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Great channel! I believe something that would help your explorations in these type of environments would be a pair of dive gloves like these: images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BsEg4mzDL._AC_SX425_.jpg I know they'e intended for underwater but they would be perfect for gripping and have the necessary padding and protection on the outside. This site has some good options: www.simplyscuba.com/Diving-Gloves/ssdsl15538.htm
Every time Martin does one of these underground explorations I like to imagine there's someone on a road above going "Can you hear voices" to their mates.
It actually happens a lot, tunnels have a lot of eco and the voices travel quite far. It usually scares the explorer, because all of the voices and car tires travel down to the tunnels
Victorian engineering never ceases to amaze me. The quality and materials used in it's construction, stone on the entrance and fantastic brickwork the rest of the way, and even more amazing that it's 120 years old, utterly mind-blowing. This drain would be built with concrete piping today.
"This drain would be built with concrete piping today." and take longer to build, cost more, look ugly, would start cracking after a few years and would need to be replaced after a few decades.
@@simontay4851 Am I the only one who noticed countless cracks in the mortar with decades of minerals building up from the ingress of underground water? Is your argument that these cracks didn't exist until recently?
This drain is the very one I, along with my friends , used to lie flat on at the top and peer over the edge. In the early 60s believe it or not there were still no trees down near the river very similar to the old b&w photos you showed Martin. It looks so different now and could be in the middle of the country with all the greenery. I never thought 60 odd years later that I would see that exact spot again. Thank you 👏👏 ....oh and that chandelier 🤔🤔
@Anne Forster Thank you for sharing that story! That is really cool :) And it is amazing how quickly nature can obscure places like this, which were previously fully exposed. And yes, I was curious about that chandelier as well! I wonder if that was just a piece of garbage that a worker "saved" by mounting it to the ceiling (like the doll was "saved,") or if it was actually something that was left there by the tunnel builders. I guess we'll never know for sure!
@@crazyfvck 🤣 left by tunnel builders. The chandelier looks remarkably modern and was no doubt left there by an urban explorer or youtuber trying to take some interesting photos.
@@liammay7756 That's true, but only so long as the cover remains intact. I've seen plenty of broken/cracked ones that are ready to give way and plenty big enough for a kid to fall through
Those steps were not for people to climb, they are 'Cascade' steps, there to disrupt the water flow, a cascade is better than letting the water go pell-mell down a steep slope.
An Coats No mate, it’s a flight path you’ll need permission off City Airport and AJ Bell Stadium themselves for that flight plus be a licence holder. I can do it but it’s boring mate. Plus a lot of stadiums will give a straight up “No” answer as when I first got my drone I wanted to do every stadium...never happened. You need to think about what you are going to film and if it’s ok with the surroundings and not come across a pain in the backside 😉
The detail the Victorian's put into everything, including drains never ceases to amaze me, really enjoyed going through the tunnel and the old pictures.
The intro to the video was outstanding, beautiful composition and camera work. As for the rest it was 25 minutes of brilliant exploration of a gem of Victorian civil engineering, the incredible amount of work that went into creating that perfectly brick llined tunnel is hard to imagine. Many thanks for another outstanding video.
I have explored many, many, many drains in Melbourne, Sydney and other parts of Australia. The one in this video would have to be one of the best I have ever seen.
Only thing wrong with this video is it ended.... brilliant video Martin and I think same as you the craftsmen ship down there is amazing and not seen thanks for sharing
That was absolutely fascinating Martin, those engineers of yesteryear certainly knew how to build useful infrastructure. That was a great explore, when you was walking up that first cascade, i was thinking you would encounter a sewer, hence the fast running water. Thank you for sharing this unforgettable experience.
What a fascinating and interesting video to finish off a Sunday with. Loved every minute of it! The Victorians certainly liked a challenge didn't they. Well done guys for such a great film plus enduring the tunnel too. I was expecting something horrible to come rushing at you from out of the darkness. I have to say I did get a nasty whiff of something near the end of the video, then I realised one of my dogs had farted.......... Looking forward to your next video.
Hi Martin, thank you for sharing the video with me. I was sitting on the edge of my seat, at one point, and feared for your safety. I say this because I used to work on the 'main drains,' only for 2 years though, before I eventually began to go on courses and then went on to work in my local college, but the main drainage work was a fascinating time for me. While working on the drains, I went on various training courses, with the Wakefield main drainage unit (in West Yorkshire) although this was 50 years ago but, with the help of the unions, I was able to get it verified for Weil's disease to become recognised as an industrial disease. We, the work force, had to have various health checks and so on but the things I remember is that we always, without exception, had to wear waterproof gloves, and a 'necker.' (a small piece of material around our necks.) and a helmet and goggles were also standard issue for us if we had to go down under as you did. What was more interesting to me, and you might like to do a vlog one day, were the pumping stations; some of which had volume catchment tanks circa 20 feet deep. Watching your videos, even though I am in my mid 70s, has inspired me to have a go at making my own vlogs, mainly about nature. I always make a few mistakes, due to being a novice, but I am getting better as I go along. I now use UA-cam and Facebook and call my vlogs "Old John's Vlogs" and I give you a mention from time to time. Keep safe my friend and if you need some form of clarification, when mentioning natural history-as was the case when you saw a large lump growing out of a Silver Birch tree-feel free to ask. If I do not know the answer, I will try and find out for you. One thing I will not do is give you false information. Above all, while ever you can, please keep making the vlogs for they are informative and have an element of interest to make me want to see more.
