Processor & The Works, Drains, Manchester

[Bunk3r]

Earlier in the year I got a Manchester OS map, I have been marking it with my best guesses as to what lays where in the underground world of Manchester, eventually the day came to put some of the theory to the test. Well the evening didn’t get off to the best start, there were the usual delays, then dropping the back off my head torch down Devsters toilet when opening it to put batteries in it (initially doh, but then oh well I’m off down a drain anyway (but yeah I did wash it )), Headed to Mancester picking up my bro, Smee, on the way, then met up with suburban_pioneer again.

First stop was finding the processor infall this was a fail, well technically it was an infall to processor we found, just not the one I was looking for but a 2 foot tributary. although we clearly found the top of the processor room itself, all locked up tight.
But from then on everything went right, we promptly found processor drains outfall and headed up stream, checking out the various sewer overflows on the way.

Heres the main sewer overflow in a side room, when the sewer gets too full this machine filters the solids out before the sewer overflows into the brook, of course when the sewer gets more full it just flows over the top of the machine:
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Most of the Drain is Round Brick pipe, RBP, its old and has great wall formations. some of the drain is concrete, which was actually welcome as it wasn’t as Slippy, but brick is where its at, especially the mad formations.

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After reaching the top of processor its gps coordinates were promptly saved and then we headed down stream as we hadn’t taken any photos on the upstream journey.

We then followed the brook down stream to the infall to inhospitable following it down to the works. Man that is one skanky brook, that just gets skankier the further you go. is there a brook with more sewer fresh in it anywhere? The amount of CSO’s into it is one thing, but then the frequency they must be used is another, and then what appeared to just be a small sewer running straight into it on an under ground section was another altogether, skanky skanky skanky, leading to a very slippy evening from the fat residue on just about everything underfoot, and there was indeed a lot of debris underfoot.

Works chamber, noice:
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Then we paid a visit to the upstairs:
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Naturally we didn’t follow the back & ankle breaking route of Inhospitable but headed out of the Works overflow channel, admittedly thinking twice about that as it looked skanky from above with calcifications been a toxic yellow colour and fat clearly visible floating on the top, but onward we went, down the stairs only to be greeted with the massive stair case, they are serious, the low down angle of the picture doesn’t give the size of them justice:
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Then it was down the impressive aged RBP tunnel, past the bricked up junction, and out of the stone lined outfall, into the river, navigation of which was interesting, some how we all made it out dry, then headed back to the car, a class unforgettable night.

[Bugsuperstar]

Great stuff mate, pics are really nice, how big is the rise on that staircase? it looks about two feet from the image! nice work

[LittleMike]

Great photos man. Inhospitable is a bit of a disgusting mess at the moment eh? :) The pipe that is dumping a constant stream of sewage is actually a faulty sewer overflow where the penstock/flap/thing has slid down. It was presumably originally broken waaaay back when the drain was first found and named by siolo, then got fixed for about a year and a half during which the whole system was "reasonably" clean. Sadly it seems to have started dumping again as of about 3 months ago around the same time the BBC documentary was filmed.

[Bunk3r]

Thanks all, I was pleased with the pics (although i wouldnt agree with them been the best sneak) I think film and drains = win (for the film fans: they were shot on a zenit 12xp using fuji Superia 200)

Yeah bug I’m not sure of the actual step size but probably somewhere between 1 + 2 foot, not big enough to be any kind of problem, but big enough that a hand rail would be nice lol.

[NursePayne]

Wow that's some fantastic lighting.

[Brick_Man]

Just seen these on flickR, all amazing pictures you just can't beat the colour & tones film gives you straight from dev, when I shoot digi I often alter the colours to appear filmlike (though they rarely do!).

What lens do you use on the big 12, a 24 or 28mm?

[sqwasher]

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Stunning set of photies Bunk3r-this one is superb! :thumb

[Dempsey]

Ha excellent mate, good to see youg etting out there and doing yer own stuff. Loving the film.

What length exposures are we talking here?

[Bunk3r]

Thanks all.

BM: the lens is a 28mm offering, cant remember the make.

Dempsey, erm I really should write things down, but I don’t. but here is my best guess (note that the incandescent maglite is upgraded to a 35W bulb). Iso 200 film

Processor room pic: 6ish seconds, f5 (or 8?) lit with 3W LED (tesco/fenix Or something of equal power)

Dev in pipe Pic: F5.6 15-30 secs, he is holding a tesco, I shone the maglite for maybe 8 secs

LED head torch looking pack down the tunnel: (similar power to a tescos) f5.6, 30 seconds

Over devs shoulder: no idea I took it not expecting it to work lol

Stalagmites: F5.6 30 secs lit with 3W LED (tesco/fenix Or something of equal power)

Works Chamber: F5.6 15 seconds maglight on the RHS set to flood, sat on the floor to the manhole shaft, 3W LED light panted the other bits.

