
man could really survive an apocalypse in this, just make sure to cover it up and dont tell anyone about it.
Take your time filming going really fast in the cameras all over the place pretty cool though thanks for busting your butt bring us this
Then you were like 'aw fkkn penis I dropped my flashlight in the water!!'
Lol, nearly happened a few times haha
@@FatJoeFilms lol there were some long ass drains here we used to take our bikes in and use them to get pretty far until they got too low to bike and we were like if our flashlights go out we are f'd in this maze lol
@@sc0tte1-416 It's unreal how dark these places are when the flashlight goes out. Where are you based? I've heard of some really cool sounding drains in the USA. Massive one's too
@@FatJoeFilms I'm in Toronto, but these particular pipes were in a suburb called Mississauga man I used to love exploring the underground but nobody wants to do it anymore because they've got kids or this and that but there was always something so exciting about exploring these storm drains
Especially when you were under major roads and heard the constant thuds of cars going over the covers and echoing through the whole pipes
Where about in Warrington is this how do you get to it
That was very cool. Who was with you during your exploration?
Thanks for watching and commenting :) I was with my wife on this explore
@@FatJoeFilms Your wife is a brave woman, my wife would never do that.
@@teh60 She'd have to be brave to marry me 😂. But yeah I'm surprised she did this. Not sure she would after seeing all of the 'it' quotes on here though haha.
Note to self: don't wear jeans while attempting this 😊
Making me dizzy 😫
You should wear gloves a safety harness and a tyvek safety suit
Wow.. no graffiti. That's disgusting. Down here in LA the tunnels are full of graff and used syringes. Im glad to call LA home.
I bet it was easier walking back without all that water flowing against you
It absolutely was! It made a massive difference!
This is the drain where 3 old drain explorers almost got flooded out from recently.
Interesting. I didn't hear about that, thanks for posting.
@@FatJoeFilms No worries. I am an old skool urban explorer from Australia. I watch a fair amount of urbex clips on UA-cam. I think it was a fairly recent event when one guy who ran a channel was invited by two other guys who had channels to do an explore together. It all went well until the water levels began to rise and the flow increased significantly. It caught them all by surprise. They had just passed the "room" with the steps and two pipes flowing into it. It was a beautiful day, so it was not rain. One poster stated that it must have been one of the locks being opened which caused a mass of water to be drained off. The three explorers used the manhole in "the room" to exit in a panic to safety.
@@FatJoeFilms Here! I found the film:
ua-cam.com/video/5sq3YZU1OEs/v-deo.html
@@69digs59 Thank you for the link. Just watched. Scary stuff
@@FatJoeFilms Same place as in your vid, yeah?
So creepy!!!!!
I love waterways and dams to great video just one question would your girl be there if it wasn't for you lol
Nope, she's too scared haha! Thanks for the comment :)
Is it stockport haha
reminds me of half life 2
Before you know it, you're going to find yourself inside of SCP-4086!
What's that
@@pederolsen3489 It's this: www.scpwiki.com/scp-4086
"Where ya going Joe?, Come join the clown Joe, you'll float down here, we all float down here"
Good lord I'm never going down there again!! Haha
It makes me wonder how they designed those really small holes on the side.
These are cool, but I would be wary every minute while exploring them and always keep track of where every exit point and ladder is. The reason being that at any time upstream, an unexpected burst of a large water main could fill that tunnel halfway or more. I'm over in the USA and near one of the largest metropolitan areas in the city, but the pipes throughout the city are up to 100 years old. They burst constantly and send massive amount of water into the sewers equivalent to if it instantly rained 5-10 inches within an hour. Also, pockets of methane are lethal. One second you're walking and the next you step into a pocket of air that is as strong as when you turn the stove eye on before it lights. All it takes is *one* breath of that and all of your oxygen is gone. Your body drops down and you're trapped in that pocket. Anyone attempting to save you usually falls to the same fate. In the old days, they used to bring a canary in a cage down into caves, which have similar problems. This is why when you see city works open up a manhole cover, they put a big yellow pipe about a foot in diameter down into it and pump oxygen into it for a while before going down there. Maybe get a methane detector?
Thanks for the advice and also thanks for watching. Scary to think what could happen!
"Scary to think what could happen"? Yep. I think so. I had no idea how very claustrophobic I am until I had to stop watching this for a little while because I felt like I was getting ready to have a panic attack...just from WATCHING! When I recover I'll come back and watch the rest but I just have to take it in small doses.
They are not in the domestic waste sewer.. It has to be storm water sewer only.. So just rain water. No human waste and sewage.. Therefore no methane
@@enigmaa5195 is that true? i’ve read the same but i don’t know how true it is
@@donjoey22 yes it’s true. Storm drain systems just lead from streets down to rivers or creek outlets.
Careful for barnacles and headcrabs !