Just in time for tea. I have to admit, I find these quite interesting, the history behind them, how and why they were built as they were, like a time capsule to the past.
@@FeoragForsyth If it's lasted that long, then it still hasn't done so bad. Like to see how long the "built to a cheap price" projects would last in years to come.
TalsVids - The sewers that collapsed were 60-90 years old at the time. They were intended to last much longer than that, and allowed for increases in Manchester’s population which were greater than what actually happened. Poor workmanship was one of the main reasons for the collapses. It was a stinky time in a Manchester while they fixed the incompetence (yeah, giving the job to the lowest bidder goes back longer than we think).
Oh Martin that was just fantastic. What fantastic workmanship on those tunnels. Loved every second of it. Thank you so much for taking me along. So pleased you take precautions. We want nothing to happen to you. Please stay safe
Rather you than me Martin! Fascinating, as others have said the quality of the civil engineering and workmanship with very limited tools and equipment is humbling. These days they would just drive a concrete pipe through.
That chamber on the other side connects through to those two small tunnels. It can spill over both side's than down the large tumble bay you came up. Its just a mirror of the chamber you entered but it crosses under the overflow channel.
Martin ,some time soon Manchester city council are planning a massive redevelopment of all the waste lands around collyhurst ,sandhills area etc ,hope you keep a eye on it all as just about anything could be uncovered when they start massive earth works etc .
I'm very pleased you all took our concerns about personal safety in tunnels pretty serious. Couldn't you send Danny up the shafts to take a look in which streets that manhole cover were? Nice to plot your route at Google Maps.
ENJOYED THAT, lots of hidden tunnels, amazing brickwork etc beneath manchester! luv the old pics, showing all the hard work they did constructing these tunnels back then. BOSS way to spend a day, {im now a scriber} looking forward to more like this, GO EASY LADS, ALL BEST FROM WALES
Thank you so much Martin. I’m forever on UA-cam eager for your next video. You’re always smiling and so enthusiastic about everything you do, it’s quite infectious. Stay safe and keep up the good work
Did you ever see the movie, "The Third Man"? Climax takes place in the sewers of Vienna, 1946. Huge, cathedral-like chambers, all in brick, like these.
17:47 any clue as to the reason for a chandelier? Seems really odd. Not like it was electric and can't imagine it was easy to put candles in it up there.. seems very ornate for a drain😄
I loved this, I'm stuck in doors with 7 kids under 9 and the wife, so as you can imagine I'm desperately wanting to get outside, when notification of this video pop's up, I'm thinking should I watch or not a second later I'm watching not a fan of tunnels as I've got copd but I love the brick work, being a brick and block lorry driver i get to collect bricks from all over. Up above you somewhere is Denton brick works and i like to imagine that's where the bricks come from, and the blue ones from Ketley brick works. So anyway luckily I have no sense of smell so that didn't bother me, but I was willing for you to get to the end, even though I wasn't in the tunnel with you when you hit day light i was able to breathe again lol. One thing that did worry me was on the river Medway they have remote control Sluices that let water into the lower pen without warning ⚠️ i was bricking myself that was going to happen to you 😱 anyway sorry for my rambling as always enjoyed watching 😁 take care 🙂
@@bernardfender5147 them 7 least of my worries its the older 5, 20 - 32 giving me grandchildren (7th November) oh I'm not a fan of the number 13 which btw will be here November 😉 so not sure I've stopped yet 😬
@@MrRiverspider I feel ya my man!! Got twin nieces both preggo!(both dropping in September I think!!) One already has a daughter, 6 going on 16, gf bro got 1, 4 mth old son. Most me old mates now got kids to!! Thankfully got none meself!!! My gf birthday today, soooo pished right now!!
Absolutely fascinating stuff! Especially that penstock, really makes me wonder how often, if at all, it still gets operated, and whose job it is to climb down into the darkness to wind it shut. Just to imagine the noise of the roaring brook when it's in flood below, and closing that gate to force it into the overflow. It's these completely hidden pieces of infrastructure that deserve more of a spotlight. Thanks so much for sharing this experience!
It's the imagining of the engineering and laboured construction that's astounds, time after time, sewers, runoffs , railway tunnels, the whole caboodle !!
Imagine what it cost to build back in 1900 compared to what it would cost today and no wonder North Manchester had 1000s of pubs back in thosedays as you would certainly need a pint or more after working bricklaying in those conditions .
@@simontay4851...And don't forget the "consultancy fees" to be creamed off, the environmental impact studies, the committee expenses, and all the HSE stuff that would have to take place before a workman could so much as pick up a spade to turn the first sod.
