{"id":56869,"date":"2024-08-20T23:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T21:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=56869"},"modified":"2024-08-22T23:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T21:38:50","slug":"an-underground-and-not-very-idyllic-tour-along-the-millenary-tyburn-river-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/08\/20\/an-underground-and-not-very-idyllic-tour-along-the-millenary-tyburn-river-london\/","title":{"rendered":"An underground and not very idyllic tour along the millenary Tyburn River, London"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's summer and many people take advantage of this time to take pleasant walks along the banks of a river, enjoying the smell of the grass.<\/p>\n

A recording showing the effects of a storm on a sewer network<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe dark underground world that exists beneath the Twin Cities of Minnesota<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The city of London is known for the river that runs through it, the Thames,<\/strong> but what is much less known to the general public is that this waterway had many tributaries that today run underground, converted into sewers,<\/strong> a phenomenon that is common in large cities. One of these tributaries, located north of the Thames, was the Tyburn River, documented since the 10th century<\/strong>, in the High Middle Ages.<\/p>\n

The River Tyburn was once about 11 kilometres long<\/strong>, rising in South Hampstead (now a very elegant part of the borough of Camden). The river emptied into the Thames in the Pimlico area,<\/strong> next to Vauxhall Bridge (built in 1813). Today the river, if it can still be called that, flows through a culvert and passes under Buckingham Palace<\/strong>, the official residence of the King of England in the British capital.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, the YouTube channel Valdigger<\/a> published the first video of a walk along this ancient river, entering from near Vauxhall Bridge. A less than idyllic walk, which must not have smelled of Chanel No. 5<\/strong> and in which you see small rodents that are not exactly squirrels, but on your summer walks along a river, don't you pass under a royal palace?<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o1kMgmj5rLA<\/p>\n

You can see some screenshots from the video here. The route begins with a relatively new section of sewer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Further ahead we see another older section, with brick walls.<\/strong> On the left there are some kind of anchors that indicate that they have been inspected in January 2023. I don't know what it is, but it looks like the entrance to an old sewer that has been sealed.<\/p>\n

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A cute rodent taking a walk along the river.<\/strong> If this scares you, I'll tell you that recently in my city I saw a bigger rat taking a walk in the middle of the street...<\/p>\n

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Another rat showing off its climbing skills<\/strong>, climbing a ladder in one of the access ducts to this sewer.<\/p>\n

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