Report - Flood Alleviation culverts, Bradford, July 2016 - August 2016

[stranton]

Been spending a lot of time at Bradford recently, so thought I'd do this while here.
Originally posted as 2 individual threads, but reposted as a single thread.

Flood Alleviation culverts, Bradford, by stranton

opened in 1992, for the Bradford beck (Bypass) & west brook (Pandora)
carries excess water away from the city during bad conditions.

Bypass
running from Thornton road to Rainbow junction,
length of 1 mile.
During normal conditions the beck passes through a slot on the left,
once levels reach abnormal the excess water diverts along the culvert on the right.

inspection chamber

culvert

the culvert exits on the right,
the beck on the left continues towards shipley merging with the Aire.

Pandora
running from Bradford college to Thornton road,
length of 0.7 mile.
During normal conditions the beck passes through a slot on the right,
once levels reach abnormal the excess water diverts along the culvert on the left.

western bulk sewer outflow,
discharges sewerage via pipe on the right during bad conditions.

inspection chamber

culvert

merging of Bypass & Pandora

thanks

 

[UrbanZ]

nicely done sir

 

[stranton]

nicely done sir

cheers

 

[coolboyslim]

Good stuff m8ty

 

[stranton]

Good stuff m8ty

thanks

 

[pastybarm]

Thank you very much Stranton for your report, and the first pic. The first pic in particular has been the one to help clarify this system for me, well done for cutting to the chase!

 

[stranton]

Thank you very much Stranton for your report, and the first pic. The first pic in particular has been the one to help clarify this system for me, well done for cutting to the chase!

100% concrete jungle, with few interesting features.

 

[pastybarm]

True, but makes a nice change from either brick or just concrete culvert in the northern town I grew up in. I like these more modern systems. Is that outfall to the beck on a slope/decline (looks like it?), and then turn sharply to the exit?