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UER Forum > Archived World > Ouseburn Culvert/Shelter, Newcastle, UK (Viewed 183 times) paulpowers  Location: Manchester, UK  |  Ouseburn Culvert/Shelter, Newcastle, UK < on 9/19/2013 6:30 PM >   Why eye mon, fog on the tyne pet Whenever I try a Geordie accent I sound like a South African with learning difficulties. So I was up in Newcastle and fancied a quick bit of underground so on went the wellies and under I went The culvert was constructed between 1907-1911 carrying the Ouseburn underneath the suburb of Heaton. It runs for a total length of 2150 ft and built at a cost of £23,000. From 1911 the valley in which the Ouseburn runs through was filled gradually over 40 years of industrial and household waste with a plan to provide a level ground for housing, however, shortly after this new government regulations were introduced so houses were not to be built on landfill. In 1939 part of the culvert was converted into an air raid shelter housing upto 3000 people during the war. This was done by actually splitting the culvert in two, a concrete platform now sits above the water On the way over I found Geoff, my traveling companion for the trip (there's a pic of him later on) Geoff getting settled in to his new home Website:- http://www.Paul-Powers.co.nr Flickr:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_powers Email:- [email protected] UER Forum > Archived World > Ouseburn Culvert/Shelter, Newcastle, UK (Viewed 183 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 140 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 739408241 pages have been generated.