Here is my original video on Standedge kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6yW1rqScc-xmMY.htmlsi=Vb-8M2AzYIx6NuDO

@lifelovesme1428

Ай бұрын

wtf is this shemozzle???? seen children do better.

@IamFreefromtheWokeLeft

Ай бұрын

amateur

If i can provide some local knowledge here, Martin. I was brought up in Saddleworth, & the water ingress is due to it pissing it down constantly for 51 weeks a year. The other week it snows. Thanks for the video

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you, 😀

@aniwilliams3370

Ай бұрын

😂😂❤

Can you imagine going to work one morning back in the late 1700’s and your boss saying ’right lads we need to dig a 4km tunnel under the Pennines, grab a shovel!’

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

It must have been horrendous

The CRT and AMCO couldn’t do better for public relations than to invite you for a video. Applause all round for a fantastic trip.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

Brilliant video, as always. And a great shoutout to the Canals and Rivers Trust, who (obviously) do amazing work!

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you Paul

Astonishing how the brickwork is so beautiful in such a dark unforgiving place 😮

What a fascinating tour Martin, and full marks to the Canal & River Trust and the guy's from Amco Giffen.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Fascinating Day Steve. Cheers

A phenomenal masterpiece of engineering not just for when it was built but also for what they are doing today to ensure the future of the tunnels , certainly something for the people of Manchester to be proud of as part of their heritage .

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers Keith

Amazing video, canals, trains and 200 years of engineering what more could anyone want. Thank you.

I bricked up a door in my shed once, that's my only experience with bricklaying. It's hard to imagine the hard work the tunnelbuilders were facing. All the bricks everywhere, in the main tunnels, shafts and all kinds of side tunnels. All that work in the dark. Thanks for showing us in this amazing video! 😍

True credit to the men that built these magnificent structures, nearly 200yr old, and good for at least another 200yr. No health&safety back then or tunnelling machines, all done by sheer hard graft, can you imagine the conditions these lads worked in?? Absolute respect. Another brilliant video martin love yer videos, very very informative looking forward to many more mate, nicejob.

Another cracking video Martin, it never fails to amaze me how well built these ancient tunnels were constructed all those years ago. Built with blood, sweat and tears ! Many thanks as always for your great video's and all your hard work in producing them, much appreciated.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much, yeah I love Standedge

A superb well crafted video by Martin of this mind boggling place. Hats off to the men below ground ,past and present. Martin never fails to entertain and educate. Should be on tv.

I took my boat through the year it was opened , the boats were covered by a thick rubber sheet and towed through by the electric tug. A fascinating and unforgettable experience.

Martin, I hate to keep repeating myself, but you have a amazing life. All the workers involved in the construction, from digging the clay, to making the bricks and dressing the stone, digging out the tunnels and then lining with the tunnels with all the bricks and stone. If the workers could only see their tunnels are still standing and in use. Hats off to all the workers. Thanks to Martin and team for their time, work and posting.....

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

We were lucky to get back in Standedge and see this

Nice to see the Standedge tunnels again, great video 👍

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Yeah it was good to be back

Great video. When I worked on a rail possession in the early 20l00’s the cross passage was up steps and we walked over the canal to the main line in the double track tunnel. It was a wooden bridge over the canal and you could see down into it as you carried your tools to the rail tunnel. If we missed the van we had to walk in with a torch and some of the refuges in the service tunnels had wierd dolls laying around. We even found a ouigi board in there !

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Yeah the boards over the canal are still there 👍

What a palaver indeed ! Star Wars meets history. Thanks for sharing !

Another fascinating video. It is good to see fresh input to the channel from a growing network of "people in the know".

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Richard

Wow, how cool getting invited to go in

Thanks for the update. Glad to see they're taking care of this treasure. Thumbs up for ALL involved in this venture. Cheers, Martin

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks, yes its an amazing place

Got to say Martin you do a fabulous job with your videos. Ive been a fan for a few years now and its got to the point when i passed through Manchester on the train i was identifying locations from your videos. So thank you for what you do and i look forward to the next one.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Brilliant, thanks Rob 👍

Another great video Martin! Thank you!

Absolute mind blowing how much manual labour and bricks went into these tunnels our generation dont even know where born . Top work once again

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

Morning Martin ,it’s good to see you officially recognised.I have watched this on my television to get the best effect but haven’t worked out how to post a comment so doing this on my tablet .Please keep making these informative videos ,you might get your own tv show one day 👌

great video, I had the pleasure of measuring the rail lines back in 2005. They had reinforced and sprayed concrete to the tunnel walls about 30 metres in lenght. Driving in and reversing out of the support tunnels was fun 😁

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Great place to work 😀

Well done our Martin another informative and interesting video

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Gary

Being an electrician myself this was a very interesting video. I started my career making an electrical pump panel for the Botlektunnel in the Europoort a long, long time ago. Times have changed and so has the technique. The Rottermerentunnel near Rotterdam is nearing completion, a big project.

