Report - Spring Quarry, Corsham - December 2009

[Oxygen Thief]

Explored with Rigsby and Rookinella.

Exploring somewhere else at first, we found this place open and took the opportunity while it was there. Realistically people have been going here for a while, all the way to the gold I reckon. But that's another story.

There's a lot of pictures, 40+ in all, but hopefully you'll like them. It's certainly a place that won't crop up very often. There's a lot of roadway shots and I can't really describe them, they're just roads. In fact a lot of the functions of the places we saw were impossible to identify, so I can't help you with that.

The generator, in very good condition...

and this is it's little substation...

into the factory...

Stores issue hatches...

This was a deceivingly large space, that's a gantry crane up there...

Nowadays they have these nice remote controls, here's how they did it in the past...

Goods and passenger lifts...

Water drainage channels...

Into the mighty ventilation system, the aerodynamic nosecone is so big it's got its own ladder...

Gas tight doors...

and the air system itself...

Parts lockers...

Workbench...

One more post to follow...

 

[dave_the_cave]

Great photos much better than my own!

None of the pictures were in the lighted section. Did you make it in there?

 

[The Stig]

So, how did you find out about the way in?

Did you know you were exiting into an army base?

How did you find your way around?

Sorry for all the questions. I'm just very interested.

I Read Secret underground citys for a month or so an had a good look around. The royal arther vid was part of our looking around n chatting with locals about were to look for getting underground. There are amazing detailed maps in some areas of the enire underground site the print was too fine for my eyes but the book had a rough map of most of whats down there. Of course took a compass and explored spring properly first. My final time when i came out i had to navigate on my own with just the light from my phone as id dropped my torch in all the mayhem at the slope shaft. Glad id memorised the way through by then.

Here's some more pictures...

 

[fortknox0]

good stuff mate, cant believe you got in just to fly ya plane LOL

is that a big gun on the left?

 

[The Stig]

You've probably seen this a lot of you, but I found it very interesting.

And Stig, I love that story

Cheers Arnold. Heres a practice flight for tunnel quarry- hovering down a quarry train tunnel-

Not sure whats next tho. If the Power egg shop had been a bit cleaner with not so much metal stuff hanging from the ceiling we would've flown through there.

 

[diehardlove]

stig your a star mate cant believe you did that,i thought the plane would be a small one till i seen the pics and its huge,if i hadnt have seen the pics i would have found it hard to believe its so amazing,all i can say is well done mate,

 

[The Stig]

stig your a star mate cant believe you did that,i thought the plane would be a small one till i seen the pics and its huge,if i hadnt have seen the pics i would have found it hard to believe its so amazing,all i can say is well done mate,

Thanks man, What an amazing place it is, Heres some of my pics-
http://www.darkplaces.co.uk/phpBB2/album_original_size_page.php?pic_id=16212

 

[The Stig]

Finally got the vid on youtube of my trip down through Burlington, Enjoy-