I recall safety advice offered on a Medlock video. Thanks for reassuring us all. We do care, and are amazed by you and the lads going where most of us wouldn't.
Thanks Martin, another great video. Great entertainment and cheaper than the airfares to England and that is if I could get a flight in these Covid times in the first place. I looked the Moss Brook up on Google maps from your directions re where it intercepts Rochdale Road. The brook is covered by trees but someone from Google (God bless Google maps) has written the name Moss Brook over the photo. I can see where you and the guys have explored. Thank you for the Covid relief. My partner asked me what I had been doing today and so I told her I had been exploring drains with Martin Zero. The look of curious confusion was worth it. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Regards, Peter.
When you think Martin how the hell they built them , just to get all them bricks down there would be hard work . Prob donkeys . Then the bricklayers working with prob oil lamps etc . Incredible when you think . The victorians where gods of work
They were proper hard working fit strong men. They just fecking got on with the job. No time for slacking or messing about. Today people are so lazy in comparison. For example, the navvies that built the manchester ship canal consumed 8,000 calories of food a day and finished it just 5 years. Today the recommended is upto 2,000 calories a day for the average male.
Sunday night a Martin video night fantastic and wow I'm lost for words looking into these drainage tunnels you just don't realise what below your feet and the engineering that went into making these tunnels in the first place. You just take if for granted that the river doesn't flood you don't realise that under ground they have some control of the water flow by shutting these gates It's just amazing what the victorians did for us. I just can't get my head around how many bricks would have been used to make these drains and the manual labour involved. Thanks for showing us these amazing places. Stay safe and see you in the next.
@David Howard The amazing Victorian (and older) brickwork in these structures has been one of my biggest "takeaways" from Martins's videos. Truly amazing engineering and craftsmanship. Recently, my startup screen for Windows 10 was an old British railroad viaduct crossing a river valley (I can't remember where it was exactly.) But the caption casually mentioned that the construction of the viaduct involved more than 11 million bricks! Truly incredible :) Just think of the infrastructure required to feed bricks to all of these different projects at the same time, almost nonstop for several hundred years.
Just incredible! Imagine being the poor sod who has the job of descending that sharif to close the penstock. Presumably it would only be closed in an emergency / flooding situation, so you would be climbing down a shaft with raging water barrelling along, filling the tunnel a few feet beneath you almost to the roof. The debris on the bridge is an indication of how high the water levels have reached previously. It makes my blood run cold just thinking about it!
Im only a min in an im hoping you do another sci-fi sort of out-tro like on one of your other sewer vids, sci-fi intro was good 👍 like the music in background aswel, i wonder who put the chandelier down there, could it be for candle light for the workers over a 100 years ago an who tf puts a doll down there, i always think about shit like that, fascinating martin great upload again 👌
Three go wading in drains 😁 👍 Awesome explore by you Martin, Danny & James of the overflow, and yes too the parts you speed up so we can see more of the History in detail and your journey. At 26:30 oh WOW tis 2 year since you both went down that river walk through the low back breaking passage. Thanks for posting cheers ken.
Can't see many building such by hand and shovels these days Great shot at 11:20 Love the brick work., beautifully done .The doll is amazing. Let's call her Miss Haversham .Fabulous video and really enjoyed .Catching up on you Martin .Well done to a great trio 👍 and the rate who was hiding 🐀 Helena
I always feel so privileged to watch your videos Martin ! So much so , that I wait , I pace myself , to get the full benefit on my senses in these troubled times we're all living through ....I call them my 'Sanity savers "..Thank you so very much for giving us the sense of freedom and excitement we're all missing...Thank you Martin and friends, from me and everyone here who appreciates all that you do ! xxx
18:40 "and we've come quite far". That reminded me of a line from labyrynth where Sarah says: "But i've come too far, i can't turn back now. I can't remember which scene it is from though..
Just been down to bless the new sewer project at Greenwich last Thursday linking four new tunnels with Bazalgettes’ system across London 57 meter crater with tunnelling machine called “Annie” after Anne Scott Russel who was a female staff member at royal observatory in 1860 she pioneered photography of moon surface. We installed a statue of st Barbara patron saint of tunnellers and minors and people who work with explosives. Sadly she must have taken her eye of Beirut last week!
Craig James definitely! They are created for the health and welfare of all people and require the constructive skill and bravery of great engineers and workmen (and women). God speed the project under the patronage of st Barbara!
Michael Green well I definitely won’t be conducting services down there. The more I read about the Beirut thing the more inexcusable it seems to become. That poor land is so fragile and on the boarders of disaster within and without!
Awesome video martin .... i salute all of you not the easiest thing to do .. but makes for a great video .. glad your all safe and sound... thanks for taking us along ... great to see you so animated again mate ...stay safe all of you .. Frank & Lee...
Not unlike a the workings of a watch dial, the cities undergrounds go unnoticed. That is until something stops. Thanks for sharing the engineering that keeps more than time, moving as it should. In all its glorious splendor :) Working in the underground labyrinths, we can appreciate the light at the end of the tunnel and a good watch dial as well. Preferably water resistant:) Awesome video and research !!!
