Can I have an email address to send some pics of ticknall tramway tunnel linked lime works at ticknall to canals at ashbey de la touch would love send.video.to.you
It’s good to see folks appreciating the spectacular engineering that we’ve all relied upon for the last 100 + years, and at the same time enjoying our beautiful planet.... we are truly blessed with our lifetimes ...
The stone is Millstone Grit. Not the easiest material to work with because it's pretty tough stuff. Considering they did it all with relatively basic tools is even more impressive. Most of the older houses (pre-1930s) and mills in Saddleworth were also constructed of the same stone.
@@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage Your absolutely right, people today feel so in titled, want things done and handed to them. I still do my own repairs and a darn good job of it too. Never worry about getting hands dirty from dome good old fashioned work.
Great video, took me back over seventy years! I must have been eight or nine when my dad took me up there to see where his father, William Sschofield had worked as a water board foreman when the reservoir was built. He was offered the job as the reservoir keeper but stayed at Dukinfield as both his sons were still at primary school. Many thanks, you've made an old man very happy (or shold that be the other way round?).
The Pennines are in northern English DNA .All of us on either side can see them brooding between gaps in the houses or from tower blocks in our post industrial towns and cities.As kids we packed our butties and cycled or did bus trips for days of adventure.Swimming in reservoirs and building dens and camping out.Then as a young man started working as a service engineer covering an area from Derbyshire to the Scottish borders.In 30 years of working,motorcycling and hiking around the Pennines I still find little valleys ,peaks and moors and villages I haven't explored yet.And the occasional road I haven't travelled on before.Nothing beats standing on a desolate moor the wind the only noise and looking down across the old mill towns and cities to the Irish sea on the horizon.Taking in the view of the homes of a couple of million people and several counties over to the mountains of North Wales .In other less populated areas miles of fells,hills and moors dotted with isolated sheep farms and villages crossed with dry stone walls ,escarpments and potholes.Sorry for waxing lyrically the beer gardens are open at last :) and I've had a few jars this afternoon.Loved this one.Cheers Martin and the crew.
What beautiful stone work so straight wonderful stone mason knew their craft magic and there it stands over 120 yrs on with out a sign of wear and tear. Brunel what man.
I like the bulletin about the kids playing in the quarry. As teenagers we used to dam slide which is literally sliding down the slime on the spillway into the catch basin at the base. It was a great time.
We used to slide down the coal chute into the coal bunker in our apartment building; which had an auto-feeder to grind up coal and throw it into the furnace.
Great video as always Martin . When i was 17 in 1988 I did a yts for Z W Wade engineers at Whaley Bridge and they had a big refurbishing and moderising contract at Chew Res. I got to go once to help service the pumps which incedently got flooded most nights which then required replacing and repairing ready for next time.
The best thing I ever bought for this sort of exploration, and caving was a pair of wetsuite socks. They keep your feet warm, relativly dry and insice safety boots are the bees knees! Brilliant and interetsing video guys..1st class!
Used to run up that way a couple of times a week. Up the path then along the top you walked to drop down to Dovestone. I'm over fifty as well :) At the top of the path, just below the reservoir on the left is the footprint of Chew House. A couple of years ago i bumped into the guy who maintains the infrastructure for UU in that area and picked his brains. Fascinating story of the construction
It always amazes me how many vast open spaces we have in the UK for such a small country. We're very lucky! Thank you for the video, certainly enjoyable Sunday morning's watch!
Check out the NYC reservoir system sometime. It uses gravity and siphons to bring 900 million gpd from the Catskills ninety miles to the city. It includes a siphon under the Hudson River where the pipe drops over a thousand feet to build up enough pressure to cross the river and to rise almost 900' on the other side to continue its way to NYC. It's a truly remarkable engineering feat.
what is really amazing is that this reservoir and dam goes back to first decade of 1900. The stone work is really great. Im always amazed at all the incredible projects and structures they built back in those days. Ridiculous amounts of manual work. We have reservoir dams and levees made in US made in the 60's and 70's that have already been disintegrating and failing. lol
The incredible skill of the stone masons. Quality of their work is still evident after more than 100 years in the tunnel - it doesn't look as though anybody's had to do any repairs.
