This is an excellent and informative talk. Thank you to the speaker and the poster. The talk inspired me to order Trevor's book from the canal society, and brought back very pleasant memories of my own trip through the tunnel with a hired narrow boat in 2003.
Great informative video. In regards to the water engine. I took a plumb-bob and 500ft of string up there yesterday to test how deep it was. Sadly an anticlimax when the water turned out to only be about 20 feet deep. I have read and heard from others that the shaft was capped. I read that it was 160 yards deep, but after seeing the diagram in your video I am wondering if they mean the vent shaft was 160 yards deep instead of this water-filled shaft? Here is my bad quality camera action trying to film the plumb-bob test lol ua-cam.com/video/j9IyzXRZ5j8/v-deo.html
@@yorkshiredrone Across the road from this shaft is a partly dug air shaft that was never completed as the changed the line of the canal 600ft below. That one is even scarier because there is no building around it, it is just a water pit on the moors. You couldn't accidentally walk into it unless you are walking at night as it is easily noticeable when you get near to it. No idea how deep it is, I tried to test the depth at the same time as I did the video you commented on, but the water has a lot of red and grass just under the surface, so the lead bob would not get through.
Wow that's crazy, in these days of H & S you'd have thought the council would have covered it, scary stuff, I must have a look for it next time I'm up there.@chrisbow1776
@@yorkshiredrone, It's likely because its on the emoors and not easy walking to get to it due to the uneven ground. My guess is that they don't imagine anyone would walk over there in the pitch black at night. Like I say, In the day time you can't easily fall into it without trying to, there is sort of a crater with it in the middle, so you have you walk up a little and down into it. Here is a link to a great youtubube channel, here Martin finds Heathy lee shaft that is full of water. He says it is recorded as being half dug down, so around 300ft deep potentially. If you want to watch him walk through the old railways tunnels, check out his Standege tunnel videos. The water-filled shaft I am on about is at the 13.30 minute mark in this link. ua-cam.com/video/0ivPY5iyvCY/v-deo.html
@chrisbow1776 cheers mate, yep I'll stick to my initial opinion, it's a bloody death trap, then again I've never heard of anyone dying up there so it'll be rest I guess. Good video anyway, I was filming up there last week and it's so green when compared to Martin's video, must have had a proper summer 5 years ago. Fascinating tunnel video too, how the hell has it stayed intact over 200 years with water pouring in from everywhere? Gotta love all the old infrastructure that they built by genius and hard graft.
Fascinating stuff, Got lots of new information to use in my new video, Standedge Overground!
This is an excellent and informative talk. Thank you to the speaker and the poster. The talk inspired me to order Trevor's book from the canal society, and brought back very pleasant memories of my own trip through the tunnel with a hired narrow boat in 2003.
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Great informative video. In regards to the water engine. I took a plumb-bob and 500ft of string up there yesterday to test how deep it was. Sadly an anticlimax when the water turned out to only be about 20 feet deep. I have read and heard from others that the shaft was capped. I read that it was 160 yards deep, but after seeing the diagram in your video I am wondering if they mean the vent shaft was 160 yards deep instead of this water-filled shaft? Here is my bad quality camera action trying to film the plumb-bob test lol ua-cam.com/video/j9IyzXRZ5j8/v-deo.html
The stuff you find on YT, your video made me so tense, potentially bottomless(deep) water filled holes are so scary.
@@yorkshiredrone Across the road from this shaft is a partly dug air shaft that was never completed as the changed the line of the canal 600ft below. That one is even scarier because there is no building around it, it is just a water pit on the moors. You couldn't accidentally walk into it unless you are walking at night as it is easily noticeable when you get near to it. No idea how deep it is, I tried to test the depth at the same time as I did the video you commented on, but the water has a lot of red and grass just under the surface, so the lead bob would not get through.
Wow that's crazy, in these days of H & S you'd have thought the council would have covered it, scary stuff, I must have a look for it next time I'm up there.@chrisbow1776
@@yorkshiredrone, It's likely because its on the emoors and not easy walking to get to it due to the uneven ground. My guess is that they don't imagine anyone would walk over there in the pitch black at night. Like I say, In the day time you can't easily fall into it without trying to, there is sort of a crater with it in the middle, so you have you walk up a little and down into it. Here is a link to a great youtubube channel, here Martin finds Heathy lee shaft that is full of water. He says it is recorded as being half dug down, so around 300ft deep potentially. If you want to watch him walk through the old railways tunnels, check out his Standege tunnel videos. The water-filled shaft I am on about is at the 13.30 minute mark in this link. ua-cam.com/video/0ivPY5iyvCY/v-deo.html
@chrisbow1776 cheers mate, yep I'll stick to my initial opinion, it's a bloody death trap, then again I've never heard of anyone dying up there so it'll be rest I guess. Good video anyway, I was filming up there last week and it's so green when compared to Martin's video, must have had a proper summer 5 years ago.
Fascinating tunnel video too, how the hell has it stayed intact over 200 years with water pouring in from everywhere? Gotta love all the old infrastructure that they built by genius and hard graft.