What is cool is those old pictures of it being built. And you could clearly see the times before and after. I like seeing the architecture of the past were no one has gone before. Cool craftsmanship
Dig of the dump A better product all round. Smoother for better water flow, harder so less susceptible to abrasion and erosion. More expensive than bricks used at higher levels that didn’t need those qualities.
Thanks Martin, once again brilliant. I watch all your videos and pass them on to some of my friends here in Australia. I used to play in the tunnels on the medlock when I was a kid. Many years ago, I'm 73 now. I find your videos fascinating and enlightening. I recognise the tunnnels but as a child I didn't know there use and history. This tunnel is a korker, I wasn't aware of its existence till now. Anyway Martin, love your work please keep them coming.
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Great channel! I believe something that would help your explorations in these type of environments would be a pair of dive gloves like these:
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I know they'e intended for underwater but they would be perfect for gripping and have the necessary padding and protection on the outside. This site has some good options:
www.simplyscuba.com/Diving-Gloves/ssdsl15538.htm
the fact that there was a chandelier down there is amazing.
But Why?
When
Cjclow05 17:34
Hex I would have took the chandelier and stole it personally.
I would imagine the chandelier was possibly original lighting at that "Y" possibly for tunnel inspections?
Every time Martin does one of these underground explorations I like to imagine there's someone on a road above going "Can you hear voices" to their mates.
Like on the goonies
It actually happens a lot, tunnels have a lot of eco and the voices travel quite far. It usually scares the explorer, because all of the voices and car tires travel down to the tunnels
The professionalism of your videos keeps getting better.
jdinnen1 Looked like a film trailer at the start!
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Victorian engineering never ceases to amaze me. The quality and materials used in it's construction, stone on the entrance and fantastic brickwork the rest of the way, and even more amazing that it's 120 years old, utterly mind-blowing.
This drain would be built with concrete piping today.
"This drain would be built with concrete piping today." and take longer to build, cost more, look ugly, would start cracking after a few years and would need to be replaced after a few decades.
Shame more wasn't said about the quality stone work at the entrance, some neat joining.
@@simontay4851 Am I the only one who noticed countless cracks in the mortar with decades of minerals building up from the ingress of underground water? Is your argument that these cracks didn't exist until recently?
This drain is the very one I, along with my friends , used to lie flat on at the top and peer over the edge. In the early 60s believe it or not there were still no trees down near the river very similar to the old b&w photos you showed Martin. It looks so different now and could be in the middle of the country with all the greenery. I never thought 60 odd years later that I would see that exact spot again. Thank you 👏👏 ....oh and that chandelier 🤔🤔
@Anne Forster Thank you for sharing that story! That is really cool :) And it is amazing how quickly nature can obscure places like this, which were previously fully exposed. And yes, I was curious about that chandelier as well! I wonder if that was just a piece of garbage that a worker "saved" by mounting it to the ceiling (like the doll was "saved,") or if it was actually something that was left there by the tunnel builders. I guess we'll never know for sure!
@@crazyfvck I lived a stones throw away from the River Irk at that spot and all these years later the area has such a fascination for me.
@@crazyfvck 🤣 left by tunnel builders.
The chandelier looks remarkably modern and was no doubt left there by an urban explorer or youtuber trying to take some interesting photos.
underwaterdick it was me who installed the chandelier as we were going to have a party in there but held it elsewhere in another local drain.
This has got to be one of the best channels on UA-cam.
Martin makes really interesting videos. Who needs the BBC ?
Liam 1981 ~~~ absolutely YES !!
Can't understand the 20 odd thumbs down... 👎
It is "right up there!"
Absouloutly!
The depth of that manhole shaft is why I have a phobia of stepping on manhole covers!
If you dont like that try standing on the grates of ventilation shafts in Chicago. Those things are deep.
The circular design of a manhole cover prevents it from actually falling in on itself..
LaFox how deep
Miles Hanson 50-100 ft
@@liammay7756 That's true, but only so long as the cover remains intact.
I've seen plenty of broken/cracked ones that are ready to give way and plenty big enough for a kid to fall through
Those steps were not for people to climb, they are 'Cascade' steps, there to disrupt the water flow, a cascade is better than letting the water go pell-mell down a steep slope.
Reminded me of this scene from ghostbusters: m.ua-cam.com/video/q13lJw_pTVA/v-deo.html skip to 2:19
And aerate the liquid?
@@bryan3550 I don't think you would appreciate the smell that goes with aeration
@@bryan3550 Yes, that too!
@@Snuffaluffagis Indeed! That's why I wrote Liquid as opposed to water... 😵
I would have really loved to see in that little room that you missed. Great video as usual Martin 😁
Imagine standing on the street above when suddenly from a manhole cover you hear "hello i am martin zero and welcome back to another video"
That would be a laugh 😀
Great to see my drone shots feature in this video. Brilliant masterpiece really enjoyed watching 🎞👍🏻😉
An Coats No mate, it’s a flight path you’ll need permission off City Airport and AJ Bell Stadium themselves for that flight plus be a licence holder. I can do it but it’s boring mate. Plus a lot of stadiums will give a straight up “No” answer as when I first got my drone I wanted to do every stadium...never happened. You need to think about what you are going to film and if it’s ok with the surroundings and not come across a pain in the backside 😉
The detail the Victorian's put into everything, including drains never ceases to amaze me, really enjoyed going through the tunnel and the old pictures.
