Wingohocking Sewer
Videos & Photos
and other sewer videos found on YouTube
The first three videos were shot in Juniata Park, near I and Ramona Streets in Philadelphia, just downstream from where Tacony Creek and the 21' by 24' outfall of the Wingohocking Creek Sewer combine to form Frankford Creek, across from the Juniata Park Golf Course. Chris Dougherty's video (from his erudite and informative blog about Philadelphia, necessity for ruins) focuses on the overflowing sewer. The other two videos, by Youtube user Yashea, focus on the high flow in Frankford Creek during an August 2009 storm. Yashea (who should let me know her real name, so I can give her proper credit here) was clearly using this as an educational opportunity for her two children. The high water and the amount of trash and debris that flow past their overlook are a sad commentary on the state of urban streams today.
Also included below are: a link to a Discovery Channel sewer inspection
tour, which would have grossed out even me, a veteran
of two tours in much larger sewers; two videos about San Francisco's
sewer system produced by the SF Public Utilities Commission; and photos
of the Wingohocking outfall by Dave Tavani and me. PLEASE NOTE that
sewers are dangerous even in dry weather, because of the possibility
of flash flooding and the accumulation of noxious gases, and should
never be entered by anyone but trained sewer maintenance personnel.
For information on PWD's annual Wingohocking Creek Wateshed Tour, usually held in October, visit the website of the tour's co-sponsor, the Mt. Airy Learning Tree.
The History of Philadelphia's Watersheds and Sewers
Historical Consultant
Philadelphia Water Department
necessity for ruins — January 17, 2010 — Wingohocking Creek outfall during rainstorm
Yashea — Frankford Creek "Rapids" — August 2, 2009
Yashea — A shorter video made at the same location
on the same day
A Discovery Channel 2007 sewer inspection, probably in
San Francisco, can be found at this
link.
This sewer was smaller than the ones I walked through, and given the number
of cockroaches I may not have been able to tour this one (unless, like the
TV reporter, I was paid lots of money to do it).
Two interesting videoa describing the sewer system of San Francisco can be viewed below.
The San Francisco Sewer System: Discovering the city under
The City (Part 1), by SFPUC Communications
The San Francisco Sewer System: Discovering the city under
The City (Part 2), by SFPUC Communications
Photographs of the Wingohocking Sewer Outfall,
2008
(Captions are on the images; click thumbnail to enlarge.)
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