The forgotten longest tunnel in the UK

The forgotten longest tunnel in the UK - The Tyne Tees tunnel.

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In the 1970s a forgotten project to link the river Tyne to the river Tees was built over 6 years and 21 miles long, here is what it looks like today.
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@martinjefferson3395 7 ай бұрын

Back in the 1980s when I was a Town Planning Student we had to do a project on 'Great Planning Disasters'. I chose the Kielder Reservoir. Built at huge public expense in the 1960s and 70s based entirely on duff economic forecasts that predicted exponential gowth in demand for water for the Teesside Steel and chemical industries. Just when it was completed came the Oil Crisis, economic collapse and Thatcherism. The sole economic justification for building it no longer existed. The Northumbrian Water Authority was suddenly left with a huge debt and what is now effectively the largest boating pond in the World. At least those of us in the North East never need drought restrictions, not that we ever did before! This project was and is simply one of the most scandalous and under reported wastes of public and private money ever.

@wideyxyz2271 5 ай бұрын

HS2 says hold my beer!

@andycap6786 5 ай бұрын

And I bet that some of those that planned it are propping up the bar in some country pub (on a big fat pension), telling anyone that will listen, that they had an important job and they were much better at it than any of the others they worked with! The worlds full of them. Meanwhile the country continues to go down the drain, pun intended!

@chrisst8922 5 ай бұрын

In London the taxpayer payed millions for a de-salination plant to provide plentiful water because we have hose-pipe bans all the time. Then they found found that running it would reduce profits so they switched it off and paid themselves more bonus.

@G6JPG 5 ай бұрын

Need pipelines to Essex/Kent!

@chrisst8922 5 ай бұрын

@@G6JPG Kinda like a national grid for water. Like they do for gas, and communications, and fuel, and electricity. No, that'll never work.

@beachbum4691 Жыл бұрын

A big thank you; both for making this video: and to those who took the trouble to tell us what it was built to do? (It's a water transfer tunnel of exceptional length)

@larrytodd3667 9 ай бұрын

I remember having to do some NDT testing on some welded sections in that tunnel. I was a bloody big pipe I can tell you. That was around 24 years or so ago, I can't remember now. I had forgotten all about it until I came across your post. Thank you.

@darleytransportandtravel6353 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful clear and friendly presentation. No obtrusive music. Well done. I had not previously heard of this tunnel. I wish I had a digital reverb in my studio that was as good as the echo you demonstrated!

@geordiedog1749 10 ай бұрын

Never knew about this. Cheers. Right under my feet the whole time.

@livingonthetyne Жыл бұрын

The Tyne Tees Tunnel (also known as the Kielder Water Transfer Scheme), is an important part of water management in the North East of England. It allows for water to be released from Kielder reservoir down the Tyne to Riding Mill, where it can then be pumped via pipeline into the Wear and Tees Rivers. The scheme comprises of several assets including a 4 mile long pumping main, pumping station, head tanks, inspection shafts, river outlets and the very impressive 21 mile tunnel which carries water under the moors to the Wear and Tees. At the time of writing, it is unknown how often the scheme is used to pump water between the rivers.

@georgeedwardscott8161 Жыл бұрын

thank you for info. i never knew that ffs. fucking love you dude. no homo lol

@alandixon7948 11 ай бұрын

How do you know this all I knew about was the tunnel but not what it was for it is great info thanks

@wideyxyz2271 5 ай бұрын

Its not been used for Donkeys!

@yips_way 5 ай бұрын

@@wideyxyz2271 no, thankfully it was for water, not donkeys or any animals. Well spotted 🤣

@G6JPG 5 ай бұрын

@@wideyxyz2271 No, that would be cruel 🙂

@terrym1964 5 ай бұрын

Are you lot all deaf ? I could hear perfectly well what he was saying. There's a thing on your TV remote called volume control ...amazing what happens when you turn it up 🙄

@G6JPG 5 ай бұрын

Yes, I could hear him (even given him a "like"). Just wonder why he _did_ use such a low level. There's a control on your video editing software too.

@andypetadixon 11 ай бұрын

I am amazed that this exists. Some engineering there. Kept quiet. Echoes from the Stanhope area? Wow!

@rich_devoto Жыл бұрын

Ooh fascinating! Right, I'm off to have a look, I'm only a few miles from Riding Mill. Here's hoping the Weardale Railway has a miracle resurrection too.

@Yorkshiremadmick 5 ай бұрын

Well done on documenting the route it’s great history that rightly needs preservation and documentation

@petermccormick3003 5 ай бұрын

My father worked on the tunnel concreting in the 70s and early 80s there’s air shafts at waskerley and sharnberry fells also

@colinbrown7310 10 ай бұрын

The Tyne WEAR Tees tunnel. Land of the three rivers remember!

@Yorkshiremadmick 5 ай бұрын

The Tweed, the Coquet, the Wansbeck also

@darrenrussell8980 5 ай бұрын

How strange never heard of this. I was just to the west of Hamsterley forest a while back and there was this bizarre little building which also had a visible normal brick skin then an outer more traditional stone one, also securely locked up. I presumed it was something water related. Just looked at your map again in the video and the tunnel line goes right through where i saw it so obviously an inspection entrance building like the ones you found!