hi Martin i never thought you were an anorak ! i was a railway nurse for ten years , lots of footplate rides numerous signal boxes all types , i had a fabulous time .i love James hes a lovely boy , sorry James i am getting old anyone under twenty is a boy ! to me ,There was a .industrial unit in rochdale where they mad the rail tracks , no idea if its still open .what a view its incredible,
I remember that road when it was a dirt track and the quarry walled off with water in it. There's also a barrier on the valley side now. The base of the house was there when I went probably 30 years ago. I can't now as I wouldn't leave my motorbike for several hours for a walk. It's bleak in winter on top of those moors. I want to go to Crowden and camp overnight and walk to Chew reservoir. I saw this tunnel. I walked from the Stalybridge side to Chew and then back quite a few times and took a Pye Bantam 4 metre (70 MHz) a.m. radio and pre-arranged to talk to 2 stations in the Stockport area. Watching this makes me want to get out there again. It was always lonely at Chew res. as most people don't walk from Dovestone res. There's Bramley's Cot on the other side of the valley, I reckon it was a shepherds shelter. It's a steep climb, if you care for a climb it'd be nice to see that on video.
Oh boys how fab is this. I was only a few miles away in Dobcross at the Swan Inn......working! Foxes afloat are down manchester as well.....all my fave boys. 🐶🐶🐶🥰
Another fantastic vlog thanks to you (Martin), your fellow explorer (Darren) and your apprentice (James). A great Sunday evening's viewing. Lovely scenery.
That was amazing. What a place. James is such a happy soul. He must have strengthened you and Darren up with his brew. Well done. Thank you again for braving the lonely and harsh moors and hills to entertain and educate us.
Gorgeous country! Ever since I was a kid reading Sherlock Holmes books, I've wanted to walk on a moor. Virtual walking is as close as it comes right now, and I sure appreciated it! Thanks, Martin! That tunnel was a back wrecker! I think someone came along before you and kicked that gate down, rather than turn and retreat back through it. Loved the addition of the skull!
Very nice video. I'm a retired civil engineer and appreciate how well you explain the aspects of the area. You're over 50? Remember that age is an achievement. Good Luck, Rick
Amazing history and very good documentation! Being an inverted siphon it would have different conditions to overcome, this being the highest part of the piping run air would become trapped there. Enough air trapped at this height would stop the water flow. I believe the "valves" you see at each tunnel entrance on the top of the pipe are actually air vents. They are probably automatic with a float inside; as air collects in the housing it displaces the water that lifts the float. With enough air to displace the water the float drops opening a vent and lets the air out, water again lifts the float closing the vent and the process starts over. Just my humble opinion.
Martin,it was something I remember from my D.O.E many years ago when I heard the famous climber Joe Brown say"if you are slipping on a climb,pull socks over your boots,it gives you grip on slippy surfaces"
Just had a good day in the garden. one of the hottest days we had and you are throwing snowballs on the moors. It looks like a place for Patrick to go camping. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the download I enjoyed learning about the history of the district I understood your use of the water as peat color I live in Florida, America thanks again for the tour.
Brilliant vid, thanks for showing. I have bunked off work today wait for deliveries but watch hours and hours of most of your brilliant vids. I need to send you come biccies from Fortnum & Masons and Harrods for you to enjoy 👍🥂
Hi Martin, thank you all three for your energy and time in this.🙋🏻♀️🤗 I thought it was awesome to be able to see, and what a beautiful nature there, with his beautiful surroundings. Great history behind all that, thank you so much for showing me, loved it. Roos 🙋🏻♀️🤩👍🏻🤗💪🏻🎻
I have 5 very good friends who live in Ashton Under Lyme and in August 1996 we went camping at Chew Reservior. We spent 4 days and nights just having a good laugh and swimming in the Chew. The weather was brilliant. I love this area of the country and it is very similar to the landscape in some parts of Fife where I’m from.
Thnks for a very interesting trip into our industrial heritage. As commented below, the stonework is amazing. Now, it would be built with re-inforced concrete. But the dressed stone is beautiful.
Reminds me of stuff I saw on Table Mountain Cape Town, I was unable to find out much about the building of three reservoirs up there, theres just bits and peices of old buildings, foundations and areas where you can see a system of locos ran men and supplies up their. I walked up it, was a hell of a jaunt and coming down wasn't any easier, but one heck of a day out. Great video, thanks.
Good video again lads. Appreciate you bringin this stuff to us. I was gettin back ache and sweating just thinkin about walking that tunnel but thankfully we can relax whilst you lads do it. All the best from lancashire.
@@iulianispas8634 Dear little Social Justice Warrior, no one here is going to be convinced by your woke fantasy. I suggest spending your time firstly learning real history, then secondly learning how the English language is spoken and written. Then your future comments might just earn some respect.
@@iulianispas8634 no slaves in GB after around 1770. Instead built by poorly paid laborers who worked for almost nothing, with no health insurance, meanwhile most of the wealth of the country was owned by 100 wealthy families.
