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Winter Hill Water Tunnel Exploration
Sections of the tunnel system can be explored internally in many areas through collapses in the roof structure and presumably via conduit exits although no locations are currently known for the latter. The internal height of the tunnels is generally 3-4 feet and can be negotiated in a crouch. The tunnel in the picture above, located near Montcliffe is built on a fairly steep incline and is somewhat low in height.
Although the exploration of the water tunnel system is arguably less dangerous than potholing or mine exploration, extreme care should be taken as the condition and contents of the unexplored system could be hazardous. In some areas the tunnel system seems to still function effectively and during wet weather some sections of tunnel have been observed carrying large volumes of fast moving water so as to fill the tunnels to the roof. It may be possible for a seemingly dry tunnel to flood with water fairly rapidly.
Most of the known tunnel sections appear close to the ground surface but the wells can be deep and further unexplored underground structures could be found, at this point apart from the possible regulatory aspects of the system with regard to the water table no human controlable features have been observed but in nearby Delph Hill close to the site of another early reservoir, the above ground control mechanisms for underground sluices and valves were present until recent years. Today, the housing building for the controls can be seen but the old valve wheel and shaft has rusted away.
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