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Getting a message at 2am in this morning to get myself down to Deansgate as soon as humanly possible is not the way to start an explore, well it kind of was in this instance. With word that it was now or never as a certain access was wide open for all to see, I found myself at the mercy of Greater Manchester Public Transport, sharing my company with drunks and pre-drinking students.
Unable to reach anyone to them already making their descent, I hastily walked past a GMP van and its 2 accompanying officers, took a breath and took the plunge, step after step for which seemed like it would never end. Disappearing into darkness, not for one second did I feel at ease due to access and exit being at the mercy of luck that someone did not come across a certain hole in the ground that was certainly not meant to open.
I had no idea to what size the place was, I followed the painted directions from another era, leading me to the others who were just finishing up. With this in mind, I took no time in getting set up and doing what I came to do and with one or two scares near the end, we were home free.
Shouts to Gone/Nckt/Agour & Sneak for this one.
Visited by myself.
The Dingle Railway Station was an underground station connected to the once vibrant Liverpool Overhead Railway (LOR) and is situated on the south end of Park Road in Dingle.
The Liverpool Overhead Railway was the world's first electrically operated overhead railway as the nature of goods being traded in and around the dock area was dangerously at risk if a steam alternative was to be used on the LOR.
The extension of the the Liverpool Overhead Railway was opened on the 21st December 1896 and served as the southern terminus within the railway line. There were at one stage, plans to allow the LOR further access inland when funds became available, thus making the Dingle Terminus into a through station, however this was not to come to fruition.
The Dingle Terminus was the only station situated below ground on the LOR line and trains accessed the station through a half a mile tunnel that was bored from the cliff face at Herculaneum Dock leading through to Park Road, where now the tunnel is in partially in use as a garage called 'Roscoe Engineering'.
As with the rest of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, the Dingle Terminus closed permanently on the 30th December 1956.
First are some images I have taken from Google to give a look the Dingle Tunnel entrance before and after the removal of the LOR.
In all it's glory;
As it stood afterwards, and still does;
An old 'Liverpool Corporation Environmental Health and Protection Department' Van
An old 1960's/1970's Morris Minor/Morris Traveller found still in excellent condition.
In-cutting within the tunnel for workers to avoid train-related injuries during working hours.
Equipment from the old Terminus is still clearly on show with the addition of old train bumpers still being present.
Having seen more cars than I could photograph, I experimented with the lighting after a while.
And again, this time however with an old banker's Jaguar with the light of the tunnel end in sight;
Paper shot;
More equipment relating to the LOR still present;
Retro-Graffiti;
Original Sleeper;
Mysterious stairs stored at the end of the tunnel;
Panoramic of the end of the tunnel looking towards the half-mile stretch;
PANORAMIC
The Dingle Railway Station was an underground station connected to the once vibrant Liverpool Overhead Railway (LOR) and is situated on the south end of Park Road in Dingle.
The Liverpool Overhead Railway was the world's first electrically operated overhead railway as the nature of goods being traded in and around the dock area was dangerously at risk if a steam alternative was to be used on the LOR.
The extension of the the Liverpool Overhead Railway was opened on the 21st December 1896 and served as the southern terminus within the railway line. There were at one stage, plans to allow the LOR further access inland when funds became available, thus making the Dingle Terminus into a through station, however this was not to come to fruition.
The Dingle Terminus was the only station situated below ground on the LOR line and trains accessed the station through a half a mile tunnel that was bored from the cliff face at Herculaneum Dock leading through to Park Road, where now the tunnel is in partially in use as a garage called 'Roscoe Engineering'.
As with the rest of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, the Dingle Terminus closed permanently on the 30th December 1956.
First are some images I have taken from Google to give a look the Dingle Tunnel entrance before and after the removal of the LOR.
In all it's glory;
As it stood afterwards, and still does;
An old 'Liverpool Corporation Environmental Health and Protection Department' Van
An old 1960's/1970's Morris Minor/Morris Traveller found still in excellent condition.
In-cutting within the tunnel for workers to avoid train-related injuries during working hours.
Equipment from the old Terminus is still clearly on show with the addition of old train bumpers still being present.
Having seen more cars than I could photograph, I experimented with the lighting after a while.
And again, this time however with an old banker's Jaguar with the light of the tunnel end in sight;
Paper shot;
More equipment relating to the LOR still present;
Retro-Graffiti;
Original Sleeper;
Mysterious stairs stored at the end of the tunnel;
Panoramic of the end of the tunnel looking towards the half-mile stretch;PANORAMIC
Once again visited with Gone and Appo.
I had visited this place once before and thought to myself, this has to be one of my favourite entrances to a culvert. Down into the river and onto a placed wooden ladder, feeling for a trolley under the water to stand on is one way to get into somewhere!
I was quite happy I got to revisit this place as the last time none of my photographs could be usable. Unlike last time however, we did not venture into Helter Skelter (not like there is much to be missed down there).
Shot of Appo;
I had visited this place once before and thought to myself, this has to be one of my favourite entrances to a culvert. Down into the river and onto a placed wooden ladder, feeling for a trolley under the water to stand on is one way to get into somewhere!
I was quite happy I got to revisit this place as the last time none of my photographs could be usable. Unlike last time however, we did not venture into Helter Skelter (not like there is much to be missed down there).
Shot of Appo;
Visited with Gone and Appo.
This was the first drain i was to visit since patching up my LIDL waders with a bike puncture repair kit. Through the fairly deep watered entry, the waders seemed to hold their own and I was surprised to find out, they did so throughout the whole night, awesome!
I very much enjoyed entry to this drain and how different it is to the others i have visited as there is a dry walkway alongside the stream. A wonky tripod didn't help with taking shots, so these are the best of the few I was able to take.
My new Fuji seemed to produce some nice quality shots of a drain i couldn't produce with my compact!!
This was the first drain i was to visit since patching up my LIDL waders with a bike puncture repair kit. Through the fairly deep watered entry, the waders seemed to hold their own and I was surprised to find out, they did so throughout the whole night, awesome!
I very much enjoyed entry to this drain and how different it is to the others i have visited as there is a dry walkway alongside the stream. A wonky tripod didn't help with taking shots, so these are the best of the few I was able to take.
My new Fuji seemed to produce some nice quality shots of a drain i couldn't produce with my compact!!