Works Mechanism, both self timers so about 6 seconds cant remember what F number.

Works staircase: 6 seconds (self timer) F5.6? LED bits light painted with a fenix (uberMag was notably dimmer but by no means dim by this point)

[Dempsey]

Thats great info ta, i should really start writing down settings too.

[LittleMike]

Works chamber, noice:
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb42/bunk3rb0y/Drain%20Works%20processor%20Manchester/Photo30_30EB.jpg

I keep spooging over the colours in this shot. It actually makes me want to buy a maglite....

Also, I can't help noticing the classic grey fat line on the wall at water level. I can't say I've ever seen that phenomenon outside of a full on sewer before...worrying.

[Bunk3r]

^thanks, but no dont buy a maglite. Mine had become become redundant when I stepped into the world of LEDs, i was going to make convert it to an uber bright LED, but then realised it was just too big to be bothered with, so to give it a new lease of life I eventually packed it with 9 rechargeable AA’s and a new bulb (+reflector + glass etc) to make a maglite shaped alternative to a 1MCP search blaster. I built it mostly for the sake of doing it, and for drewton railway tunnel (http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=511173&postcount=13). But yeah I am impressed at the colours it gave on this trip.

If you want some incandescent light I would say either: go back to carrying that 1MCP search blaster you use to carry (as used in this picture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bunk3r/2589221083/)), but that’s probs to big, modifying a maglite is not a good use of time, so I would say get one of them small bright incandescent lights, surefire style (but not a surefire as they cost mega ££). Probably have to move to CR123 batteries, and note you have to use a different bulb for the rechargeable/none rechargeable version of the battery. But still as its only for effect lighting may be worth doing (after all you cant even change the battery on the search blaster, so having it on different batteries isn’t that big an issue). Maybe something like http://www.dealextreme.com....sku.2566 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2566~r.92395607) or http://www.dealextreme.com/....sku.903 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.903~r.92395607) or similar, but watch out for what batteries, if you use rechargeable, make sure they are ‘protected’ ones, last thing you want is the thing blowing up, and if it has multiple lithium batteries even with none researchable don’t use cheap Chinese batteries (watch out for copies of decent brands) as these are known to blow up too.

Or just get a pack of lee filters and put them over your LED lights ha.

[Dempsey]

^thanks, but no dont buy a maglite. Mine had become become redundant when I stepped into the world of LEDs, i was going to make convert it to an uber bright LED, but then realised it was just too big to be bothered with, so to give it a new lease of life I eventually packed it with 9 rechargeable AA’s and a new bulb (+reflector + glass etc) to make a maglite shaped alternative to a 1MCP search blaster. I built it mostly for the sake of doing it, and for drewton railway tunnel (http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=511173&postcount=13). But yeah I am impressed at the colours it gave on this trip.

If you want some incandescent light I would say either: go back to carrying that 1MCP search blaster you use to carry (as used in this picture (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bunk3r/2589221083/)), but that’s probs to big, modifying a maglite is not a good use of time, so I would say get one of them small bright incandescent lights, surefire style (but not a surefire as they cost mega ££). Probably have to move to CR123 batteries, and note you have to use a different bulb for the rechargeable/none rechargeable version of the battery. But still as its only for effect lighting may be worth doing (after all you cant even change the battery on the search blaster, so having it on different batteries isn’t that big an issue). Maybe something like http://www.dealextreme.com....sku.2566 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2566~r.92395607) or http://www.dealextreme.com/....sku.903 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.903~r.92395607) or similar, but watch out for what batteries, if you use rechargeable, make sure they are ‘protected’ ones, last thing you want is the thing blowing up, and if it has multiple lithium batteries even with none researchable don’t use cheap Chinese batteries (watch out for copies of decent brands) as these are known to blow up too.

Or just get a pack of lee filters and put them over your LED lights ha.

Ha Your knowledge on Artificial lighting always intrigues me, and especially the last suggestion ha ha

[Angel]

Great report!

[cactusmelba]

ace!

[Gone]

Top them pictures fella, Well Done :thumb

[U-534]

Ha Your knowledge on Artificial lighting always intrigues me, and especially the last suggestion ha ha

Check this site out :thumb

http://fonarevka.lux-rc.com/

On the first link you will see NO picture via the torch light...

click down the torch specs :thumb

the Fenix TK40 :Not Worthy

[BillAnd]

Stunning work Bunks, as always

yes, you are indeed the light guru of 28DL

(and your rope ladder building skills are inproving :-)