He needs a crowbar 👓
what an awesome drain network especially that chamber..enjoyed it so much thank you!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. I'm really glad you enjoyed the video :)
we have a similar system in the town, i live in. in my young days, my and a friend opened manholes and looked down. but we stayed on the surface.
Drain and sewers is one of my major passions. and it is related directly to spillways in big dams.
the 66 kv power grid, substations and insulators are my second biggest passion. So i really enjoy these videos about sewers and tunnels.
I wish we had stuff like Dam spillways here! Thanks for commenting :)
why r u so excited avoit sewers wtf
running water is and had always been one of my major passions.
8:29 im really interested about those, what are they can you some day find one and open it? If theres some room?
These are Manhole Covers that lead up onto the street. They are very heavy and so are exceptionally hard to open from underneath. They can be opened from above using special lifting tool which is how most of these places are accessed. They are mainly used so the water company can inspect the drain without having to walk all the way inside the drain. Hope this helps :)
Looks like a combined sewer overflow to me.
I'm led to believe that the metal pipe seen in the video carries sewage separately from the main drain. Thanks for watching!
the water is quite clean, think this is rain water pipe or processed water
Its runoff water from storms and stuff basically a drain for the city
Haha i would be scared, man u got strong mind, im imagining, burst of water coming from the up filling it and then shit happens
Thanks for watching and for your comments. I was scared at times but you only live once haha
the same shit happens to me
Yes the tunnels can (and often do) fill with water during heavy rain "surge" events, that is what the large round chambers are for, They hold the excess flow until it subsides. During heavy rain they also act as sewer overflow chambers known as a combined sewer overflow (or CSO) where untreated sewage is mixed with rain water and discharged into rivers/streams (which is why you can see wet wipes every so often in the video)
. You also have to be very careful as some surface/storm water systems are connected to storage tanks which store surface/rain water and release it in torrents to reduce, flooding. Which can catch you off guard (as you can see in this video: ua-cam.com/video/4FC4doBt3Yg/v-deo.html&lc=UgysSqhveoD_Wt6Lph14AaABAg.9i9E0vsHrKX9iDdS5EcLuX)
When I was a kid living in Santa Rosa Ca. we would explore the storm drains. some were big enough to ride our bikes in.
Wow that sounds really cool. I've heard of stories of some really huge drains in the US!
@@FatJoeFilms in aurora Colorado there's a big drain that my dad told me a story about him and his friends going in there and my dad turned around when they got to a point were It braches off and his friends kept going and ended up on the other side of the city and this was 20 -25 years ago and now I explore drains as an 11 year old
@@jackkuchera2612 That sounds really cool! You should consider making videos of your explores 👍
Didn’t want that flashlight @14:03?
Honestly that'd be a really good bathing spot if it wasn't polluted from car oil from parking lots.
Purple Aki lives down there!
You are very brave. I am freaking out watching this. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Recently went back again if you get the chance to watch :) ua-cam.com/video/yGFFIp2l9JI/v-deo.html
444 thumbs up. I did not like exploring this one 😁👍
Wow Carl many thanks for watching and leaving a like and comment, been subbed to you for ages and glad you liked my video :) Not as action packed as yours but my little take on in. Thanks again for watching!
@@FatJoeFilms You went a lot further than we did Joe well done. Catch up soon and thanks
when you see brownish substances on the ground of a storm drain (not brown water, just orangish-brown sludge on the floor) what does it mean?
It looked like sandy silt up close :)
@@FatJoeFilms So not human waste or anything toxic?😅
6:12 Nick Drake Lives
😀 I listen to Drake sometimes
Joe been looking for this on the maps with a view to doing it but no luck could you give me some idea where to start looking all I know it’s in Warrington
Do you have an Email/Telegram or something so I can DM you location?
Found it yesterday joe thanks, great video by the way, I hope to get up there soon 👍
Where is this located? Looks very sick
Great video man! Where's this mate?? id love to check it out from Manchester!
Life Of Ty Thanks for the comment :) It's in Warrington so hopefully not too far for you? Well worth a visit!
I know what that is, It’s a CSO chamber also known as combined sewer overflow. at one point there is an open section where the wastewater is flowing through. Because to be cheap, they connect road storm drains to these sewers to not build a separate storm drain system.
In the rains the sewage is free to overflow out of that open section, and into a tunnel or pipe and into the nearest waterway, or could just be overflowing out a room with vents into a waterway.
sometimes they have ultrasonic detectors to detect and mark times of overflow with history of rain. ect onto a computer.
i’ve only watched 2 minutes and that’s my theory
Thanks for your comment. Thia one actuaply isn't a CSO but there is one nearby.
What about possible rat's that may live there
Absolutely Great Video
But Wish You Could Keep
The Camera a Bit More Still as
Its Makeing Me Feel A Bit Giddy.