WOOW Martin mate you have obviously hit the jackpot mate 👍

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Yeah it was nice to get back in Standedge

This is Brilliant Martin, interesting from many angles. Thank You.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much Andy

Oh bugger James missed out on this magnificent trip mate, 😢,😊😊😊.

This must be the only such system in the world Martin, I am blown away, 😊.

CRT & Martin. Great combination and a Win-Win-situation for both. You know that you'd achieved some special reputation when you've got invited. Thanks for sharing ! I'd liked the original video already and this is a nice reflection on the actual situation going round.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers 😀👍

This was fantastic. Thank you for sharing it.

I was so happy to see you revisit the Standedge tunnels my "go to" is the Redbrook Engine House vid when you sent the cock rover down the ventilation shaft. That shit was scary I'll watch it again after this one hell yeah! Thank you brother it's so good to see when your channel comes up with a video on my notifications!

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

It scared me just standing above that shaft, very intimidating

Most interesting, thanks Martin.👍

Yes Martin . Thoroughly enjoyed this one . Hidden engineering stuff that we would never usually see 🤩🤩🧱🧱🧱🧱👍🏽

Those tunnels are amazing engineering feats of skill, and also the shear hard work of the people who dug them. Thanks for sharing, Martin 👍

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Jeff

Martin and team, this was so interesting. Well done yet again. 👍 great. Cheers

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Valerie

Top one lads very interesting as always 👍Great engineering from back in the day👍

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers Jay 👍

Excellent and fascinating video. Thank you!

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers

Thanks for this I really appreciate it

Hi Martin. Thank you for posting, what I found to be a very interesting video. I am 81, and used to be an industrial contracting & maintenance electrician, for the 50 years of my working life, and would have loved to be doing an interesting job like your guides were doing. At first I didn't understand why they needed a communication network so far under the ground, then the penny dropped, and I realised that it was for the safety reasons of the users of the tunnels. I have been a watcher of your content on & off for some while now, but have only subscribed to the channel in the last three weeks, when I was offered content of my home town of STOCKPORT. I live in Offerton, a suburb of the town, & although I have lived in the town all of my life, some of your recent content has brought new information to me, which I was totally unaware of, and has been eye opening. Well done to you & your team, and your list of very useful contacts. I can't wait for some more enlightening footage, reaching me soon. Best wishes, from Brian, of Offerton.

Every time I see the railway tunnels under ground are just mind blowing on how they were constructed crazy work underground how the hell did they build them even canal tunnels unreal

Great vid Martin, great to see you revisit this engineering marvel. When you compare modern tunnelling construction to what was available in the days when the 4 tunnels were constructed. Its just night and day literally. Thanks for this vid.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Paul, yes Standedge is incredible

A very informative video Martin, thanks for posting.

Great video, thanks.

That is some serous engineering and I'm talking about all the tunnels and those shafts are the things of nightmares, I better sleep alright tonight. Great footage.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Yeah, its actually quite a complex place

I've been watching since the trap door in the canal video and it's been interesting to witness the improvement in the quality of your production over time, but that outro shot was spot on. Well done, Martin, and all the blokes who assist in your indeavors. Cheers from flyover country, USA!

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers thanks 👍

Really interesting video guys. Thankyou 👍

An awesome video Martin!

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Fantastic revisit! Glad they are keeping history preserved so well. When you said the water ingress took a long time to come thru all the rocks ect - its probably as good as spring water. You get the best jobs! Great video as always 😊

I love how Roy is always the first one in. Go on, lad!

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

😀

My god you have to take your hat off to all the engineers and labourers including those today that built and repair these tunnels , great film again you two lads

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks John, glad you liked

I absolutely love these feat of engineering it's amazing what man has created through sweat and blood

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Yeah agree, Standedge is amazing

@familylife3624

Ай бұрын

The original video you did , which showed all the cathedrals with the water coming down from air shafts, is my favourite go to video on youtube , love it

Fascinating, Thanks Martin 😊

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Andrea

Fantastic. Its great to see the upkeep of very old stuff like this. It is such a shame that so much of our heritage is ignored or neglected and to some extent hidden from us as too dangerous or dirty or just old and therefore of no value. The opposite of course is the real truth. Nice one again Martin. Many thanks

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks very much

Another excellent video Martin , very well done to all the contractors involved looking forward to when I'll be able to go through the tunnel,

Absolutely great coming back to the tunnels, loved them ever since your first video on them. Very very interesting. Thanks guys.

Awesome visit to the tunnels ! Such great history and up tp date details. Thank you Martin and team !! Wow ! Bring it.

What a gem of a tour Martin !! Being a former Telecommunications tech, I can appreciate on what those lads go through.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

I cant imagine it was an easy job

@jcramond73

Ай бұрын

@@MartinZero It had its moments Martin, but truth be told, I would do it again if I was younger.