At least when I got to walk through a modern tunnel boring machine dug tunnel we didn't have to stoop, and it was lit but even so after 200 meters or so the fascination of the rings making up the tunnel and novelty of walking on the sloping base rather wore off making the next 1Km more about the conversation than the 'view'! Still glad I did it though.
Great video Martin. I walked through this tunnel withy daughter and her mate. The day included a walk back through the tunnel again due to a lost iPhone. I really enjoy the history and your references in the videos. Absolutely superb production pal.
Another great video, "The entrances are both near the surface" made me laugh, They would have been a bugger to get in otherwise. Mrs Bungle was very upset James wasn't showing his knees, but she approves of his biscuit selection.
Thanks for a great video. Know the area really well as a group of us used to go up there when we were kids. We’d go up in the snow and shelter behind the dam wall and cook sausage bacon and eggs on a little meths stove. In the summer we’d camp lower down near Dovestones reservoir and go climbing on Indian Head (Laddow Rocks). And on one trip we walked across the top to Tintwistle not knowing it was an army firing range. We were met at the bottom by an irate soldier who asked us if we’d seen the red flags to indicate live firing. We hadn’t. 😋 Been back several times since but behaved myself.
Got to agree with Yorkshire Gold being the best tea. I was given a sack of 600 tea bags as a christmas present, which goes well with my gigantic mug, which is basically one large teapot worth of tea or probably more: It takes the kettle filled up to at least the "5 cups" level to fill the mug to about 3/4 full, allowing space for milk.
Well done lads, a hard task that one....also a shout out to the blokes who built that tunnel out there in the wilds and freezing weather...thanks Martin, for a great video!
I and a few friends were checking out a railroad tunnel through a mountain and not far in the darkness Was so heavy that you could hold your hand before your eyes and not be able to see your hand , you felt Very spiritual.we left hurriedly
You’ve slightly got it wrong where the water goes through that pipe. The pipe comes down from chew down the road you walked up, shoots down to the river half way down the hill, goes under the river and up to the tunnel, then feeds higher swineshaw reservoir. The pipeline from chew can also feed yeoman reservoir in the dovestone valley
Very well built. Victorian engineering is always quite impressive. Almost nothing we've got in North America looks that anywhere near that good after a century.
The dressed stone is very impressive for the work it would have taken which hardly anybody would ever see. Imagine constructing that tunnel, bent down!
There's light at the end of the tunnel, but it never gets any bloody nearer😠 Once again, a superbly built tunnel that hardly anyone will ever see and appreciate. Thanks for the history lesson, really interesting👍🏻
G Great video! As a yank in his 50s today I used to live in the UK back in the 90s I really enjoy your video’s and must confess I try to find find the locations you film on google earth. Great fun
Thank you Martin for this video which brings back many memories of this area of Peak District moorland. I have walked and fell raced all over this area many times but though I knew about the tunnel, never had the courage to explore it, claustrophobia would have set in part way through. I do remember the house just below the dam being occupied and then falling into disuse. I recall the bricks from the walls and broken porcelain from the bathroom were dumped along the track leading over to the Crowden side of those moors and which runs along the right hand of the reservoir shore. Whilst being a compensatory reservoir there was apparently a filtration plant so that the water could be used for drinking in times of drought. Maybe the white glazed bricks you found were remains of that works. It was nice to have this virtual tour to look at as I now live 1200 miles away on the southern side of the Julian alps and I am not likely to ever return for a visit.
Thanks for this Martin. You are an excellent storyteller. And I feel a bit like James's grandmother -- I watch with pride as he becomes so much more confident in front of the camera. Give him my best wishes.
That was a hell of a day out.... anybody watching from USA wouldn't believe there is snow on the hills of Manchester...great video, thanks for sharing.
Wo! Stunning scenery up there! Those heights made me dizzy. I am amazed at the skill it took those stone masons and laborers to put in that tunnel ! Real skilled craftsmen.
@Tip Toe I do get around as much as I can. As a person with two full time jobs and a family that I am luckily to have. Finding the time to see this country in its entirety is a struggle. If that’s not a good enough reason for you sorry that’s the way it is for me.
Have done that walk up to Chew reservoir many times and had always assumed that tramway was just another footpath. So the tramway info was fascinating. 👍
Amazing that light at the end of the tunnel you could see as you went in it seemed to keep moving away the more you walked on, as you were trudging along Martin I was just admiring the brickwork of that tunnel. Thanks Martin very scenic bloody cold though!
Thank you, for all your hard work in putting all this together. This is forgotten history and it's wonderful to see people document it. I would also like to thank the people you credited, the people who contributed information in the first place. Industrial history dose not get enough coverage in my opinion.
