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< on 1/22/2005 5:05 AM >
|  | | | I'm new to the boards, but I've been UEing off and on ever since I figured a good way to repel out of my window back home. Anyway, introduction done, back to the task at hand.
I was reading about steam tunnels somewhere, and read that you can sometimes find the paths of steam tunnels after a light snow because the snow will melt above the hot tunnels, genius advice, totally worked this week to help me find possible entry points. Also walking around I see some manhole covers that have melted the snow off the top of them, but they don't look like the manhole covers that I'm pretty sure are used for the steam tunnel system (none of them have any markings other than the foundry). So my question is, are these manholes steam tunnel access (which would be rockin') or are they sanitary sewers, heated by the glorious decomposition of human waste (which would be crappy har har, I love me a good pun)?
Anyway, hopefully that's enough info, I just want to get some advice before I go out there and pop one and be greeted by a wave of stink.
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<Reply # 1 on 1/22/2005 5:20 AM >
| | | | well you don't want to pop one in a manhole cuz then when you get out (if you go in of course) you will be greeted by a "wave of stink" as you call it. Best to try to find another "less stinky" way in, Usually you can find another "sanitary" way in very close to the manhole, just have to know were to look, and if its dark and your first time dont worry if it takes you awhile to find the right entrance.
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Starman
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| | Re: Manholes and snow
<Reply # 2 on 1/22/2005 5:21 AM >
| | | | Well... if it smells like poop, then it's prolly not a steam tunnel.
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Down State
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| | Re: Manholes and snow
<Reply # 3 on 1/22/2005 5:24 AM >
| | | | WAIT!!
with a name like "TheRev" don't worry about that other entrance, head right for the manhole.
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TheRev
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We go in like professionals, like Charles Bronson...
| | | Re: Manholes and snow
<Reply # 4 on 1/22/2005 5:54 AM >
| | | | Posted by 'Snows
with a name like "TheRev" don't worry about that other entrance, head right for the manhole.
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Ouch. I'm somewhat used to that, but I actually forsook religion long ago, though I'm still a legally ordained minister (for an internet Universalist church, mostly as a joke and so I can perform marriages).
And thanks for the advice (to everyone who didn't try to get me to jump headfirst into sewage).
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Down State
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| | Re: Manholes and snow
<Reply # 5 on 1/22/2005 6:33 AM >
| | | | Don't worry about it I was just fuck'n with yea, but on a serious note - since you live in Ohio, have you ever looked into exploring some of the Ohio State Hospitals?
Check out http://www.abandonedasylum.com/ to get you started.
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MacGyver
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| | Re: Manholes and snow
<Reply # 6 on 1/22/2005 7:13 AM >
| | | | I've found that a lot of manhole covers will "burn off" after a very light snow dusting, but those leading to genuinely hot steam tunnels (or vaults!) will burn off much more quickly and more completely than a sewer or cold utility vault.
Walk around campus after a very light snow dusting that stays on the grass and look for patches and lines that burn clean(ish) compared to the rest of the area. When you find a manhole cover within the burned clean bounds, mark it on a map for future reference unless you feel like checking it out immediately.
I have found that very few manhole covers actually reliably tell you what is beneath them. You'll usually just get the name of the foundary that manufactured the lid and maybe a label, but there is no guarantee that the label is correct. I have actually entered a steam tunnel through a manhole cover that was decorated with large raised letters reading "SEWER" before, as well as entering a heck of a lot of neat stuff through completely unmarked lids. Don't judge the book by the cover or something.
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Caveman6666
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| | | Re: Manholes and snow
<Reply # 7 on 1/22/2005 12:36 PM >
| | | | The melting thing is only useful in active places obviously, though if it's real cold the tunnels stay somewhat warmer than ambient.
Sometimes you're lucky enough that the manholes are marked, though as stated above, not always correctly. And a long ababdoned sewage tunnel may not stink, though it's still full of dried up waste.
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Louie
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<Reply # 8 on 1/22/2005 7:03 PM >
| | | | Posted by TheRev
Also walking around I see some manhole covers that have melted the snow off the top of them, but they don't look like the manhole covers that I'm pretty sure are used for the steam tunnel system
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They could be sanitary sewers, as you suggested, but they may also be electrical vaults. I wouldn't reccommend popping those, unless you like getting electrocuted.
Welcome to the board.
Louie
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Servo
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<Reply # 9 on 1/23/2005 1:14 AM >
| | | | The manhole covers that I know lead to tunnels (at a certain central Ohio university) have only the foundry name on them. I haven't popped any such manholes because they are in the middle of campus out in the open, but you can follow the tunnel vents to tell where the tunnel is. If the cover was a sanitary sewer or eletrical vault, I would expect it to boast that fact. You can never be 100% certain, but it would seem you could tell that there *should* be a tunnel under the cover by other means (tunnel vents, melted snow method, etc.)
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