Thanks Dawn, this place was fab
Thank you for all the effort you go through to show us all these amazing places 👍
And thanks for showing me my next housing project !
That drain is longer than Boy Georges arse !
The intro to the video was outstanding, beautiful composition and camera work. As for the rest it was 25 minutes of brilliant exploration of a gem of Victorian civil engineering, the incredible amount of work that went into creating that perfectly brick llined tunnel is hard to imagine. Many thanks for another outstanding video.
This is a very good channel .Martin is a bit like Fred Dibnah , but without the chimneys and the steam engines .Keep it up
Chimneys *and* steam engines have featured more than once.😁
I agree. He should get his own TV show. These documentaries would sit lovely in the schedule on BBC2, BBC4 or Channel 4.
I have explored many, many, many drains in Melbourne, Sydney and other parts of Australia. The one in this video would have to be one of the best I have ever seen.
Great job Martin 👍The Victorians were some engineers 👍👍
And Martin & team turned around and walked all the way back.🤯👍 Real men!👏👏👏
The things you do martin to keep us all entertained with history, brill vid as always. Stay safe out there.
Only thing wrong with this video is it ended.... brilliant video Martin and I think same as you the craftsmen ship down there is amazing and not seen thanks for sharing
Loving the lush ambient soundscape in the into.
Once again Martin a totally brilliant vid. The engineering of the golden age never ever fails to impress me, be civil or mechanical. Thank you Martin.
Once again, excellent research. Much appreciated.👍
In years to come, your videos will be as much part of our heritage as the subjects themselves.
That was absolutely fascinating Martin, those engineers of yesteryear certainly knew how to build useful infrastructure. That was a great explore, when you was walking up that first cascade, i was thinking you would encounter a sewer, hence the fast running water. Thank you for sharing this unforgettable experience.
What a fascinating and interesting video to finish off a Sunday with. Loved every minute of it! The Victorians certainly liked a challenge didn't they. Well done guys for such a great film plus enduring the tunnel too. I was expecting something horrible to come rushing at you from out of the darkness. I have to say I did get a nasty whiff of something near the end of the video, then I realised one of my dogs had farted..........
Looking forward to your next video.
Hahahhahahhahhhaha
Another great video. I was on the edge of my seat for this. So tense on the way in.
Cheers Keith
Hi Martin, thank you for sharing the video with me.
I was sitting on the edge of my seat, at one point, and feared for your safety. I say this because I used to work on the 'main drains,' only for 2 years though, before I eventually began to go on courses and then went on to work in my local college, but the main drainage work was a fascinating time for me.
While working on the drains, I went on various training courses, with the Wakefield main drainage unit (in West Yorkshire) although this was 50 years ago but, with the help of the unions, I was able to get it verified for Weil's disease to become recognised as an industrial disease.
We, the work force, had to have various health checks and so on but the things I remember is that we always, without exception, had to wear waterproof gloves, and a 'necker.' (a small piece of material around our necks.) and a helmet and goggles were also standard issue for us if we had to go down under as you did.
What was more interesting to me, and you might like to do a vlog one day, were the pumping stations; some of which had volume catchment tanks circa 20 feet deep.
Watching your videos, even though I am in my mid 70s, has inspired me to have a go at making my own vlogs, mainly about nature. I always make a few mistakes, due to being a novice, but I am getting better as I go along.
I now use UA-cam and Facebook and call my vlogs "Old John's Vlogs" and I give you a mention from time to time.
Keep safe my friend and if you need some form of clarification, when mentioning natural history-as was the case when you saw a large lump growing out of a Silver Birch tree-feel free to ask.
If I do not know the answer, I will try and find out for you.
One thing I will not do is give you false information.
Above all, while ever you can, please keep making the vlogs for they are informative and have an element of interest to make me want to see more.
Love watching videos about the UK! Love from America
Just in time for tea. I have to admit, I find these quite interesting, the history behind them, how and why they were built as they were, like a time capsule to the past.
My Sunday is complete 👍
Back when Pride and Longevity actually meant something instead of how cheap it can be built...We are so going backwards
Wise words indeed
Nah, I remember about 40 years ago in Manchester when a load of the Victorian sewers collapsed.
@@FeoragForsyth If it's lasted that long, then it still hasn't done so bad. Like to see how long the "built to a cheap price" projects would last in years to come.
Very true.
I'm always in awe at Victorian engineering.
TalsVids - The sewers that collapsed were 60-90 years old at the time. They were intended to last much longer than that, and allowed for increases in Manchester’s population which were greater than what actually happened. Poor workmanship was one of the main reasons for the collapses. It was a stinky time in a Manchester while they fixed the incompetence (yeah, giving the job to the lowest bidder goes back longer than we think).
