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UER Mobile > Canada: Alberta / BC > Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels. (Viewed 1894302 times)

post by A. Lien   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1440 on 4/16/2007 5:52 AM >

Wow, two other groups, Sunday explorers, hmm. Glad you had fun. How deep was the water in the main square drain?


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post by djokibi   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1441 on 4/16/2007 5:59 AM >

Posted by A. Lien
Wow, two other groups, Sunday explorers, hmm. Glad you had fun. How deep was the water in the main square drain?


Yeah, we ended up meeting with two pairs of other explorers.
The water was only a few inches deep most of the way, no problem with gumboots.
Though, in the creek itself, it was almost 3 feet in some places.


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post by surekill   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1442 on 4/16/2007 9:42 PM >

I'm thinking, if the drain is 15 or 20 feet below street level... Couldn't the cistern have been above the drain? Maybe right overtop? I wonder if there was any hint of a drain pipe in the ceiling of the drain at that location. The cistern would have been heavy, but I don't think it would have been any heavier than hard compacted soil.


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post by surekill   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1443 on 4/16/2007 9:46 PM >

I'm thinking this because they obviously dug the cistern up at the same time they connected that extra drain in the middle of store st. You know the one that connects to that gaping hole in the floor of the old drain which empties out beside the bridge nearest to the Janion.


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post by surekill   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1444 on 4/16/2007 9:55 PM >

Of course, around that gaping hole the floor is steel isnt it? Like a big 10 foot long half cylinder of steel with the gaping hole roughly cut out of it? Did anybody ever stick there head in there and look around? Maybe that used to be the cistern. Maybe the water just collected right there from the drain. And later they removed it, put in the steel floor and had it drain out under the bridge. Like I said earlier, anything's possible.

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post by djokibi   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1445 on 4/17/2007 12:41 AM >

Here's several shots from the previous day, in no particular order.
























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post by surekill   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1446 on 4/17/2007 1:11 AM >

Jesus christ, you followed that backbreaker to its end? Crazy! Looks like you had fun.


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post by J Peterman   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1447 on 4/17/2007 1:28 AM >

Hey, looks like Team Leader's arch-nemesis-rival.


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post by djokibi   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1448 on 4/17/2007 1:44 AM >

The back-breaking tunnel had a wall of thorns covering it, looked like no one had been through that entrance for some time.
I had a blast, though, and the hall itself was pretty cool.
We ended up coming out practically in someones backyard, and were several blocks farther than we thought we had gone.
Definitely a more direct route from point A to point B if one wants to bypass traffic, albeit, a lot wetter one.

There is apparently another entrance which we didn't check out.
Might have to find that one sometime, though, if it's where I think it is, it'll be another back-breaking tunnel.
The full-height tunnels were a lot easier to navigate.




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post by dsankt   |  | 
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<Reply # 1449 on 4/17/2007 2:27 AM >

woo Victoria is going to be awesome.


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post by Air   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1450 on 4/17/2007 3:00 AM >

I'd really like to see this. Oh well. Soon.



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post by meggaman   |  | 
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<Reply # 1451 on 4/17/2007 6:25 AM >

Great picks Guys ,,


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post by KublaKhan   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1452 on 4/17/2007 4:05 PM >

Yeah. Totally. Glad you were able to get into this place. Nice pics, too.

Props to y'all.


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post by nobody   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1453 on 4/17/2007 5:03 PM >

Posted by J Peterman
Hey, looks like Team Leader's arch-nemesis-rival.



I was thinking the same damn thing, christ the eyes are even similar. N.



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post by KublaKhan   |  | 
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<Reply # 1454 on 4/17/2007 5:23 PM >

Posted by nobody

I was thinking the same damn thing, christ the eyes are even similar. N.



Maybe he left something behind in a tunnel about 17-18 years ago.




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post by KublaKhan   |  | 
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<Reply # 1455 on 4/17/2007 5:24 PM >

Posted by KublaKhan


Maybe he left something behind in a tunnel about 17-18 years ago.




I can't believe I just said that.



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post by A. Lien   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1456 on 4/17/2007 8:39 PM >

Posted by KublaKhan


I can't believe I just said that.



We can.


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post by surekill   |  | 
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<Reply # 1457 on 4/17/2007 9:57 PM >

Oh god, fourth photo down from the top...I'm just imagining that valve opening. Evertime I've been down there a huge amount of liquid came pouring out of that pipe at some timed interval.


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post by KublaKhan   |  | 
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<Reply # 1458 on 4/17/2007 10:01 PM >

Posted by surekill
Oh god, fourth photo down from the top...I'm just imagining that valve opening. Evertime I've been down there a huge amount of liquid came pouring out of that pipe at some timed interval.


What...you mean that rotten, sludgie shitty-smelling stuff?




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post by surekill   |  | 
Re: Under the Garden City: Victoria B.C. secret tunnels.
<Reply # 1459 on 4/17/2007 10:24 PM >

No it was more like 1000 gallons of street water. It must collect nearby and then release when it gets to a certain level.


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