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I don’t know why I watched all this, but it was fascinating.

Amazing quality stonework in that tunnel considering few people will have ever seen it!

It’s good to see folks appreciating the spectacular engineering that we’ve all relied upon for the last 100 + years, and at the same time enjoying our beautiful planet.... we are truly blessed with our lifetimes ...

The Pennines are in northern English DNA .All of us on either side can see them brooding between gaps in the houses or from tower blocks in our post industrial towns and cities.As kids we packed our butties and cycled or did bus trips for days of adventure.Swimming in reservoirs and building dens and camping out.Then as a young man started working as a service engineer covering an area from Derbyshire to the Scottish borders.In 30 years of working,motorcycling and hiking around the Pennines I still find little valleys ,peaks and moors and villages I haven't explored yet.And the occasional road I haven't travelled on before.Nothing beats standing on a desolate moor the wind the only noise and looking down across the old mill towns and cities to the Irish sea on the horizon.Taking in the view of the homes of a couple of million people and several counties over to the mountains of North Wales .In other less populated areas miles of fells,hills and moors dotted with isolated sheep farms and villages crossed with dry stone walls ,escarpments and potholes.Sorry for waxing lyrically the beer gardens are open at last :) and I've had a few jars this afternoon.Loved this one.Cheers Martin and the crew.

This video ticked all the boxes - water infrastructure, amazing scenery, a story, trams, biscuits, tunnels. Excellent video guys.

Martin,it was something I remember from my D.O.E many years ago when I heard the famous climber Joe Brown say"if you are slipping on a climb,pull socks over your boots,it gives you grip on slippy surfaces"

I like the bulletin about the kids playing in the quarry. As teenagers we used to dam slide which is literally sliding down the slime on the spillway into the catch basin at the base. It was a great time.

The workmanship is beyond amazing. Such precision for allowing a pipe to pass.

Great video, took me back over seventy years! I must have been eight or nine when my dad took me up there to see where his father, William Sschofield had worked as a water board foreman when the reservoir was built. He was offered the job as the reservoir keeper but stayed at Dukinfield as both his sons were still at primary school. Many thanks, you've made an old man very happy (or shold that be the other way round?).

Really enjoyed the video,but the name 'Saddleworth moor' sends a chill down my spine because of the moors murders.

An excellent way to spend 3/4 of an hour on a warm Sunday evening. Keep up the good work fella and for Gods sake stay safe.

The incredible skill of the stone masons. Quality of their work is still evident after more than 100 years in the tunnel - it doesn't look as though anybody's had to do any repairs.

Oh boys how fab is this. I was only a few miles away in Dobcross at the Swan Inn......working! Foxes afloat are down manchester as well.....all my fave boys. 🐶🐶🐶🥰

That valve at the beginning of the tunnel is a combined air release/vacuum breaker, for when the flow is started or stopped.

It always amazes me how many vast open spaces we have in the UK for such a small country. We're very lucky! Thank you for the video, certainly enjoyable Sunday morning's watch!

Check out the NYC reservoir system sometime. It uses gravity and siphons to bring 900 million gpd from the Catskills ninety miles to the city. It includes a siphon under the Hudson River where the pipe drops over a thousand feet to build up enough pressure to cross the river and to rise almost 900' on the other side to continue its way to NYC. It's a truly remarkable engineering feat.

Great video as always Martin . When i was 17 in 1988 I did a yts for Z W Wade engineers at Whaley Bridge and they had a big refurbishing and moderising contract at Chew Res. I got to go once to help service the pumps which incedently got flooded most nights which then required replacing and repairing ready for next time.

7:03 Impressed by that sprint! Past lives never desert us....

Another great video, "The entrances are both near the surface" made me laugh, They would have been a bugger to get in otherwise. Mrs Bungle was very upset James wasn't showing his knees, but she approves of his biscuit selection.

That was amazing. What a place. James is such a happy soul. He must have strengthened you and Darren up with his brew. Well done. Thank you again for braving the lonely and harsh moors and hills to entertain and educate us.