Good show guys -- walking the length of the tunnel is definitely metaphorical for the effort to build up industry in early 1900's , no heavy equipment just pick and shovel ,, hand carrying the bricks to line the walls oh and lets mention the pipe , just back breaking and all just to get water to the other side , oh my ,water has not lost any importance we i think just take it for granted
Well that was enlightening as the only Chew Valley and reservoir that I have ever known is the ones here in North Somerset, great vid as always though Martin and a fab way to spend 45 mins or so on a balmy Sunday evening.
I was just thinking that too, visited Chew valley reservoir in Somerset back in 1991, there had recently been much heavy rain & the overflow system was like a waterfall!
No welds sealing the segments of pipe which look as though they are cast iron sealed at joins with compressed rubber rings or something similar. It looks as though some of that clay you spoke of ended up leaking into the siphon tunnel!
Stumbled across this video by accident earlier this week. Instantly subscribed. Not as interested in the engineering / Infrastructure side of things as you, but certainly the enthusiasm and sense of adventure is inspirational . So today I headed up to the Moors, did a similar route. Found the tunnel. (must say I spotted it's entrance from Chew Rd on the way up to the reservoir, which is one better than you! However, I suspect wouldn't of known to look without seeing your video) When I eventually got to it and peeked inside, all I can say is rather you than me. Even tighter squeeze than it looked in your video. I couldnt do it. Walked over tops instead, unfortunately didn't find other end and very tough going over the peat. Cracking views of Manchester and Hadfield/Glossop. I look forward to more inspirational videos from you, and in the meantime I'm going to catch up on all yours I've somehow missed up to now. Thanks.
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Can I have an email address to send some pics of ticknall tramway tunnel linked lime works at ticknall to canals at ashbey de la touch would love send.video.to.you
Such amazing country
All that and not one bit of old graffiti. Thats what I was hoping to see. What the workers put on the stone.
Hi Martin have you seen this site
It’s good to see folks appreciating the spectacular engineering that we’ve all relied upon for the last 100 + years, and at the same time enjoying our beautiful planet.... we are truly blessed with our lifetimes ...
I take it you've never looked into the civilization of Tartaria? You should. Also, blessed and beautiful planet? You should see the real world.
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Not in any detail, as yet.
But there’s time for me yet… thanks for the tip… 🇷🇴🇬🇧👍🏻
This video ticked all the boxes - water infrastructure, amazing scenery, a story, trams, biscuits, tunnels. Excellent video guys.
Amazing quality stonework in that tunnel considering few people will have ever seen it!
The stone is Millstone Grit. Not the easiest material to work with because it's pretty tough stuff. Considering they did it all with relatively basic tools is even more impressive. Most of the older houses (pre-1930s) and mills in Saddleworth were also constructed of the same stone.
Amazing how countries got built. If you hand this task to most anyone today They would look at you like you had lost your mind.
@@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage Your absolutely right, people today feel so in titled, want things done and handed to them.
I still do my own repairs and a darn good job of it too. Never worry about getting hands dirty from dome good old fashioned work.
@@scribeezra3186 basic tools lmao
I don’t know why I watched all this, but it was fascinating.
Great video, took me back over seventy years! I must have been eight or nine when my dad took me up there to see where his father, William Sschofield had worked as a water board foreman when the reservoir was built. He was offered the job as the reservoir keeper but stayed at Dukinfield as both his sons were still at primary school. Many thanks, you've made an old man very happy (or shold that be the other way round?).
The Pennines are in northern English DNA .All of us on either side can see them brooding between gaps in the houses or from tower blocks in our post industrial towns and cities.As kids we packed our butties and cycled or did bus trips for days of adventure.Swimming in reservoirs and building dens and camping out.Then as a young man started working as a service engineer covering an area from Derbyshire to the Scottish borders.In 30 years of working,motorcycling and hiking around the Pennines I still find little valleys ,peaks and moors and villages I haven't explored yet.And the occasional road I haven't travelled on before.Nothing beats standing on a desolate moor the wind the only noise and looking down across the old mill towns and cities to the Irish sea on the horizon.Taking in the view of the homes of a couple of million people and several counties over to the mountains of North Wales .In other less populated areas miles of fells,hills and moors dotted with isolated sheep farms and villages crossed with dry stone walls ,escarpments and potholes.Sorry for waxing lyrically the beer gardens are open at last :) and I've had a few jars this afternoon.Loved this one.Cheers Martin and the crew.
Definitely, great analogy. I agree the Pennines are always there watching
What beautiful stone work so straight wonderful stone mason knew their craft magic and there it stands over 120 yrs on with out a sign of wear and tear. Brunel what man.
