Tunnels under Whiteinch

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Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby halfbottle » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:01 pm

came across this hidden beauty on a random poke about the industrial side of whiteinch

not sure wether it has something to do with the war or the old grannery/ships etc

anyway have a look at the pics

foto cred: chedder-ring

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anyone else been down here?
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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby halfbottle » Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:16 pm

do the pics not work?

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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby Its_a_gamp » Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:21 pm

I can see the pics fine!
Due to cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel is off until further notice!
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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby cheezr » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:17 pm

ive been there! ;)
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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby Delmont St Xavier » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:27 pm

Where is there? I live in the area and cannot fathom where they are, although I have a suspicion.....
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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby allyharp » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:13 pm

What was that in the bucket? :?
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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby Doorstop » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:32 pm

That's what kebabs are made from. *nods*
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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby yoker brian » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:08 pm

I've been down similar tunnels in Whiteinch / Scotstoun probably about 15 years ago - I think the ones on the orignal post are along south st closer to the JOrdanvale Ind Estate / towards the Granary.

The ones I was down were in what is now the WH Malcolm Yard between Barclay Curle & First Bus - it used to be occupied by Corus Distribution.

Basically they were service tunnels (roughly 6ft by 6ft although it got narrower in places) with all sorts of electrical trunking/cabinets - i was told they were used to power the huge dockside cranes that used to operate on the quayside when it was a ship yard (the slipways are still in existance), we went down one night shift and spent a good 30 mins walking from one end to the other exploring and dodging several very large rats.

The tunnel was about 3 or 4 meters from the quay wall under with about 3ft of heavily reinforced concrete above your head - there was no openings on they quay wall probably to prevent flooding of cables.

I can confirm that all the electrical gubbins / cabling was removed before Corus moved out about 5 years ago now, and I think the access door was sealed permantly.
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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby TEAMSANO » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:40 pm

where is this, cheesey?
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Re: Tunnels under Whiteinch

Postby stanton » Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:07 pm

is this the tunnel thats next to the clyde and just south of the whiteinch high flat?? it looks like the same one.
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