Stay Safe.
Thanks for watching and commenting, and thank you for your feedback :)
I wish you could create coherent sentences, and not capitalise every word, it's making me have a stroke.
This is sick bro I couldnt do that, im to much of a wuss
It was scary but really cool!
imagine if your flashlight battery died and you couldn't find your way back
@@aidandaniel05 how does chalk help you?
@@llVIU it helps mark spots not to get lost
where is it?
INFRA in real life
Too
Most kids think these are cool places to explore but reality Even on a beautiful hot sunny there is a big chance of getting swept away in a powerful current
Yeah I definitely don't recommend anyone does this, particularly children. I studied the hazards and minimised my risk, but it's still a dangerous explore
Fat Joe Films our Fire Department does Training rescue drills in Storm drains and It’s pretty scary
Its safer to go on a day thats not going to rain but still not safe
Another intense explore I can't wait to find one of these or something similar
Yeah, certainly a larger storm drain than what we normally get here. Underground explores are definitely my favourite and would recommend a good tunnel explore! Thanks for your feedback :)
Awesome.
Thanks for watching and for your comment
No way man, that’s gray water! Ever heard of a staph infection?
Just kidding🎈
This look like something el chapo can escape from lol
Haha!
Did you find the headquarters for any James Bond villains down there?
Great work
25:51 those pipes with blue are water pipes that supply drinking water and that is a main shut off for a good part of the city
Interesting, thanks. I wasn't sure if it was sewerage so thanks for clarifying.
OMG I would love to do this I'm fascinated
Thanks for your comment. I loved this explore, but now I can no longer walk over a Manhole Cover without wondering what's beneath it!
bro found a new way to get inside a drain
I'm wondering what town this is, in England.
What about possible underground gasses
Thanks for watching and commenting. You raise a very good point. In this case, the chances of dangerous gasses being present are extremely low as this is a storm water drain only. Still a risk but much less likely than in a sewer :)
@@FatJoeFilms you never know tho I study sciences
@@steuk6510 Correct, and that's why I said that there's a low chance of gasses being present rather than "no chance". And no I don't study sciences lol
Dangerous gases are given off from the waste down there in the sewage system. You was lucky not to get incapacitated.
Thanks for commenting. This is a surface water drain, not a sewer. Gas detection also used.
So, at random times, do these pipes like, FILL, with water? Cuz, that's always been a fear of mine. Being inside a pipe and just a wave of water comes at you.
I've never seen one full, but the water flow and depth can increase quite substantially, particularly during bad weather
@@FatJoeFilms thats true, and the bridge water canal also has an overflow that opens every few hours, very dangerous!
Bruh, i dont recommend going in there when theres water flow, its dangerous.
This particular drain has a permanent flow, however you are quite right this can be dangerous
Whooooo man... There was a spot where the light cut out and went dark with the sound of raging water all around. Imagine being stuck in there with no light lol.
Yeah it was pretty hairy just for that brief second... Would have hated it to have been for any extended period of time that's for sure!
It's crazy to think that those waterfalls don't carry that much water. They definitely look like they do, though.
Do you know how much they carry? I don't, but as you say it looks a lot! Would be interesting to know!
Cool Bet it was Stinky :) :)
Thanks for your comment and for subscribing! Luckily it didn't smell as it was only a storm water drain thank goodness :)
@@FatJoeFilms Cool
😀
So much concrete. What a labyrinth.
Hey man hadn't heard from ya in awhile hope your doing ok.
rogue exploration Hey great to hear from you. I recently dropped my phone and smashed my screen so haven't been on UA-cam or anything for a few weeks! Just got my phone back from repairs so hopefully I can be more active now :)
Fat Joe Films glad your back man. Yeah I've smashed a few phones myself. Man this tunnel video is intense
O lord you guys have some balls. What if the water came rushing all of the sudden? great vid tho
Thanks for watching and commenting. Yeah that thought was always at the back of your mind, particularly when you could suddenly hear gushing water up ahead... Only to realise that you had reached another staircase! Scary but interesting explore all the same :)
@@FatJoeFilms yeah i feel ya! new sub here, love your channel. stay safe please.
@@denisecosta3275 Thanks so much for the kind words and subscribing :)
What country is this in?
It's in England as stated in the description ;) lol
this is why Scorpios dont get lost
I bet it smelled wonderful down there!
It was only a storm drain so there was no unpleasant smell :)
@@FatJoeFilms interesting, I would expect it to still stink. Makes me want to explore some of them here around San Diego one day with some of my old Navy buds. Very cool vid!
@@Soniphex It's interesting to see what lies beneath, so I'd recommend! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Location?
Warrington, it starts at the bottom of Dale lane and exits at the bottom of Alexandra road.
@@gteaz cheers
where are the sewer gators and mutants?
Well I was with the wife so that counts, right? 🤔