G Pump Turbine and belt sheaves (photo)

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Pete Monkhouse
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6 years ago

Has this area been quarried away?

Photograph:

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Llion
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6 years ago

Yes :(:(:(

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Pete Monkhouse
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6 years ago

Bum 😞

Llion
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6 years ago

But you can still see the big metal block that holds the pipe coming down to G from DE :thumbsup:;D

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simonrl
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6 years ago

"Llion" wrote:

But you can still see the big metal block that holds the pipe coming down to G from DE :thumbsup:;D

Where is that Llion? Don't think I've seen it.

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

Llion
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"SimonRL" wrote:

"Llion" wrote:

But you can still see the big metal block that holds the pipe coming down to G from DE :thumbsup:;D

Where is that Llion? Don't think I've seen it.

Up the drainage tunnel...or you could ab down the shaft from the surface..

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grahami
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6 years ago

I think Llion means this:
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Its partner on the DE tunnel:
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And the pipe from there upto the surface - allgone now,I guess.
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Grahami

The map is the territory - especially in chain scale.

simonrl
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6 years ago

Thanks Graham and Llion.

I remember now.

An area I wish I'd devoted more time to.

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Pete Monkhouse
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6 years ago

Is there still enough to see to make it worthwhile crawling in the water under the gate where it all comes out?

simonrl
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6 years ago

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"Pete Monkhouse" wrote:
Is there still enough to see to make it worthwhile crawling in the water under the gate where it all comes out?

IIRC there an serious collapse just inbye of that (assuming we're talking about the drainage level near the railway tunnel at the BF end).

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dwarrowdelf
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6 years ago

#11

Always been interested in this. Could never quite work out its relationship to the more well known bits

'I wonder how many breakfasts, and other meals we have missed inside that nasty clockless, timeless hole?'

'The Hobbit'
J R R Tolkien.

Llion
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6 years ago

#12

Thanks Grahami, that's the big metal block thingy 😉 not sure how to get photos off the site onto threads..
There is a nice big collapse not far from the adit, a load of small pipes carry the water through..and a large pipe at the bottom is big enough for you to squeeze through, depending on the amount of water coming into your face :lol: Its a wet trip but worth it. Can also get up the channelled slot to the next level, was no ladder when we were there but there is a polly rope. A hole in the floor of G that goes somewhere was passed using an old metal fence..
I would assume the shaft down from DE to G is still there, it was a few years ago and no work has been done to that side of the twll ?

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Llion
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"Pete Monkhouse" wrote:
Is there still enough to see to make it worthwhile crawling in the water under the gate where it all comes out?

If you plan a trip Pete let me know, would like to go again 😉

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