The workmanship is beyond amazing. Such precision for allowing a pipe to pass.
I like the bulletin about the kids playing in the quarry. As teenagers we used to dam slide which is literally sliding down the slime on the spillway into the catch basin at the base. It was a great time.
We used to slide down the coal chute into the coal bunker in our apartment building; which had an auto-feeder to grind up coal and throw it into the furnace.
@@natehill8069 Yeah, I guess we were bad kids, but somehow we managed to survive.
Great video as always Martin . When i was 17 in 1988 I did a yts for Z W Wade engineers at Whaley Bridge and they had a big refurbishing and moderising contract at Chew Res.
I got to go once to help service the pumps which incedently got flooded most nights which then required replacing and repairing ready for next time.
The best thing I ever bought for this sort of exploration, and caving was a pair of wetsuite socks. They keep your feet warm, relativly dry and insice safety boots are the bees knees! Brilliant and interetsing video guys..1st class!
Used to run up that way a couple of times a week. Up the path then along the top you walked to drop down to Dovestone. I'm over fifty as well :)
At the top of the path, just below the reservoir on the left is the footprint of Chew House.
A couple of years ago i bumped into the guy who maintains the infrastructure for UU in that area and picked his brains. Fascinating story of the construction
An excellent way to spend 3/4 of an hour on a warm Sunday evening.
Keep up the good work fella and for Gods sake stay safe.
It always amazes me how many vast open spaces we have in the UK for such a small country. We're very lucky! Thank you for the video, certainly enjoyable Sunday morning's watch!
Check out the NYC reservoir system sometime. It uses gravity and siphons to bring 900 million gpd from the Catskills ninety miles to the city. It includes a siphon under the Hudson River where the pipe drops over a thousand feet to build up enough pressure to cross the river and to rise almost 900' on the other side to continue its way to NYC. It's a truly remarkable engineering feat.
I used to live in Mossley, and though I've been through a similar tunnel in Littleborough I had no idea this thing was there. Thanks!
Hello! loved the video some nice history , thank you all for the time taken to share ,. Craig
Wife and I walked up that track last year. Not a long walk but you know you've done a good walk when you come back down. Great vid.
what is really amazing is that this reservoir and dam goes back to first decade of 1900. The stone work is really great.
Im always amazed at all the incredible projects and structures they built back in those days. Ridiculous amounts of manual work.
We have reservoir dams and levees made in US made in the 60's and 70's that have already been disintegrating and failing. lol
The incredible skill of the stone masons. Quality of their work is still evident after more than 100 years in the tunnel - it doesn't look as though anybody's had to do any repairs.
Built during a time before the scheme of "ongoing repair contracts".
hi Martin i never thought you were an anorak ! i was a railway nurse for ten years , lots of footplate rides numerous signal boxes all types , i had a fabulous time .i love James hes a lovely boy , sorry James i am getting old anyone under twenty is a boy ! to me ,There was a .industrial unit in rochdale where they mad the rail tracks , no idea if its still open .what a view its incredible,
I remember that road when it was a dirt track and the quarry walled off with water in it. There's also a barrier on the valley side now. The base of the house was there when I went probably 30 years ago. I can't now as I wouldn't leave my motorbike for several hours for a walk. It's bleak in winter on top of those moors. I want to go to Crowden and camp overnight and walk to Chew reservoir.
I saw this tunnel. I walked from the Stalybridge side to Chew and then back quite a few times and took a Pye Bantam 4 metre (70 MHz) a.m. radio and pre-arranged to talk to 2 stations in the Stockport area.
Watching this makes me want to get out there again. It was always lonely at Chew res. as most people don't walk from Dovestone res.
There's Bramley's Cot on the other side of the valley, I reckon it was a shepherds shelter. It's a steep climb, if you care for a climb it'd be nice to see that on video.
Oh boys how fab is this. I was only a few miles away in Dobcross at the Swan Inn......working! Foxes afloat are down manchester as well.....all my fave boys. 🐶🐶🐶🥰
Love the foxes. 👌👌
Another fantastic vlog thanks to you (Martin), your fellow explorer (Darren) and your apprentice (James).
A great Sunday evening's viewing. Lovely scenery.
That was amazing. What a place. James is such a happy soul. He must have strengthened you and Darren up with his brew. Well done. Thank you again for braving the lonely and harsh moors and hills to entertain and educate us.
Gorgeous country! Ever since I was a kid reading Sherlock Holmes books, I've wanted to walk on a moor. Virtual walking is as close as it comes right now, and I sure appreciated it! Thanks, Martin! That tunnel was a back wrecker! I think someone came along before you and kicked that gate down, rather than turn and retreat back through it. Loved the addition of the skull!
