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BaronvonErin
Location: Tacoma u.p. Gender: Male
yaaa
| | Draining in tacoma < on 7/27/2008 4:48 PM >
| | | These two drains known as the twin 90's located at the head of the thea foss waterway check tide tables before going
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MoleNet94
Location: Skagit County, WA Gender: Male
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 1 on 8/6/2008 3:39 AM >
| | | Cool! Biggest Washington drain I've seen pictures of in recent memory. Been in? I'd love to see more... AFAIK, the outfalls off Seattle have all long since been extended way out into deep water. I suppose if you were a real nut, you could SCUBA down to them! That would be some real "James Bond"-style UE'ing. Cheers, MoleNet94
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BaronvonErin
Location: Tacoma u.p. Gender: Male
yaaa
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 2 on 8/8/2008 12:01 PM >
| | | there is one big one on the duwamish waterway called the diagonal that you can actually kayak into,as going in the twin 90s ive havnt been in there for about 10 years,one goes south the other goes west
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jbtxk
Location: pnw Gender: Male
there's always another way
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 3 on 10/18/2008 4:49 AM >
| | | i checked this out last night, but i missed low tide and couldn't see much. there are plenty of places to park... but one lot is a hobo campground and a cop was sitting there last night (i've seen them there before). that's the closest place to park. there's also huge "no trespassing" signs on the wall leading to the drains. probably not a huge deal except that cop is usually there, about 200 feet away.
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UEinthe253
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 4 on 4/23/2009 8:03 PM >
| | | I'm going to check this out more later today.
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Freak
Location: Usually Alaska, now MSP. Gender: Male
Hypocrite
| | | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 5 on 4/27/2009 3:55 PM >
| | | That first pic looks definitely kayak-accessible, seems like typical high tide doesn't flood it completely. The best part about drain boating is the looks on people's faces when you come out! http://freak.minimanga.com/kayak12.gif http://freak.minim...m/twincities/boat/
How about the upper end, is there an infall or does it tree-branch down into smaller and smaller pipes? I know some cities in that area have public works GIS servers with drain data available.
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UEinthe253
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 6 on 5/18/2009 9:18 PM >
| | | Okay, so if you're interested in the twin-96ers, definitely check out http://cms.cityoft...lan%2011-15-05.pdf and http://www.epa.gov...es/oec/asource.pdf Other interesting "major" drains in the Tacoma area that you can pull up info on would be the 230, 235, 248/253 and the 254 (the twins, aka 237A and 237B, notwithstanding). Havent been there yet, but its likely that the outfalls are located near E Dock St, at the southern end of the TF waterway. The drains collect stormwater from South Tacoma/Nalley Valley area as well as the Portland Avenue area, including I-5. Because of this, there is a good chance that the drains still contain residual contamination from chemicals such as PCBs, HPAHs, pesticides, and other fun carcinogens, so precautions such as waterproof clothing, etc. are advised if you plan on going in (unless you're a republican, then go for it. You've probably built up a natural immunity by now anyway). More detailed information (some publically accessible, some not), can be obtained by contacting the following source control project managers: At Ecology Dave Smith .......................... (360) 407-6250 Manager, Urban Bay Action Team (Commencement Bay) At EPA Kris Flint .......................... (206) 553-8155 Remedial Project Manager for Source Control Christine Psyk ...................... (206) 553-1748 Remedial Project Manager for Thea Foss/Wheeler Osgood Waterway At City of Tacoma Mary Henley ......................... (253) 502-2113 Manager of the Superfund Pre-Remedial Design Work Community and Economic Development Department Tacoma Municipal Building 747 Market Street, Room 900 Tacoma, Washington 98402 (253) 591-5365 www.cityoftacoma.org
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jbtxk
Location: pnw Gender: Male
there's always another way
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 7 on 5/18/2009 10:11 PM >
| | | that's some good info, nice work. when it dries out later this summer we should get on this
attempt the absurd! |
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Jort
Location: Hong Kong Gender: Male
Doing the same.
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 8 on 5/19/2009 3:46 PM >
| | | Posted by jbtxk that's some good info, nice work. when it dries out later this summer we should get on this
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count myself and phaeax in as well
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RailGuy88 This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information.
Location: Where you're not... Gender: Male
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 9 on 5/20/2009 12:09 AM >
| | | are we allowing phone numbers to be shown in this thread? Doesn't that go against the contact info stuff we cover in the TOS...?
Going where others can't... |
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Emperor Wang
Location: On an island, in a river
Fetish? What fetish?
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 10 on 5/24/2009 6:20 PM >
| | | Posted by RailGuy88 are we allowing phone numbers to be shown in this thread? Doesn't that go against the contact info stuff we cover in the TOS...?
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I'm pretty sure those rules apply only to members.
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UEinthe253
| | Re: Draining in tacoma <Reply # 11 on 7/31/2009 4:15 PM >
| | | Okay, so I broke my leg on the 11th and just started walking again yesterday. When I am fully healed I am hitting the drains as soon as possible before it starts raining. I checked it out as much as much as my current condition allowed, and they are definitely right under east dock street. Some climbing may be involved to access them, and I should be in the clear in a few weeks. PS: Parking might be bitchy, I recommend Tacoma Dome Station and walking north north-west towards the waterway, mind the train tracks.
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