Always had an interest in Victorian stuff, they really were ahead of their times on a lot of things. Looking forward to watching this in full later. 👍

Good video again lads. Appreciate you bringin this stuff to us. I was gettin back ache and sweating just thinkin about walking that tunnel but thankfully we can relax whilst you lads do it. All the best from lancashire.

Thanks for this Martin. You are an excellent storyteller. And I feel a bit like James's grandmother -- I watch with pride as he becomes so much more confident in front of the camera. Give him my best wishes.

I have 5 very good friends who live in Ashton Under Lyme and in August 1996 we went camping at Chew Reservior. We spent 4 days and nights just having a good laugh and swimming in the Chew. The weather was brilliant. I love this area of the country and it is very similar to the landscape in some parts of Fife where I’m from.

Your videos and team show us all places we would never see in a hundred life times....great work as always...

Used to run up that way a couple of times a week. Up the path then along the top you walked to drop down to Dovestone. I'm over fifty as well :) At the top of the path, just below the reservoir on the left is the footprint of Chew House. A couple of years ago i bumped into the guy who maintains the infrastructure for UU in that area and picked his brains. Fascinating story of the construction

Amazing history and very good documentation! Being an inverted siphon it would have different conditions to overcome, this being the highest part of the piping run air would become trapped there. Enough air trapped at this height would stop the water flow. I believe the "valves" you see at each tunnel entrance on the top of the pipe are actually air vents. They are probably automatic with a float inside; as air collects in the housing it displaces the water that lifts the float. With enough air to displace the water the float drops opening a vent and lets the air out, water again lifts the float closing the vent and the process starts over. Just my humble opinion.

Wife and I walked up that track last year. Not a long walk but you know you've done a good walk when you come back down. Great vid.

I used to live in Mossley, and though I've been through a similar tunnel in Littleborough I had no idea this thing was there. Thanks!

Loved this adventure, fantastic explore, thank you for taking us with you xx

The view at the oulet, past the gate, was absolutely amazing. Thank you so very much for sharing this video!

On the hillside opposite the road is Wlderness Gully where in 1963 two climbers were killed in the largest avalanche recorded in England.

hi Martin i never thought you were an anorak ! i was a railway nurse for ten years , lots of footplate rides numerous signal boxes all types , i had a fabulous time .i love James hes a lovely boy , sorry James i am getting old anyone under twenty is a boy ! to me ,There was a .industrial unit in rochdale where they mad the rail tracks , no idea if its still open .what a view its incredible,

Well done lads, a hard task that one....also a shout out to the blokes who built that tunnel out there in the wilds and freezing weather...thanks Martin, for a great video!

Gorgeous country! Ever since I was a kid reading Sherlock Holmes books, I've wanted to walk on a moor. Virtual walking is as close as it comes right now, and I sure appreciated it! Thanks, Martin! That tunnel was a back wrecker! I think someone came along before you and kicked that gate down, rather than turn and retreat back through it. Loved the addition of the skull!

Thanks' for showing me all the places I cant go. Really amazing.

Hi Martin, thank you all three for your energy and time in this.🙋🏻‍♀️🤗 I thought it was awesome to be able to see, and what a beautiful nature there, with his beautiful surroundings. Great history behind all that, thank you so much for showing me, loved it. Roos 🙋🏻‍♀️🤩👍🏻🤗💪🏻🎻

Amazing that light at the end of the tunnel you could see as you went in it seemed to keep moving away the more you walked on, as you were trudging along Martin I was just admiring the brickwork of that tunnel. Thanks Martin very scenic bloody cold though!

Spectacular view from the exit portal! Another excellent video: Thanks Martin and James.

Another fantastic vlog thanks to you (Martin), your fellow explorer (Darren) and your apprentice (James). A great Sunday evening's viewing. Lovely scenery.

what is really amazing is that this reservoir and dam goes back to first decade of 1900. The stone work is really great. Im always amazed at all the incredible projects and structures they built back in those days. Ridiculous amounts of manual work. We have reservoir dams and levees made in US made in the 60's and 70's that have already been disintegrating and failing. lol

Great explore , I çan remember seeing the ruins / footprint of the house when I was a kid back in the 70’s. Cheers guys

That was a hell of a day out.... anybody watching from USA wouldn't believe there is snow on the hills of Manchester...great video, thanks for sharing.