Great video, excellent collaboration. Your reputation as a great videographer and documentary maker is very valuable

Absolutely brilliant video AGAIN. Thanks Martin

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Awesome vid as always Mart, I watched the other Standedge one before but this one is a whole new look at it, seeing all the work being done and the people explaining how, what and when etc was brilliant. The brickwork in places was amazing, especially that last adit with the small bricked tunnel.

Great video Martin 👍👍

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Alan

Thanks you Martin for nice video see you next time ❤❤

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you MrSteffen

Great video Martin, it was good of the CRT and AMCO to take you. God bless

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Darren

Be nice if they opened it to the public. I'll love to visit this place

Had a few walks up Pule hill of late with my dogs....the fence is down around that shaft which is full of water.....u put a go pro down that a while ago. Its a lovely area for walking, we seen 2 paragliders up there getting their gear set up.

Some clever engineers should design a catchment for that constant stream of shaft water to drive a turbine generator. Might be enough to supply the infrastructure. Good information on this fabulous tunnel system. 👌🏼

iv been through all the way what an amazing experience! wow :D

OMG no cuppa tea n cake 🍰 as always an excellent video

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately no brew on this one Wendy 😀

Loved that video. How exciting going thru those tunnels. What a lot of work going on. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you Linda

Now that's a great journey of tunnels! What a fab creation.

I can't imagine building those tunnels in the 1800's! Difficult to imagine the labour involved. Thanks for giving us this amazing look at the internal structure of the tunnels Martin. 👏

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Yep true, actually commenced in 1795

... and thank you Martin for taking us there

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

No worries

Your original Standedge video has to be one of my favourite videos, and we invited you to FoWT on the back of it. Really great to see you back there and giving us an update. And of course very jealous 😁

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

and the rest was history Mike 😄👍

@simontay4851

Ай бұрын

WTF is FoWT????!!! Say the whole words!

G'day Matin, fantastic Video, you boys have had a great adventure, l must have a ride on a boat through that tunnel when next in the UK, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Yes I would highly recommend it

I was laughing at the water coming in at the air shafts thinking ooh England we're indoors and dry.

this video is fantastic one of your best 👍

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you Chris 👍

Epic!!!

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

😄👍

Thank you for the tour.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Cracking film, thank you👍

It amazes how much work would of had to be put in to dig 3 miles of tunnel in the 1800’s and 600ft deep shafts 🤯 It takes long enough with our modern day boring machine

Brilliant! Thanks a lot Martin and everyone - great to see what's being done.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers Ray

Fantastic. What a great amazing day out for you. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Filming spot on. Well done. Loved it.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Shirley, it certainly was a great day

Very interesting Martin - Thanks for sharing 😊🚂🚂🚂

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you Jimy

@Jimyjames73

Ай бұрын

@@MartinZero Your Welcome 😊🚂🚂🚂

Thanks :)

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

No problem! 👍

Fantastic video of some modern communication engineeering for some very impressive canal-age engineering. Looks a vital and much needed project to improve the safety of 20C navigators. Thank you.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers Malcolm

Nice one...!!

Thank you Martin for another video on the Standege tunnels, I've only managed to cross them by the trains yet.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers Daniel

That was a great opportunity to see so much more of this fascinating tunnel. Top video!

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks you and yes its a fascinating place

Did the tour into the tunnel last year. Loved it

Interesting to see the developments taking place, though a bit sad to think that the old railway tunnels will no longer be accessible. I walked through them in the 1980s, and my experience was similar to the earlier video you made on the tunnels.

Nice one Morris 👍

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Cheers Selwyn 👍

Great video Martin. ;)

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thanks Rob

Another super informative video Martin. You have put a lot of work into producing this, thank you.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

Great to see inside the Standedge Tunnels once again with some fantastic filming and commentary Martin. What I don't understand is why, or the appearance of, making it more difficult to escape from the canal to the safety of the old railway tunnels Martin.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

The old tunnel is the obvious and most safe choice

@martin4787

Ай бұрын

@@MartinZero I agree Martin.

@simontay4851

Ай бұрын

Escape from what though? There is nothing to escape from. Has anyone ever actually drowned in the canal? Probably not. The old rail tunnel wouldn't save you from drowning anyway. It just looks like an over complicated, very expensive and unnecessary system. There was nothing wrong with the old system.

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thing is it’s 3 miles long. Boats are down there for almost 2 hours going through. You have to think of medical emergencies. Possible rock collapse (although there hasn’t been a serious one) but it would be irresponsible to have a tunnel that long and deep with no communication or escape plan.

@martin4787

Ай бұрын

@@simontay4851 Fire possibly. It just seems bizarre to me blocking off possible escape routes from the canal.

God that brings back memories Martin well done keep the videos coming

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Yeah, that was a good trip in there 👍

fabulous video again , Thank you love liz x

@MartinZero

Ай бұрын

Thank you Liz