COLUMN ON DEVONSHIRE AVE LS8

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 1:22 am

They do have similar 'stench pipes' i've seen about. There is one on Harehills lane. It very much looks like a tram pole but you can see the vent at the top.It's just a bit higher up from the Harehills ave crossroads, and before Potternewton park

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 1:30 am

I got a picture of the base of it on Saturday.It has a sort of hinged door in the base. A car was parked so i couldn't get to that side.A very poor weather pic of it is here.http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn ... ecretleeds

liits · Post by **liits** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 1:30 am

A very old "stench pipe" is located on Austhorpe Rd, junction with Park Ave. It even shows up on Goggle Earth [well, its shadow does].

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 1:33 am

Someone did a post with pics about stench pipes on one of the urbex forums the other week.I'm not sure how much non members can see of the thread though.The post is here anyway.http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/sh ... php?t=8639

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 9:02 am

Phill_dvsn wrote: Someone did a post with pics about stench pipes on one of the urbex forums the other week.I'm not sure how much non members can see of the thread though.The post is here anyway.http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/sh ... php?t=8639 This looks rather too new from the oicture to be an old stench pipe I think Phill, but that could be its disguise!There's a picture of the one on Austhorpe Road back in another thread liitts, been there for longer than I can remember and now defunct - the inspection hatch is gone and the base full of muck.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 10:35 am

I've looked on our maps and there's nothing for a stench pipe on Devonshire Ave. I'm not sure we even fit them anymore. An old engineer told me about the importance of knowing your hydraulic engineering when fitting them as the result can be a genuine shower of sh*te.

simong · Post by **simong** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 2:21 pm

I don't know the area, but it looks newish from Google. Could it be a methane or radon outlet? Perhaps there is an old tip in the area and the height would suggest venting something safely. It doesn't look like a mast as under their disguises they're usually fairly standard looking.

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 5:02 pm

Escaped for a while and had a look at this, it is a Mobile Coms., Mast.Very new, perfect paintwork on smooth unpitted metal, a watertight inspection hatch a couple of feet off the ground, just a few meters away against the path edge is the cabinet as shown in the earlier picture, clearly marked as being O2 plant, From this, a small trench in the footpath angled towards the pole and running under the grass verge in that direction.Must be honest, driving towards it, I thought we were wrong it and that it was a sewer stench pipe - very realistic.

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Tue 31 Mar, 2009 5:06 pm

chameleon wrote: Escaped for a while and had a look at this, it is a Mobile Coms., Mast.Very new, perfect paintwork on smooth unpitted metal, a watertight inspection hatch a couple of feet off the ground, just a few meters away against the path edge is the cabinet as shown in the earlier picture, clearly marked as being O2 plant, From this, a small trench in the footpath angled towards the pole and running under the grass verge in that direction.Must be honest, driving towards it, I thought we were wrong it and that it was a sewer stench pipe - very realistic. 02 airwaves! its a police relay mast il put my money on itps/again lol

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Wed 01 Apr, 2009 12:43 am

Three more pics with more detail of the top and inspection hatch.They are marked Latesthttp://snipurl.com/evo7d