Whats this?

[GeorgePorgie]

very peculiar,you know I lived in this neck of the woods(Stockbridge Village) for nigh on 12 years or more? and never even noticed this...well probably I have but never registered it in me bonce.
Anyway its on Deysbrooke Lane end of Melwood Drive where the REME(Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers) barracks used ta be.

[lindylou]

George, you must be psychic ! :) Only last night I was looking at a picture of one of these things ! :eek: :)

I'm reading Underground Liverpool by Jim Moore, and read about the sewers underground. Under a picture of one these pipe thingies it says, Venting is a minor problem today, as most houses have a sewer venting system with a soil pipe projecting above the eaves of the roof. There are, however, a few sewer vents still around.

This book is well worth a read, it's fascinating and covers all aspects of what's underground in Liverpool - streams, wells, Willamson's tunnels, sewer systems, etc. going right back through history.

here's a thread - http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?4967-Help-With-Underground-Liverpool

and found this .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/underground/underground_intro.shtml

[Spike]

Looks like a Tram Stop to me?

[lindylou]

---- hey, don't say that, you'll have Hobble Hobble waiting by one ! :) :)

-- it's apparently a sewer vent :)

[GeorgePorgie]

it's apparently a sewer vent

This is probably what it is,because before Deysbrook was habital land except for a dozen old house on the corner of Deysbook Lane,this was Lord Derbys Estate and The river Alt and Deys brook ran through it like a rabbit warren and hence where it got its name when the old cantril farm started popping up.

[Ged]

There are quite a few of these Sewer Pipes dotted about, notably in Croxteth and on the dock road.

[pennylane]

It's the Tesco car park George , they built a new Tesco there ages ago .

[GeorgePorgie]

I take it your being serious? here,woman...since I don't see a smirk emoticon. :razz:

I do know its Tesco's as my sis works there.

Tsk!

[pennylane]

So whatcha asking what it is for then ??

[John Doh]

George, you must be psychic ! :) Only last night I was looking at a picture of one of these things ! :eek: :)

I'm reading Underground Liverpool by Jim Moore, and read about the sewers underground. Under a picture of one these pipe thingies it says, Venting is a minor problem today, as most houses have a sewer venting system with a soil pipe projecting above the eaves of the roof. There are, however, a few sewer vents still around.

This book is well worth a read, it's fascinating and covers all aspects of what's underground in Liverpool - streams, wells, Willamson's tunnels, sewer systems, etc. going right back through history.

here's a thread - http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?4967-Help-With-Underground-Liverpool

and found this .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/localhistory/journey/underground/underground_intro.shtml

Yes, definitely a sewer vent. It may seem surprising, but many years ago before the need for recycling was widely recognised, a few forward-looking local authorities, like that of Malvern in Worcestershire, actually collected the gas, mainly methane, and fed it back into the street lighting network!

[GeorgePorgie]

Do ya see that green pole sticking up outta the ground...well when the new pope in Rome is elected it emits white smoke

[pennylane]

Do ya see that green pole sticking up outta the ground...well when the new pope in Rome is elected it emits white smoke

Go way !! I always thought that was the smoke from all them spliffs being smoked around there :)
Only kidding with ya George , i'm winding you up my friend ...

[GeorgePorgie]

i'm winding you up my friend

Hah! you couldn't wind a clock up. :)

[hmtmaj]

Yes, sewer vents, they are.
One by Broadgreen hospital too.

Mart