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Found this video strangely...draining-get my coat.Liked the little awkward line up at the video ending-Good one lads!
I love the effort you put into these videos! Keep it up!
What a fascinating exploration. I was thinking about the bends and curves and how and why the tunnellers took the route it did.
The amount of work here is staggering. Thanks for putting yourself at risk for our trepidation. God bless lads🙏
Oh Martin that was just fantastic. What fantastic workmanship on those tunnels. Loved every second of it. Thank you so much for taking me along. So pleased you take precautions. We want nothing to happen to you. Please stay safe
Thanks Linda. Its all good 👌
That is absolutely fascinating! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Obligatory half an hour well spent on my behalf, these videos are so captivating Martin!
Thank you very much. Your music was simply a pleasure to use in this video. Awesome track
Rather you than me Martin! Fascinating, as others have said the quality of the civil engineering and workmanship with very limited tools and equipment is humbling. These days they would just drive a concrete pipe through.
and it wouldn't last as long or look as good. This brick tunnel will probably last another 100 years.
Superb video Martin.. top.marks
That chamber on the other side connects through to those two small tunnels. It can spill over both side's than down the large tumble bay you came up. Its just a mirror of the chamber you entered but it crosses under the overflow channel.
Yes, exactly what I thought, a double-sided weir
i find your photo research of these wonders ....amazing
Martin ,some time soon Manchester city council are planning a massive redevelopment of all the waste lands around collyhurst ,sandhills area etc ,hope you keep a eye on it all as just about anything could be uncovered when they start massive earth works etc .
blows my mind all the brickwork below and all the history of Manchester. cheers martin.
Martin, you are the best. How incredible was this? Definately the best of victorian engineering.
Another great video
I'm very pleased you all took our concerns about personal safety in tunnels pretty serious.
Couldn't you send Danny up the shafts to take a look in which streets that manhole cover were? Nice to plot your route at Google Maps.
Fascinating is a good description. Also the camera work on this is brill!
Thanks Dean
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ENJOYED THAT, lots of hidden tunnels, amazing brickwork etc beneath manchester! luv the old pics, showing all the hard work they did constructing these tunnels back then. BOSS way to spend a day, {im now a scriber} looking forward to more like this, GO EASY LADS, ALL BEST FROM WALES
Thanks very much Ian, all the best to Wales 👍
As it’s a Martin Zero video, it gets a like as soon as I press play because I know it’ll be EPIC!!!
Thank you so much Martin. I’m forever on UA-cam eager for your next video. You’re always smiling and so enthusiastic about everything you do, it’s quite infectious. Stay safe and keep up the good work
Did you ever see the movie, "The Third Man"? Climax takes place in the sewers of Vienna, 1946. Huge, cathedral-like chambers, all in brick, like these.
Never watched it all
I thought of Harry Lime many times during this video!
This video has the whole Harry Lime theme, and about 20 second of sewer around 2 minutes in. ua-cam.com/video/iBS-6CbnE9o/v-deo.html&feature=emb_title
@@MartinZero I would really love to add a trip with you to my Bucketlist.
Great video Martin, the Victorian/Edwardian craftsmen must have been proud of their work to put so much effort in
17:47 any clue as to the reason for a chandelier? Seems really odd. Not like it was electric and can't imagine it was easy to put candles in it up there.. seems very ornate for a drain😄
Hi ive just told Martin :)
sewer workers get bored.
they find a chandler and they install it.
I put them there, it’s my home.
Jdinnen1 What’s the S shaped badge thing next to your name?
@@Zomerlad people who give Martin a small contribution each month for the videos
Brilliant explore, well creepy with the chandelier and doll! Thank you Martin and team.
Thanks Michaela
I loved this, I'm stuck in doors with 7 kids under 9 and the wife, so as you can imagine I'm desperately wanting to get outside, when notification of this video pop's up, I'm thinking should I watch or not a second later I'm watching not a fan of tunnels as I've got copd but I love the brick work, being a brick and block lorry driver i get to collect bricks from all over. Up above you somewhere is Denton brick works and i like to imagine that's where the bricks come from, and the blue ones from Ketley brick works. So anyway luckily I have no sense of smell so that didn't bother me, but I was willing for you to get to the end, even though I wasn't in the tunnel with you when you hit day light i was able to breathe again lol. One thing that did worry me was on the river Medway they have remote control Sluices that let water into the lower pen without warning ⚠️ i was bricking myself that was going to happen to you 😱 anyway sorry for my rambling as always enjoyed watching 😁 take care 🙂
7 kids???!! Should've bought a telly fella!!!
@@bernardfender5147 them 7 least of my worries its the older 5, 20 - 32 giving me grandchildren (7th November) oh I'm not a fan of the number 13 which btw will be here November 😉 so not sure I've stopped yet 😬
@@MrRiverspider I feel ya my man!! Got twin nieces both preggo!(both dropping in September I think!!) One already has a daughter, 6 going on 16, gf bro got 1, 4 mth old son. Most me old mates now got kids to!! Thankfully got none meself!!!