What a long walk for you all. Amazing to see a bit more of Greater Manchester. Many thanks Pete.

Thanks for the download I enjoyed learning about the history of the district I understood your use of the water as peat color I live in Florida, America thanks again for the tour.

Amazing, and thank you for shedding light on a piece of history that some have never heard of. Local histories from the not too distant past are sometimes harder to research because people haven’t bothered to keep record. Thinking someone else was keeping record.

Another cracking exploration video! Thanks for your work.

Another fantastic video. That tunnel was a mission to get through all hunched over. You guys did fantastic to make it through! Love this episode!

Thank you, for all your hard work in putting all this together. This is forgotten history and it's wonderful to see people document it. I would also like to thank the people you credited, the people who contributed information in the first place. Industrial history dose not get enough coverage in my opinion.

Even though its in a remote location they constructed it with such care. The views were stunning! Great video again chaps.

G Great video! As a yank in his 50s today I used to live in the UK back in the 90s I really enjoy your video’s and must confess I try to find find the locations you film on google earth. Great fun

Just had a good day in the garden. one of the hottest days we had and you are throwing snowballs on the moors. It looks like a place for Patrick to go camping. Thanks for the video.

Another cracking video pal, what an awesome place right on our doorstep. My nephew works for a company who repair/replace all the valves and pipe work on all these reservoirs up and down the country I think he was on that one not so long since love the vids keep them coming. 👍

I and a few friends were checking out a railroad tunnel through a mountain and not far in the darkness Was so heavy that you could hold your hand before your eyes and not be able to see your hand , you felt Very spiritual.we left hurriedly

Great video Martin. I walked through this tunnel withy daughter and her mate. The day included a walk back through the tunnel again due to a lost iPhone. I really enjoy the history and your references in the videos. Absolutely superb production pal.

Looks like you're having fun. It's great to see father, son, ,& friend all enjoying yourselves in the outdoors, getting lots of exercise.wish I could be there with you!

I remember that road when it was a dirt track and the quarry walled off with water in it. There's also a barrier on the valley side now. The base of the house was there when I went probably 30 years ago. I can't now as I wouldn't leave my motorbike for several hours for a walk. It's bleak in winter on top of those moors. I want to go to Crowden and camp overnight and walk to Chew reservoir. I saw this tunnel. I walked from the Stalybridge side to Chew and then back quite a few times and took a Pye Bantam 4 metre (70 MHz) a.m. radio and pre-arranged to talk to 2 stations in the Stockport area. Watching this makes me want to get out there again. It was always lonely at Chew res. as most people don't walk from Dovestone res. There's Bramley's Cot on the other side of the valley, I reckon it was a shepherds shelter. It's a steep climb, if you care for a climb it'd be nice to see that on video.

Awesome once again guys and thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable 45 minutes. 👍

The dressed stone is very impressive for the work it would have taken which hardly anybody would ever see. Imagine constructing that tunnel, bent down!

Thank you team. That was incredible engineering when you think about what they had to work with.

A great video, and really interesting subject. I’ve been walking in the area, and grew up not that far from Manchester, a great city. Thanks for posting this!

Supreme Martin and full of facts and info-loved the cloud formations as well!-....

Love your videos as I grew up in mossley and oldham moved between both over years and I love all the history

Thank you Martin for this video which brings back many memories of this area of Peak District moorland. I have walked and fell raced all over this area many times but though I knew about the tunnel, never had the courage to explore it, claustrophobia would have set in part way through. I do remember the house just below the dam being occupied and then falling into disuse. I recall the bricks from the walls and broken porcelain from the bathroom were dumped along the track leading over to the Crowden side of those moors and which runs along the right hand of the reservoir shore. Whilst being a compensatory reservoir there was apparently a filtration plant so that the water could be used for drinking in times of drought. Maybe the white glazed bricks you found were remains of that works. It was nice to have this virtual tour to look at as I now live 1200 miles away on the southern side of the Julian alps and I am not likely to ever return for a visit.