Very nice video. I'm a retired civil engineer and appreciate how well you explain the aspects of the area. You're over 50? Remember that age is an achievement. Good Luck, Rick
Thanks very much Rick
I live a few miles away and never knew this !!. Thanks for the information and will visit next time up there
Thanks Laurie
Amazing history and very good documentation! Being an inverted siphon it would have different conditions to overcome, this being the highest part of the piping run air would become trapped there. Enough air trapped at this height would stop the water flow.
I believe the "valves" you see at each tunnel entrance on the top of the pipe are actually air vents. They are probably automatic with a float inside; as air collects in the housing it displaces the water that lifts the float. With enough air to displace the water the float drops opening a vent and lets the air out, water again lifts the float closing the vent and the process starts over.
Just my humble opinion.
That valve at the beginning of the tunnel is a combined air release/vacuum breaker, for when the flow is started or stopped.
Ian, do you know whether the pipe (and valve) was part of the original syphon project or is it a 'modern' addition?
Martin,it was something I remember from my D.O.E many years ago when I heard the famous climber Joe Brown say"if you are slipping on a climb,pull socks over your boots,it gives you grip on slippy surfaces"
I remember that - the old man of Hoy sprang to mind. I still love watching climbing
Just had a good day in the garden. one of the hottest days we had and you are throwing snowballs on the moors. It looks like a place for Patrick to go camping. Thanks for the video.
Your videos and team show us all places we would never see in a hundred life times....great work as always...
The view at the oulet, past the gate, was absolutely amazing. Thank you so very much for sharing this video!
Thanks for the download I enjoyed learning about the history of the district I understood your use of the water as peat color I live in Florida, America thanks again for the tour.
Brilliant vid, thanks for showing. I have bunked off work today wait for deliveries but watch hours and hours of most of your brilliant vids. I need to send you come biccies from Fortnum & Masons and Harrods for you to enjoy 👍🥂
Wow thank you, sounds very nice 😀👍
Hi Martin, thank you all three for your energy and time in this.🙋🏻♀️🤗
I thought it was awesome to be able to see, and what a beautiful nature there, with his beautiful surroundings.
Great history behind all that, thank you so much for showing me, loved it. Roos 🙋🏻♀️🤩👍🏻🤗💪🏻🎻
I have 5 very good friends who live in Ashton Under Lyme and in August 1996 we went camping at Chew Reservior. We spent 4 days and nights just having a good laugh and swimming in the Chew. The weather was brilliant. I love this area of the country and it is very similar to the landscape in some parts of Fife where I’m from.
Thnks for a very interesting trip into our industrial heritage. As commented below, the stonework is amazing. Now, it would be built with re-inforced concrete. But the dressed stone is beautiful.
Thank you team. That was incredible engineering when you think about what they had to work with.
Reminds me of stuff I saw on Table Mountain Cape Town, I was unable to find out much about the building of three reservoirs up there, theres just bits and peices of old buildings, foundations and areas where you can see a system of locos ran men and supplies up their. I walked up it, was a hell of a jaunt and coming down wasn't any easier, but one heck of a day out.
Great video, thanks.
Another informative and interesting vlog. Where would you be without James and his brew and biscuits lol. Keep up the fantastic work lads. Brilliant.
Good video again lads. Appreciate you bringin this stuff to us. I was gettin back ache and sweating just thinkin about walking that tunnel but thankfully we can relax whilst you lads do it. All the best from lancashire.
Great explore , I çan remember seeing the ruins / footprint of the house when I was a kid back in the 70’s. Cheers guys
Really enjoyed the video,but the name 'Saddleworth moor' sends a chill down my spine because of the moors murders.
Thank you, Martin and friends! Very enjoyable xx
Thanks' for showing me all the places I cant go. Really amazing.
Always had an interest in Victorian stuff, they really were ahead of their times on a lot of things. Looking forward to watching this in full later. 👍
Not really they were relearning a lot of what was forgotten during the Roman era and eventually surpassed it in others.
A classic vlog, excellent thank you.
Even though its in a remote location they constructed it with such care. The views were stunning! Great video again chaps.
was build by slaves a reminder of shameful Britain history build on theft
@@iulianispas8634 Dear little Social Justice Warrior, no one here is going to be convinced by your woke fantasy. I suggest spending your time firstly learning real history, then secondly learning how the English language is spoken and written. Then your future comments might just earn some respect.
@@iulianispas8634 no slaves in GB after around 1770. Instead built by poorly paid laborers who worked for almost nothing, with no health insurance, meanwhile most of the wealth of the country was owned by 100 wealthy families.