My gf birthday today, soooo pished right now!!
Then take your family and kids with you, and your belongings and MOVE IN ,
@@bernardfender5147 😀😀😀😀may be it was broken
Alien and lost with awe inspiring craftsmanship. Excellent journey, and thank you for taking it.
Absolutely fascinating stuff! Especially that penstock, really makes me wonder how often, if at all, it still gets operated, and whose job it is to climb down into the darkness to wind it shut. Just to imagine the noise of the roaring brook when it's in flood below, and closing that gate to force it into the overflow. It's these completely hidden pieces of infrastructure that deserve more of a spotlight. Thanks so much for sharing this experience!
Thanks very much. Yes that would be a scary place in flood
It looks as if its rarely closed i found that the most interesting part I'd love to see that used of course not whilst anyone was in there
It's the imagining of the engineering and laboured construction that's astounds, time after time, sewers, runoffs , railway tunnels, the whole caboodle !!
Great video Martin, a cracking testimony to the bricklayers who built it...
16:18 Reminds me of 'Alien' somehow !
You're not alone in that. Whilst Dean does an absolutely fantastic job on the music in these, I was longing for the Alien theme!
another fascinating video Martin, great to see you guys out again having another adventure, brilliant, thanks again 👍👍
Much appreciated 👍
We used to go down witches tunnel in Platt Fields Park when we were kids with no torches reminds me a little bit of that
Wow that was a Fascinating video Martin with all three of you guys well done I wonder how many bricks were used in its construction the mind boggles
Thanks Ron, hundreds of thousands probably
Imagine what it cost to build back in 1900 compared to what it would cost today and no wonder North Manchester had 1000s of pubs back in thosedays as you would certainly need a pint or more after working bricklaying in those conditions .
Todays it would cost twice as much, take twice as long to build, not last 120 years and not look as good.
@@simontay4851...And don't forget the "consultancy fees" to be creamed off, the environmental impact studies, the committee expenses, and all the HSE stuff that would have to take place before a workman could so much as pick up a spade to turn the first sod.
I recall safety advice offered on a Medlock video. Thanks for reassuring us all. We do care, and are amazed by you and the lads going where most of us wouldn't.
The tunnel is not only long, but also has a considerable diameter.
How long did people build to realize this tunnel?
Thanks Martin, another great video. Great entertainment and cheaper than the airfares to England and that is if I could get a flight in these Covid times in the first place. I looked the Moss Brook up on Google maps from your directions re where it intercepts Rochdale Road. The brook is covered by trees but someone from Google (God bless Google maps) has written the name Moss Brook over the photo. I can see where you and the guys have explored. Thank you for the Covid relief. My partner asked me what I had been doing today and so I told her I had been exploring drains with Martin Zero. The look of curious confusion was worth it. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Regards, Peter.
Thanks very much Peter. Glad you enjoyed our explore 😃
When you think Martin how the hell they built them , just to get all them bricks down there would be hard work . Prob donkeys . Then the bricklayers working with prob oil lamps etc . Incredible when you think . The victorians where gods of work
They were proper hard working fit strong men. They just fecking got on with the job. No time for slacking or messing about. Today people are so lazy in comparison. For example, the navvies that built the manchester ship canal consumed 8,000 calories of food a day and finished it just 5 years. Today the recommended is upto 2,000 calories a day for the average male.
Sunday night a Martin video night fantastic and wow I'm lost for words looking into these drainage tunnels you just don't realise what below your feet and the engineering that went into making these tunnels in the first place. You just take if for granted that the river doesn't flood you don't realise that under ground they have some control of the water flow by shutting these gates It's just amazing what the victorians did for us. I just can't get my head around how many bricks would have been used to make these drains and the manual labour involved. Thanks for showing us these amazing places. Stay safe and see you in the next.
@David Howard The amazing Victorian (and older) brickwork in these structures has been one of my biggest "takeaways" from Martins's videos. Truly amazing engineering and craftsmanship. Recently, my startup screen for Windows 10 was an old British railroad viaduct crossing a river valley (I can't remember where it was exactly.) But the caption casually mentioned that the construction of the viaduct involved more than 11 million bricks! Truly incredible :) Just think of the infrastructure required to feed bricks to all of these different projects at the same time, almost nonstop for several hundred years.
Just incredible!
Imagine being the poor sod who has the job of descending that sharif to close the penstock. Presumably it would only be closed in an emergency / flooding situation, so you would be climbing down a shaft with raging water barrelling along, filling the tunnel a few feet beneath you almost to the roof. The debris on the bridge is an indication of how high the water levels have reached previously. It makes my blood run cold just thinking about it!
normaly done automaticly using sensors and control stations
@@wantmot I don't think its automatic, its probably not even used anymore.
