Subterranea Standedge-A trip back in time!

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 22 Jul, 2009 1:43 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Thanks guys. I'm really pleased you all enjoyed that.CHRIS!! your a star lol.I thought you would like that one.Do you drive through Standedge on your duties Chris?If you do-how long does it take a train to travel through? If you don't know.. then time it for me when you next go through mate.Cheers guys Sorry mate,dont go that way (to the dark side),i do Bramhope though,which isnt so scary since we had the new headlights fitted on the HSTs.i noticed how convenient it was that those metal gates at the tunnel mouth "just happened" to be "unlocked"

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 22 Jul, 2009 3:34 pm

The only gates unlocked were the portal gates to the canal at the Marsden end.They run a short trip through there at the weekends.It's well worth a visit.P.s Bramhope is a mere baby compared to Standedge lol

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 22 Jul, 2009 6:49 pm

We've started something of a 'Standedge mania' throughout the narrow boat and canal community too lol http://www.grannybuttons.com/

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Wed 22 Jul, 2009 8:24 pm

Oooh we'll be asking fo' autographs next!

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Thu 23 Jul, 2009 4:39 am

Phil - I cant seem to view this, I just get a message saying you have it set to be viewed by friends only ??On the upside though, while trying I did discover your excellent piece about air raid shelters lol.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 23 Jul, 2009 8:36 am

Try this link again Big n.It should work http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse ... =499903956

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Thu 23 Jul, 2009 1:51 pm

Cracking shot this one phil,you have the road crossing the canal then the canal going over the railway.All three transport systems in one shot!

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 23 Jul, 2009 3:01 pm

Ha ha.Trust you to pick that picture Brandy.I asked 2 people if i could use there shots and credit them (3 pics in total) for the story.That is one of them.It belongs to a guy called Humphrey if you look on the story.I couldn't get that shot for all the summer greenery when i went.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Fri 24 Jul, 2009 12:03 am

copyright rights amended lol

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Fri 24 Jul, 2009 12:29 am

That link has worked Phill Thank you, will give this my full attention tomorrow when I get in from work.Brandy - would you mind if I just corrected you on something, that is indeed a good shot taken from the top of the tunnels but the water course you are looking at is in fact not the canal, it's the run off for the three resavoires on top of Standedge.the road crosses the run off and the run off in turn crosses the railway before dropping down into the river colne, the pool you can see in the background is a balancing pool to feed the canal, this is also, as far as I remember, fed from the run off channel.If you look immediatley beyond the railway line you can see a thin line of trees and directly behind them you can just make out a narrow boat on the canal, this is the canal basin immediatly in front of the tunnel mouth and the building is the old goods transhipment warehouse which is now the excellent visitors centre and museum.Just another point Phill, you said in your article that the railway was washed out by flooding from the resavoir just beyond the aquaduct, it's my understanding that, while this contributed to the accident the bulk of the water came from the three large resavoirs that are on top of Standedge. of course once this cascaded down the run off it would have burst the little feeder res at the bottom before breaking through the retaining wall and in turn destroying the slow line bridge at tunnel end.