Amazing what ingenuity they had at that time...
At least when I got to walk through a modern tunnel boring machine dug tunnel we didn't have to stoop, and it was lit but even so after 200 meters or so the fascination of the rings making up the tunnel and novelty of walking on the sloping base rather wore off making the next 1Km more about the conversation than the 'view'! Still glad I did it though.
Great video Martin. I walked through this tunnel withy daughter and her mate. The day included a walk back through the tunnel again due to a lost iPhone. I really enjoy the history and your references in the videos. Absolutely superb production pal.
Another great video, "The entrances are both near the surface" made me laugh, They would have been a bugger to get in otherwise.
Mrs Bungle was very upset James wasn't showing his knees, but she approves of his biscuit selection.
Thanks for a great video. Know the area really well as a group of us used to go up there when we were kids. We’d go up in the snow and shelter behind the dam wall and cook sausage bacon and eggs on a little meths stove. In the summer we’d camp lower down near Dovestones reservoir and go climbing on Indian Head (Laddow Rocks). And on one trip we walked across the top to Tintwistle not knowing it was an army firing range. We were met at the bottom by an irate soldier who asked us if we’d seen the red flags to indicate live firing. We hadn’t. 😋 Been back several times since but behaved myself.
Sounds great Hugh i would of loved to have seen that soldiers face 😀
Got to agree with Yorkshire Gold being the best tea. I was given a sack of 600 tea bags as a christmas present, which goes well with my gigantic mug, which is basically one large teapot worth of tea or probably more: It takes the kettle filled up to at least the "5 cups" level to fill the mug to about 3/4 full, allowing space for milk.
Well done lads, a hard task that one....also a shout out to the blokes who built that tunnel out there in the wilds and freezing weather...thanks Martin, for a great video!
I and a few friends were checking out a railroad tunnel through a mountain and not far in the darkness
Was so heavy that you could hold your hand before your eyes and not be able to see your hand , you felt
Very spiritual.we left hurriedly
Try a mine....then you know dark.
@@charliedsurf1267 and quite
You’ve slightly got it wrong where the water goes through that pipe. The pipe comes down from chew down the road you walked up, shoots down to the river half way down the hill, goes under the river and up to the tunnel, then feeds higher swineshaw reservoir. The pipeline from chew can also feed yeoman reservoir in the dovestone valley
It may be the most boring tunnel you've been in, but the fit and finish of the stonework is terrific.
A fabulous Victorian tunnel and a credit to the builders . Couldn’t say the same about
that steel ladder,Bet it inner signed.
Very well built. Victorian engineering is always quite impressive. Almost nothing we've got in North America looks that anywhere near that good after a century.
Outstanding scenery - what a wild and rugged place.
The dressed stone is very impressive for the work it would have taken which hardly anybody would ever see. Imagine constructing that tunnel, bent down!
There's light at the end of the tunnel, but it never gets any bloody nearer😠 Once again, a superbly built tunnel that hardly anyone will ever see and appreciate. Thanks for the history lesson, really interesting👍🏻
Tell me about it ☹️
But who's the fittest, you had those youngsters huffing and puffing😧
Fantastic, I felt relief when you got out of that tunnel too.
Fun adventure, thanks for taking us along!!
7:03 Impressed by that sprint! Past lives never desert us....
True, but its the bloody next day it catches you out knees and ankle' s !!!!!!!
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Great video!
As a yank in his 50s today I used to live in the UK back in the 90s I really enjoy your video’s and must confess I try to find find the locations you film on google earth.
Great fun
Always a warm welcome for you here
I pause the video and follow on google earth just to do it, but it takes twice as long to finish the video....
Been up that path many times. Would love to go up again one day.
Looks like a fun road for a mountain bike.
Loved this adventure, fantastic explore, thank you for taking us with you xx
Lovely bit of engineering!
Thank you Martin for this video which brings back many memories of this area of Peak District moorland. I have walked and fell raced all over this area many times but though I knew about the tunnel, never had the courage to explore it, claustrophobia would have set in part way through. I do remember the house just below the dam being occupied and then falling into disuse. I recall the bricks from the walls and broken porcelain from the bathroom were dumped along the track leading over to the Crowden side of those moors and which runs along the right hand of the reservoir shore. Whilst being a compensatory reservoir there was apparently a filtration plant so that the water could be used for drinking in times of drought. Maybe the white glazed bricks you found were remains of that works. It was nice to have this virtual tour to look at as I now live 1200 miles away on the southern side of the Julian alps and I am not likely to ever return for a visit.
