Williamson Tunnels

[theninesisters]

hehe
he looks the most dodgy of the lot!

any idea what they were up to today?

Could be anything from digging, to tours around the area to sloping off to the Oxford for a pint

[Gnomie]

Trust you to be on it!! hehe

Took this pic today...is this the same house as in your pic?

Wow i never knew his house survived. great pic

[Gnomie]

Where about is that house?

A few pics here http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...entre/?start=0

[MissInformed]

hey gnomie
it's on Mason Street in Edge Hill, near the Williamson Tunnels...be careful if you're going about there with a camera though, it's a bit of a weird area!
Great little remnants of buildings and walls though...

[MarkA]

I wouldn't trust those dodgy chaps - especially the one in the centre

Is that Dave Bridson on the left? He was in my class at De La Salle. We only bump into each other at beer festivals now.

[PhilipG]

Mason Street - the Gentry of Liverpool lived here in the 1800's!!

These are wonderful pics.
Kev posted some last night on windmills.

I know ultimately they're from the LRO, but are they on a disk, or something?

[theninesisters]

Is that Dave Bridson on the left? He was in my class at De La Salle. We only bump into each other at beer festivals now.

Dave Bridson runs the Williamson's Heritage Centre and is a fine beer drinker! The chap on the left however - his name is Jeff Jones, a fellow Childwall bod.

[Kev]

There was once a windmill in Smithdown Lane too.....

Jona - don't forget the source of the pic la

[MarkA]

Dave Bridson runs the Williamson's Heritage Centre and is a fine beer drinker! The chap on the left however - his name is Jeff Jones, a fellow Childwall bod.

I thought he'd lost a bit of weight!

[theninesisters]

Jona - don't forget the source of the pic la

Sorry Kev

Source - Liverpool Record Office.

[Kev]

Liverpool City Council recently approved Friends of Williamson's Tunnels' plans for works at the Paddington section of the tunnels. This will finally see excavation go ahead at this mysterious section of Williamson's labyrinth.

Our several sets of high quality conveyor belts have been installed, along with a full electricity supply. Next, we will re-arrange things above ground to make removal of the many tons of rubble easier.

That will involve building a new gate adjacent to the entrance hatch, as well as a new wall to separate our work area from the car park of the Student Village. Once that process is complete, we will begin excavating: firstly the tunnel which heads south from the entrance - a very tall tunnel of which we only caught a fleeting glimpse when we first re-discovered the Paddington section several years ago - and then the main tiers of this section, many parts of which are packed with rubble. It will be fascinating to finally discover what is underneath.

See a sketch of the multi-level layout of Paddington here.


Two of the conveyor belts ready to be installed


Rubble in the Paddington tunnels

[Cadfael]

Did you not read the copyright bit on FOWT's Website?

[Kev]

Nope, couldn't find it, maybe its hidden beneath a secret tunnel within their website

[Cadfael]

Nope, couldn't find it, maybe its hidden beneath a secret tunnel within their website

Its where I found the same copyright page and borrowed the same text

Picture of the first level - this is showing the tunnel that Charles Hand walked for over a mile through in 1926!

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[fortinian]

Just picked these up from Facebook. Apparently they are of the preparatory work in the Triple Layer tunnel.





They are (c)JWS but i've spoken to one of the group moderators and they don't mind me posting a few on here.