I love the idea of specific reservoirs at different levels. Ingenious stuff. Siphon journey looked gruelling though, Martin. More forgotten heritage treasure unearthed. Rewarding stuff. Bravo.🇯🇪

Another great one Martin!! Glad I turned in! Lovely scenery!! Great job!

Thank you, Martin and friends! Very enjoyable xx

Fun adventure, thanks for taking us along!!

Good one guys. Well explained, love the maps. I have to admire your stamina Martin in being able to walk and narrate. There's a light at the end of the tunnel and its not a train! I have to admire the quality of the stonework both in the entrance work as well as the tunnel itself. The amount of shear muscle work in all of that. What a job! Better them than me.

Very good Martin, I've never been but done a walk from the Glossop side by the swineshaw ressers never ceases to amaze how the victorians and Edwardians worked up there. Thank you.

Great video Martin I remember going up that road many years ago now and I thought that road was never-ending a bit like that tunnel before you get to the top thinking I should have had a skate board for going back down. Loving the history and the old photos you find about these places, I never new about the syphon but when you think about the work involved it's just amazing really, which we all take for granted now which is a shame really. Time to straighten your back up I'm glad that gate was not fitted.

Another great video , thanks for the history and the stories . Stay well

Reminds me of stuff I saw on Table Mountain Cape Town, I was unable to find out much about the building of three reservoirs up there, theres just bits and peices of old buildings, foundations and areas where you can see a system of locos ran men and supplies up their. I walked up it, was a hell of a jaunt and coming down wasn't any easier, but one heck of a day out. Great video, thanks.

Brilliant Martin and gang. Suffering from sciatica I was in agony just watching you crouched all way thru that tunnel

Fantastic video all. Interesting and good fun watching you enjoy the hard work you put in. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Been up that path many times. Would love to go up again one day.

Great video again lads. Lovely scenery. Very interesting.

Hello! loved the video some nice history , thank you all for the time taken to share ,. Craig

Best video I have enjoyed on KZfaq in many a long day. Equal parts great info and joyous bollarking around.

Brilliant. Love the historical stories and photos. 👏👏

Folling that pipe is like driving down the M40 Completely featureless! I have been down many tunnels when your hoping you don`t have to walk back - Great video guys! I love your tea breaks :)

Wo! Stunning scenery up there! Those heights made me dizzy. I am amazed at the skill it took those stone masons and laborers to put in that tunnel ! Real skilled craftsmen.

Had to speed read that peat information 😅 Another great video Martin. Good to see your sidekick being more comfortable on camera too

Another informative and interesting vlog. Where would you be without James and his brew and biscuits lol. Keep up the fantastic work lads. Brilliant.

Loved it Martin. I mentioned before how James is getting more confident. I could not believe it when he took the Camera and started to talk. I remember the first video I saw James and how quiet he was. I think that was the video you ended up going for a pub meal. Keep up the good work Martin awsome videos

Brilliant, love it up there. Lots of history on that Moor.

Fantastic, I felt relief when you got out of that tunnel too.

Another great video. What I like the most you take us where I could never go. Certainly interesting.

James was never seen again, the lesson is always always stay together.

One good thing about these explorations - they keep you fit. Another great video.

thanks for the content martin i love your videos

There's light at the end of the tunnel, but it never gets any bloody nearer😠 Once again, a superbly built tunnel that hardly anyone will ever see and appreciate. Thanks for the history lesson, really interesting👍🏻

Another great film. Well done.

Loving all your videos Martin if I lived closer I would love to join you on some of your adventures.

Fantastic scenery Martin 👍🏻

Thank you again for making and uploading these videos: very informative and interesting :)

You're so lucky living near even rather bleak, if plain hills. Spare a thought was us in London when all we have, at best, is the North Downs 😢

Have done that walk up to Chew reservoir many times and had always assumed that tramway was just another footpath. So the tramway info was fascinating. 👍

Thnks for a very interesting trip into our industrial heritage. As commented below, the stonework is amazing. Now, it would be built with re-inforced concrete. But the dressed stone is beautiful.