That’s proper craftsmanship built with pride and professionalism to the highest standards. Totally awesome thanks for sharing.🇬🇧🛸👍👍
Thanks Geoff glad you enjoyed
Im only a min in an im hoping you do another sci-fi sort of out-tro like on one of your other sewer vids, sci-fi intro was good 👍 like the music in background aswel, i wonder who put the chandelier down there, could it be for candle light for the workers over a 100 years ago an who tf puts a doll down there, i always think about shit like that, fascinating martin great upload again 👌
Three go wading in drains 😁 👍
Awesome explore by you Martin, Danny & James of the overflow, and yes too the parts you speed up so we can see more of the History in detail and your journey. At 26:30 oh WOW tis 2 year since you both went down that river walk through the low back breaking passage. Thanks for posting cheers ken.
Oh, now it's a good day! Ta!
Fantastic expedition chaps, the drains and secret culverted river videos are my favourites!
Brilliant video Martin. Could you show the route on a map do you think? No mention of it in the LROM bible either I dont think 😉
Can't see many building such by hand and shovels these days Great shot at 11:20 Love the brick work., beautifully done .The doll is amazing. Let's call her Miss Haversham .Fabulous video and really enjoyed .Catching up on you Martin .Well done to a great trio 👍 and the rate who was hiding 🐀 Helena
I wonder how long that creepy doll had been down there..
Thought the same and who put it there, prob sewer inspections guys saw it on floor and placed it, but still makes you wonder.
I always feel so privileged to watch your videos Martin ! So much so , that I wait , I pace myself , to get the full benefit on my senses in these troubled times we're all living through ....I call them my 'Sanity savers "..Thank you so very much for giving us the sense of freedom and excitement we're all missing...Thank you Martin and friends, from me and everyone here who appreciates all that you do ! xxx
Thank you so much Anne
18:40 "and we've come quite far". That reminded me of a line from labyrynth where Sarah says: "But i've come too far, i can't turn back now. I can't remember which scene it is from though..
@Simon Tay I just watched that a week or so ago :) I had not seen it for a number of years, so my family bought me a copy for my birthday in June :)
Great video Martin!!!
Greetings from Stockholm 🙂
As the saying goes, "Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but memories."
Yep and thats all we did
You and willl finders and up hope
You and her and
@@duncanlin851 ??????????????? 🤔 You lost me !!
Wow! That is proper craftsmanship, all hidden from view as well. Brilliant content 👍
Just been down to bless the new sewer project at Greenwich last Thursday linking four new tunnels with Bazalgettes’ system across London 57 meter crater with tunnelling machine called “Annie” after Anne Scott Russel who was a female staff member at royal observatory in 1860 she pioneered photography of moon surface. We installed a statue of st Barbara patron saint of tunnellers and minors and people who work with explosives. Sadly she must have taken her eye of Beirut last week!
Can you bless a sewer ?
Craig James definitely! They are created for the health and welfare of all people and require the constructive skill and bravery of great engineers and workmen (and women). God speed the project under the patronage of st Barbara!
Sadly from the history of Beirut and Lebanon, I think it is extra-parochial. 😢
Michael Green well I definitely won’t be conducting services down there. The more I read about the Beirut thing the more inexcusable it seems to become. That poor land is so fragile and on the boarders of disaster within and without!
Awesome video martin .... i salute all of you not the easiest thing to do .. but makes for a great video .. glad your all safe and sound... thanks for taking us along ... great to see you so animated again mate ...stay safe all of you .. Frank & Lee...
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Not unlike a the workings of a watch dial, the cities undergrounds go unnoticed. That is until something stops. Thanks for sharing the engineering that keeps more than time, moving as it should. In all its glorious splendor :) Working in the underground labyrinths, we can appreciate the light at the end of the tunnel and a good watch dial as well. Preferably water resistant:) Awesome video and research !!!
Martin, You've got some bottle bonnie lad, that wouldn't be me down there.
Ps Speed up gets my vote.
What is cool is those old pictures of it being built. And you could clearly see the times before and after. I like seeing the architecture of the past were no one has gone before. Cool craftsmanship
Thanks glad you enjoyed
did you notice that the bottom half of drain was ceramic coated ? gl
Highly fired engineering brick. They look glazed.
@@bernardhilton3527 ty i realized they were different but never knew the process, was that waterproofing them?
Most likely salt glazed: a very cheap process, actually...
Dig of the dump A better product all round. Smoother for better water flow, harder so less susceptible to abrasion and erosion. More expensive than bricks used at higher levels that didn’t need those qualities.
Absolutely fascinating Martin, Sunday night viewing at its best,glad to hear your all safe 👍
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Thanks Martin, once again brilliant. I watch all your videos and pass them on to some of my friends here in Australia. I used to play in the tunnels on the medlock when I was a kid. Many years ago, I'm 73 now. I find your videos fascinating and enlightening. I recognise the tunnnels but as a child I didn't know there use and history. This tunnel is a korker, I wasn't aware of its existence till now. Anyway Martin, love your work please keep them coming.
Come on Martin your a drain addict arnt ya . You should come clean with it mate 😉
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5:30...
WHAT A TREE.!!🤯!!.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.!🤯!.
Anyone else hear the moan sound at 24:25?