@darrenrussell8980 5 ай бұрын

Ah it was the sharnberry airshaft I found

@EllieMaes-Grandad 4 ай бұрын

There are other long tunnels in UK, bringing water to Brum from Wales and to Manchester from the Lake District.

@geordieceltic2 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating video, thank you.

@nigel8247 5 ай бұрын

Your voice is fine. Makes a change from the normal mouthy ones on here… 👍

@lalaloo0 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if anyone has been down this tunnel? It seems very well built for water works!

@livingonthetyne Жыл бұрын

I would imagine it has some kind of duel purpose. Especially if there is a grant to bring it up to spec then it’s most definitely still in use. Wouldn’t surprise me if there is a bunker down there too.

@craigix Жыл бұрын

@@livingonthetyne I looked in to that possibility. There are rumours there is more down there, but I decided to leave it out the video unless I get some more evidence.

@tumslucks9781 Жыл бұрын

@@livingonthetyne *Dual. 👍

@Talkathon408 Жыл бұрын

@@livingonthetyne en garde!

@DaveBrown1 4 ай бұрын

Good video and information, thanks it was news to me

@kateanddavelacey2267 5 ай бұрын

When Britain had forward planning and could build big projects outside of London!

@R55LSD 5 ай бұрын

I live local and never even knew about this.

@HiekerMJ 5 ай бұрын

Like something from the 1980s serial 'The Edge of Darkness.'

@EllieMaes-Grandad 4 ай бұрын

If this water link isn't used a lot these days it's because the catchment area for the three rivers has seen no shortage of rain for many years . . .

@andrewhirst8403 5 ай бұрын

Interesting 👍

@alastairbradley2308 10 ай бұрын

As I recall lt was used a few years ago during a hot summer to pump water that was transported in tankers to Yorkshire! Sorry but My memories are very vague.

@andrewsanderson2591 5 ай бұрын

Round about 1996 ; they built a loading gantry at Sadberge,near Darlington. Tankers had to go down the A19,and back up the A1. There were a couple of scary incidents that probably weren't made public,but I heard there was a tanker load of orange juice tipped in the water by mistake.

@johnmccallum8512 5 ай бұрын

That would be the1976 drought which broke soon after that opperation.

@jimspeed1388 5 ай бұрын

I remember that job as I was an apprentice at the Daf dealership in Darlo and operators were buying any old tractor unit that could pull a tanker.

@HFamilyDad 4 ай бұрын

Can you go back and show us what was inside the grid at the end a bit more clearly please

@stevemufford7873 5 ай бұрын

Interesting i didn't know that it existed

@rogerc7960 5 ай бұрын

When it's in flood, you'll be thankful it exists.

@soundhead6971 5 ай бұрын

Jordan?

@jimmyoconnell6167 5 ай бұрын

I am from Newcastle never heard of the tunnel

@G6JPG 5 ай бұрын

Do you know about the Jarrow pedestrian one?

@alandixon7948 11 ай бұрын

You need to get a lock picking set

@alanhenwood5315 7 ай бұрын

whats with the whispering ?

@maureenharris3845 5 ай бұрын

This is called the Tyne Tunnel.... crosses under the river Tyne and ends just outside of South Shields goes nowhere near the Pennines or the River Tees! I live close to the Tyne Tunnel and have done since it opened. Where on earth have you got this ridiculous information from?

@tonyf68 5 ай бұрын

the Tyne Tunnel is a completely different tunnel to the one that this video is about. As you’ll know from living near it, the Tyne Tunnel is now two road tunnels which take the A19 under the Tyne, between East Howdon and Jarrow. The tunnel that’s featured in this video is a water transfer tunnel (not a road tunnel), much further along the Tyne valley, to move water (if it’s needed) from Kielder to the river Tees (through the North Pennines).

@maureenharris3845 5 ай бұрын

@@tonyf68 I've no idea about any other tunnel under the Tyne, except for the pedestrian tunnel between Howdon and Jarrow... to be honest, I'd never heard of the tunnel you refer to but that's probably as it's only a tunnel to regulate the water from the Kielder reservoir and is never mentioned anywhere. Perhaps those who live closer to this tunnel/pipeline are well aware of it, it's more over to the west, well away from the Tynemouth area where I live.

@patriciaclark6171 21 күн бұрын

Wrong tunnel, this is not what you’re describing 😢

@dionomed9144 Жыл бұрын

You should talk a bit quieter, we can just about make our what you're saying :p

@craigix Жыл бұрын

Ha, I can't stand youtube videos where they are really loud. It jolts me awake when I'm listening to videos at night 😅

@davidworsley7969 11 ай бұрын

Shhhh....... @@craigix

@jono1457-qd9ft 9 ай бұрын

He has to talk quietly. It's a secret mission. He doesn't want to get caught.

@dweathereddecorator 5 ай бұрын

Stop whispering, it sounds weird.

@royksk 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting but that fake ASMR voiceover is really annoying. I think it's meant to make us feel like co-conspirators in a covert mission 😎😎

@135Ops 10 ай бұрын

A very interesting video but the audio is terrible very boomy and difficult to hear, I think you need a shroud on your mic or maybe don't get so close to it when you speak.