Report - Gorton Falls, Manchester, April 2015

[Paradox]

@Paradox nice photographs
somebody at Gorton must have your tripod now

Thanks @stranton yeah someone will have and it wasnt a cheap one either

 

[stranton]

@Paradox mine is bloody heavy

 

[stranton]

Wow I've not seen the Siphon looking like that before!

was pouring through abit,
no problem tho my tripod weighs half a ton

 

[FreshFingers]

this chute leads to the sump and syphan, slip here and the result will be drowning

Shudder at the thought of taking a fall down there

 

[wellingtonian]

Wow, just seen this report, excellent man

 

[stranton]

Shudder at the thought of taking a fall down there

would die in minutes,
wouldnt know a thing about it

 

[Nickindroy]

How do you know? I reckon I could climb back if I had to.

 

[stranton]

How do you know? I reckon I could climb back if I had to.

on a steep gradient , water pouring against you, slippery,
very difficult.
besides nobody knows whas at the bottom,
once your down there.

 

[stranton]

theres a grill on top of the chimney thing,
with debris up there too.

 

[espeleólogo]

Great photos, and more mancunian old brickwork.

Surprised UU have not put a "safety chain" or some form of barrier and warning signs ahead of that scary looking slope into an unknown doom...given H&S is such a big issue in the UK right now, this seems a bit negligent don't you think?

In HK where I am now, I tried to get into one drainage tunnel, the manhole is locked ABOVE, and the grille only lets you look in, but not climb in?!

 

[stranton]

well we aren't supposed too be there really,
the hatches are sealed & no official will attempt too use those ladders

 

[espeleólogo]

True, we aren't meant to be draining in these places, at least, according to them.

I am amazed they have not replaced the ladders, all that would need is a barrier/gate across that or even blocking up the top half, and then a grilled part on the bottom to allow flow through and trap some of the shyte that would otherwise end up atop of the outside syphon. Definitely warning signs upstream and around that flow...

 

[stranton]

True, we aren't meant to be draining in these places, at least, according to them.

I am amazed they have not replaced the ladders, all that would need is a barrier/gate across that or even blocking up the top half, and then a grilled part on the bottom to allow flow through and trap some of the shyte that would otherwise end up atop of the outside syphon. Definitely warning signs upstream and around that flow...

very unlikely too occur

 

[espeleólogo]

I agree.

But seriously, how long before someone becomes a cropper in one of these places? That ladder is dodgy to say the least....imagine the rescue workers job of recovering a body if something happened, presumably they would have to damn/divert flow upstream, and pump out the sump?

 

[stranton]

I agree.

But seriously, how long before someone becomes a cropper in one of these places? That ladder is dodgy to say the least....imagine the rescue workers job of recovering a body if something happened, presumably they would have to damn/divert flow upstream, and pump out the sump?

hopefully that never occures