Thanks for this Martin. You are an excellent storyteller. And I feel a bit like James's grandmother -- I watch with pride as he becomes so much more confident in front of the camera. Give him my best wishes.
27:40 This is my favourite kind of infrastructure. Very little maintenance required, will last hundreds of years. Beautiful.
Another cracking exploration video! Thanks for your work.
That was a hell of a day out.... anybody watching from USA wouldn't believe there is snow on the hills of Manchester...great video, thanks for sharing.
Wo! Stunning scenery up there! Those heights made me dizzy. I am amazed at the skill it took those stone masons and laborers to put in that tunnel ! Real skilled craftsmen.
The UK is so fascinating to me I’m in the US and cannot stop watching your videos. We have nothing that looks this the fens. It’s so beautiful.
Evidently you have never been in Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Oregon or New Mexico just to name a few. I could go on.
@@OldDunollieman please go on and name some more states and no I have never been to those states you mentioned.
Mind you the US is an amazing land. I suppose every country on earth has a beauty of some kind.
@Tip Toe sorry I don’t meet your needs as to our country. That doesn’t mean I don’t think there is beautiful lands in this country there are.
@Tip Toe I do get around as much as I can. As a person with two full time jobs and a family that I am luckily to have. Finding the time to see this country in its entirety is a struggle. If that’s not a good enough reason for you sorry that’s the way it is for me.
Brilliant, love it up there. Lots of history on that Moor.
Amazing to see these constructions in the hills. Middle of nowhere
Brilliant Martin and gang. Suffering from sciatica I was in agony just watching you crouched all way thru that tunnel
Have done that walk up to Chew reservoir many times and had always assumed that tramway was just another footpath. So the tramway info was fascinating. 👍
Spectacular view from the exit portal! Another excellent video: Thanks Martin and James.
Amazing that light at the end of the tunnel you could see as you went in it seemed to keep moving away the more you walked on, as you were trudging along Martin I was just admiring the brickwork of that tunnel. Thanks Martin very scenic bloody cold though!
Such beautiful countryside within a few miles of Manchester, and not another soul in sight !!
Thanks for doing that tunnel, seen it years ago when on the moor with the kids and didn't dare go inside.
One good thing about these explorations - they keep you fit. Another great video.
Thank you, for all your hard work in putting all this together. This is forgotten history and it's wonderful to see people document it. I would also like to thank the people you credited, the people who contributed information in the first place.
Industrial history dose not get enough coverage in my opinion.
Awesome once again guys and thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable 45 minutes. 👍
On the hillside opposite the road is Wlderness Gully where in 1963 two climbers were killed in the largest avalanche recorded in England.
Best video I have enjoyed on UA-cam in many a long day. Equal parts great info and joyous bollarking around.
Thanks very much 👍
That area where you had a snowball fight looks so much different when it rains or just after it rains there is a fountain there beautiful
Great stuff, built at a time when craftsmanship was epic.
Good show guys -- walking the length of the tunnel is definitely metaphorical for the effort to build up industry in early 1900's , no heavy equipment just pick and shovel ,, hand carrying the bricks to line the walls oh and lets mention the pipe , just back breaking and all just to get water to the other side , oh my ,water has not lost any importance we i think just take it for granted
Well that was enlightening as the only Chew Valley and reservoir that I have ever known is the ones here in North Somerset, great vid as always though Martin and a fab way to spend 45 mins or so on a balmy Sunday evening.
I was just thinking that too, visited Chew valley reservoir in Somerset back in 1991, there had recently been much heavy rain & the overflow system was like a waterfall!
No welds sealing the segments of pipe which look as though they are cast iron sealed at joins with compressed rubber rings or something similar.
It looks as though some of that clay you spoke of ended up leaking into the siphon tunnel!
Stumbled across this video by accident earlier this week. Instantly subscribed. Not as interested in the engineering / Infrastructure side of things as you, but certainly the enthusiasm and sense of adventure is inspirational . So today I headed up to the Moors, did a similar route. Found the tunnel. (must say I spotted it's entrance from Chew Rd on the way up to the reservoir, which is one better than you! However, I suspect wouldn't of known to look without seeing your video)
When I eventually got to it and peeked inside, all I can say is rather you than me. Even tighter squeeze than it looked in your video. I couldnt do it. Walked over tops instead, unfortunately didn't find other end and very tough going over the peat. Cracking views of Manchester and Hadfield/Glossop.
I look forward to more inspirational videos from you, and in the meantime I'm going to catch up on all yours I've somehow missed up to now.
Thanks.
Thanks very much, yes we had a good laugh 😃
Fantastic video all. Interesting and good fun watching you enjoy the hard work you put in. 🏴