Report - Kings' Scholars Pond Sewer (aka River Tyburn), London 2018

[Ojay]

NP's no good for this sort of stuff though is it, man? Thinking outside the exploring community here and how they might be able to contribute, however unlikely that may be.

He means no problem

 

[tallginge]

lol ok - i saw what was put, before it was removed as well and thought he meant.....well yer know what I thought.... NP pasty, maaan

 

[pastybarm]

Yeap, ojay, and no worries Tallginge, hope all is well with you too

 

[Chris C]

Fascinating & top quality pix and report. You both deserve medals.

 

[Killa]

Awesome report with detailed supporting info
Very well covered and first class pics to boot.
Another book to consider is “The Lost Rivers of London” by Nicholas Barton (ISBN 0-948667-15-x) Historical Publications Ltd.
There’s a couple of pics of the 4 flap valves and the open section before the Tachbrook Estate was built, l will post these in due course.

 

[Killa]

Some pages from the book “The Lost Rivers of London”, may be of use to this thread:

Old King Scholar’s Pond sewer outfall:

Possibly the point the RCP section starts?

Possibly under the Tachbrook Estate:

Story time!

Hope this is of use

 

[toby]

Fuck me, that's an amazing report! and with fab pix. Really enjoyed that and your interesting commentary, so thanks a lot.

 

[pastybarm]

Thanks for those scanned pages, killa, love books like that!

 

[Killa]

Cheers @pastybarm

 

[pastybarm]

You're welcome killa.

 

[afrojay]

An update about the repairs going on in the sewer:

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/20...ewer-running-above-a-london-underground-line/

 

[Killa]

Here’s what it looks like from the station, visible from end of westbound platforms 5 and 6 (Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines):
(Pinched off Internet)

 

[tallginge]

Haha thanks, guys. Loving these updates and extra pictures!

 

[TheVicar]

While we are below ground in these wonderful places in London it is still quite sobering to consider that we are sometimes literally only a few few feet away from an underground train!

 

[pastybarm]

That is a brill pic @Killa , sadly the great unwashed masses staring into their smartphones on that train are completely unaware of the engineering above them: