wapping

1. The History Located on the valley above Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, Wapping Mine is an old shaft and adit working on the Moletrap Rake. It is a typical rake and pipe-vein working. It is believed that the mine was being worked as early as 1750's, most likely for the extraction of galena. Typical...

October 2024 Visited with @Mr Budge, our original plan for the day was to hit some drains which due to some bad weather we decided to call off, that being said we weren't going to let the rain stop us and quickly found ourselves in Liverpool to take a look at the infamous Wapping Tunnel...

After a while out of the game for various other commitments, we decided it was time to get back into it and choose Wapping and Cumberland as a good explore to ease back into it. This is a return visit for ourselves and so we knew the route quite well by this point. I'd highly recommend a visit...

a while back me and a mate explored this rather unique school unfortunatley it has been subject to arson and was pretty sketchy in places. i dont know the history of the place but what makes it so interesting is the fact that it had its own swimming pool. hope you enjoy the photos

Hi wapping mine was my first underground experience would like to move to the next adventure what do you suggest ppl? From Alfreton

History - Wikipedia "Wapping or Edge Hill Tunnel in Liverpool, England, is a tunnel route from the Edge Hill junction in the east of the city to the Liverpool south end docks formerly used by trains on the Liverpool-Manchester line railway. The tunnel alignment is roughly east to west. The...

History Liverpool is built on an escarpment running down to the River Mersey. The original proposal for the railway out of Liverpool was a route north along the docks and riverbank. This route proved problematic with local landowners. The new route entering the city centre from the east required...

1. The History Located on the valley above Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, Wapping Mine is an old shaft and adit working on the Moletrap Rake. It is a typical rake and pipe-vein working. It is believed that the mine was being worked as early as 1750's, most likely for the extraction of galena. Typical...

Wapping Mine & Cumberland Cavern So today I went for a walk through the famous Old showcave that cumberland cavern, and obviously through wapping mine to get there. In the past the West Midlands hells angels have lived here. It has a pet snake! It is a very well trodden, very mistreated...

An explore of Wapping Mine/Cumberland Cavern, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, last weekend.

BRIEF HISTORY OF WAPPING FIRST SCHOOL Wapping First School opened in 1877 and closed in 2000. It's a Grade II Listed Building, which means renovation or development is nearly impossible. Along with the fact that it has been set on fire (arson) and vandalised in other ways, the building is...

This week marks the 190th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first steam powered railway in the world built to carry both goods and passengers. Opened on Sept 15th 1830, the first stop in Liverpool was Edge Hill Engine Station, located at the end of a sandstone cutting, as...

An interesting explore that sadly, we didn't have enough time to complete fully after taking a few detours around the various routes that were on offer. We'll definitely be back here again soon to make it all the way through to the end of Cumberland Cavern. You can check out all my photos from...

WAPPING ROAD FIRST SCHOOL - Bradford, England - June 2020 HISTORY Wapping Road First School is a Victorian-era Grade II listed building which opened in Bradford in 1877 as a 'board school' under William Edward Forster's Education Act of 1970. The school’s distinguished 123-year history saw...

One from my archives, I was thinking of giving it a click bait name that's sadly all too common these days to "make it interesting" but then again I'd like to think I'm not a total twat! It would have been something like: HAUNTED URBEX FAIL CAUGHT BY SECURITY - ABANDONED SCHOOL ((FOUND SWIMMING...