Britain of Drains


Here are some absolutely spectacular photographs of sewers, drains and tunnels, taken by urban spelunkers from London, Bristol, Manchester and beyond:


[Images: See this ridiculously great website for loads more photographs – almost every one of which could be uploaded onto BLDGBLOG with open enthusiasm – as well as for relevant bits of info on tunnel locations and all further et ceteras; meanwhile, an upcoming BLDGBLOG entry will pursue more of this, with a London bias, soon].


An entrance to the topological undercity, a parallel world of drains and bricked abstract passages, monolithic concrete feeder chutes re-leading lost rivers through darkness.

4 thoughts on “Britain of Drains”

  1. Gutted. I tried to visit the link, but it’s been borked by the bandwidth it received from here and boingboing.
    Now what am I going to do at work?

    Stunning photographs though… The lighting and fish-eye lens really make these (sub/under?)urban tunnels seem just that much more alien.

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