The impassable Chamber. The Worsley Brook

In this video we explore urbex a short section of the Worsley brook in Salford, Manchester. This section of the brook is underground and host lots of subterranean historical features. We pass by the Worsley Delph, the area that the Duke of Bridgewater had his mines and James Brindley was involved in the extraction of coal from the Worsley mines. The Bridgewater canal features in our story because not only do we pass underneath it. Parts of the dry docks for the Bridgewater canal drain into it. We see drainage channels underground constructed in the 18th century. The Worsley brook also played a role in an old Corn mill flour mill that had medieval routes in the village. It is probable that the brook turned a waterwheel for the old corn mill. We see lots of subterranean Georgian engineering and architecture in parts of the brook. The brook has a beautiful drop shaft that looks to be a wonderful piece of canal engineering. We go to the Old Warke Dam and take a look at the infall. James Brindley, Francis Egerton and John Gilbeert would have played a role in the alteration and culverting of this lost waterway of Manchester and Salford.