I didn't ask how you knew the line was reopening, I asked how you knew that's why they were working there last week.Quote:
Originally Posted by oritelad
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I didn't ask how you knew the line was reopening, I asked how you knew that's why they were working there last week.Quote:
Originally Posted by oritelad
Now all updated and can be found at www.undergroundliverpool.co.uk
A work in progress site but it'll do for now!
Whos in the picture of on the Introduction page?:unibrow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jona76
Great site, Well done:handclap:
I cant believe i missed this thread.
Any news From St Annes Church yet????? i wanna go back.
Great that Jona.
This is a pic that a lady called Liser sent me a couple of years back when we were corresponding about the Edge Hill cuttings. She referred me to the Subterranean site that your does as they seem to have done thier homework. Any truth in the story about the council once looking at the Wapping and Waterloo tunnels as a mean of road transport to and from the docks to ease traffic congestion.
Cheers Guv!
Only just got my business cards through so I'm going to write a letter tonight and have it in the post for em!
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Originally Posted by Gnomie
Just found these on Flickr:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/4...2e767d849b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/229/4...7797b1407f.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/209/4...2592e83a09.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/4...36e7308f87.jpg
Are they members here by any chance?
I might know them. Got a link to the Flickr?
Well that ventilation shaft is open again today, tape around it and you can see in for a little distance. Trust me not to bring in my bloody camera when I was going to! Taken some on the mobile so I'll post em up tonight but if it's like this at 5:30, I'll be 12x zooming in on it!
Here are the pics taken with my poor camera phone - taking the H2 in to work tomorrow for some better shots!!
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Hi Jona,
What do you think of Jim Moore's book Underground Liverpool? I think my favourite picture in that book is the one of the Breeze Hill underground service reservoir. It looks like a flooded cathedral. Probably the reality is less stunning. I'd love to see it.
thats been waste ground for so long now i would of loved to see it in its day any pics i got told there was a breeze hill fair on top
@Jona - What do the vent shafts hide?
thats not a vent shaft btw theres never been anythink under there the line going into that tunnel is the fright only line that is the canada dock branch it is sopose to be geting opened to passangers again by merseyrail
How do you know? I might be a vent shaft for an air-raid shelter for all you know...
Wavertree is one of the highest points in Liverpool so there is a good chance that this is some sort of ventilation shaft or the like. Why it's there I've simply no idea. It wouldn't have been for a pulley system like the Moorish Arch, there's no noticible gradient from Edge Hill Station to here but I'm going to pour over my maps again tonight and see what it could have been. It is fairly unusual because it is situated between the goods line and the passenger line and I would suspect it goes straight down rather than branching under the tracks, with the amount of coal shifted everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by oritelad
Straight down where :shock:?!! These places are fascinating, never knew the extent of these things before.
Could it not be access to the point motors or signalling kit?
That's just it, there's nothing around that part of the line apart from one red light for when trains wait just before coming out of the tunnel. As it's a straight run from the Tech Park Station to Edge Hill station, there's just nothing around there that I can see that would justify such a large opening.Quote:
Originally Posted by snappel
Did you get those zoom shots Jona? I was thinking maybe it's an entrance to an air raid shelter for railway workers. That area was a hive of activity and sidings 50 years ago,supposedly Edge Hill was the largest marshalling yard in England which means it would have been a fair distance to public air raid shelters and also a main target for bombers,hence the need for a special one for the workers. That's just a guess though. If so,however,it's probably a handy store for NR equipment/junk etc today.
Dave.