Tinnitus Culvert / Emery Creek
There are parts of the city that are wastelands, and the Emery creek corridor is probabily the least attractive of them all. A hydro corridor runs close to a highway, and a rail line also runs North through the area into a light industrial area. An abandoned mall sites empty on a huge lot next door as well. Emery creek also runs through the area and is partially buried as it runs underneath an apartment complex. I’m not quite sure why the buildings are built right onto a watershed, but it accounts for the large size of the culvert, one of the largest in the city, and certainly the only one that is made of corrugated metal at this size other then its big brother, ‘not so tough now‘ nearby.
I’ve visited this several times and have always found it photogenic and enjoyable. Its pretty short at around 700m but has a few changes in it where it goes from corrugated metal to a mix of concrete and cmp and concrete before going back to concrete and cmp again. The scale of the culvert is what I liked about it the most. You don’t generally see something quite this short, and large very often. The first time I went in via the outfall and decided to leave via the inlet we emerged from the valley all we saw were dead logs, heavy machinery and random bits of junk. We had no idea where we were! Another trip I took a friend of mine who had never been in a drain and she really enjoyed it. We even discovered that we had good cell phone reception and met up with some other drainers in the pipe. The city of York has a pretty interesting topography, and although I’ve never been found of seeing houses built right next to industry, or apartments directly on watersheds, it makes for some interesting photography.
The long bus ride back however, is a different subject altogether.
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admin July 7th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
indeed! Probably the best place for ‘em!