Report - Low Moor Beck , Bradford , August , 2023

[jezzyboo]

Had the exact location for this one forward on to me from Nuboid ( cheers mate ) otherwise you could have walked past it without noticing ! parking up on Dealburn road i climbed in to the culvert at the side of Victoria park . paying no attention to the caution contaminated water sign i was kitted up and in without any fuss

Not surprising with all the rain we have had there was a fair flow tumbling down the steps

was roaring away then a change to RCP

the bulk of this explore is RCP

little of shot here proved to be a dead end

water crashing inn was getting louder

then a change in styles

looking back downstream

the culvert then opened up in to a small sized room

daylight ahead

then out in to the open air at the side of the railway line , was nice to stop here and straighten up a bit next pic looking back where i had been the one after where i was going next

red brick pipe with a two way split

the left hand junction was bricked up for some reason

next pic looking back to the entry

lovely stone work suggesting that this area was once open to the outside , another change in styles to stone round pipe lovely to see this old section

looking upwards there were giant slabs of stone covering the culvert roof

this must have been open at one time as suggested earlier , then back up the stone pipe

change back to RCP with a shower

the source of the water

im guessing it must have rained while i was down here as on the way back out this water had stopped ! The flow of water was also faster making it more precarious walking

calcite build up then obligatory 28 pic

some concrete shuttering around a brick built chamber

 

[jezzyboo]

then back to endless RCP was a long stretch this drain

a two way junction now appeared

going straight ahead

dropped down to less than 2 foot here so that was the end of that section about turn and leave this brick built chamber

back to the junction i had a nosy up the other pipe

dropped down to about a meter in diameter but to be honest id had enough and so had my back by now

about turn and the long march back out was harder leaving as the flow of water was trying to push your feet from under you so i crabbed sideways to make sure i stayed upright

a couple more snaps on the way out

and back to the start point , was a good explore this with a bit of all styles a lot longer than i was expecting and the flow made it harder but well worth checking out , cheers for viewing

 

[tarkovsky]

Not been acquainted with this one, looks good.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Lovely changes from RCP to stone and brick. The calcite is very photogenic. Looks like a long one this.

 

[jezzyboo]

Not been acquainted with this one, looks good.

Its a good one like most of Bradfords drains a fair old walk as well big shout out to Nuboid for sending me the details

 

[jezzyboo]

Lovely changes from RCP to stone and brick. The calcite is very photogenic. Looks like a long one this.

thanks Jane always looking for those interesting pics as a lot of this drain was endless RCP thanks for your comments

 

[The_Raw]

Some decent bits of brickwork in there. Nicely done

 

[jezzyboo]

Some decent bits of brickwork in there. Nicely done

Cheers mate

 

[Parky]

your photos have been getting so much better recently really liked this report, looks a lovely stretch of culvert, even with the stoopyness

 

[jezzyboo]

your photos have been getting so much better recently really liked this report, looks a lovely stretch of culvert, even with the stoopyness

thank you it was a good one