Report - Velociraptor, Manchester - September 2018

[moako]

Found in north Manchester, this CSO outfalls to the Prestwich Clough Brook. At first sight the grille appears to be locked shut, however on closer inspection it would seem that the padlock is there to make it look locked more than anything else.

A short crawl up some 3' RCP takes us to the overflow chamber.

It appears that overflowing storm water is filtered through a row of steel mesh, while solids are moved across to one end by an Archimedean screw and deposited back into the combined sewer.

The interceptor sewer behind metal scumboard.

Gully to outfall RCP.

 

[Ojay]

Good stuff thought it looked familiar

 

[moako]

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[pastybarm]

The name has been changed (since this morning?), and now the cat has been let out of the bag, so to speak I knew it looked familiar, even when it was in the other thread. An uncle of mine lives in the parish (posh I know!) so knew I had laid eyes on it before, but I actually had it pegged in being in the north of BOLTON _O. It has been listed by the EA as one of the UID's in the north west, and the brook name is mentioned also.

 

[tallginge]

Nice one fella. That crawl over or under them rags doesn't look very appealing but the rest does. Worth checking grills, doors, etc that look padlocked. More than once i've found the padlock slides right past or over whatever's supposed to hold it shut!

 

[pastybarm]

Come on UU, get it right with 'yer padlocks, ffs!

 

[stranton]

will be well locked by now

 

[Nickindroy]

will be well locked by now

Yeh? They're noted for their speed being that of a Lada full of elephants going uphill.

 

[stranton]

Yeh? They're noted for their speed being that of a Lada full of elephants going uphill.

exactly, we've had water pouring through a hydrant on the road for 4 weeks now.

 

[Ojay]

Funny that @Nickindroy as I'm fairly certain that was exactly what they advertised on one of their recent sewer upgrades

 

[Nickindroy]

What are the chances!?

 

[coolboyslim]

Nice one that..

 

[pastybarm]

Wonder if they offer a cup of tea and a look over the plans, like it said they did in the anchorsholme park (blackpool) pdf. Wonder if they have any ginger nuts in the cupboard as well?

 

[Snake Oil]

Definitely no ginger nuts, those cunts probably wouldn't even stretch to half a soggy rich tea.

 

[pastybarm]

That sounds grim snake oil, probably be cheap teabags from poundland or somewhere as well, not a good cup of pg tips or yorkshire!