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UER Forum > Canada: Ontario > What is this thing? Drain Chamber? (Viewed 2395 times)
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What is this thing? Drain Chamber?
< on 7/8/2014 1:32 PM >
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Hei, I stumbled upon this construction site on Eglington Ave just east of the Etobicoke Creek.

It is a pretty wide diameter hole with a smaller concrete dropshaft going a lot deeper. I did not dare go down the dropshaft, only down into the construction pit. I still nope out of stuff too early, that thing looked intense...

Any clue or ideas what this is used for? There is a fairly documented stormdrain nearby, but this thing looks too deep and the outfall is very close, just to be an access shaft for that. here was a pump running the whole time, probably to drain out ground water at the bottom. Is this an access to a sanitary sewer running under Etobicoke creek? The top part of that shaft sat next to the large hole and had two access on top, one looks like it's for the ladder and the other as sewage inflow.

The construction site looked a lot like the watermain construction downtown, which made me check it out in the first place. The watermain construction is awesome and has really amazing construction sites with incredibly deep shafts that had tiny railways going into the tunnels at the bottom. Didn't stomach to climb down there either though :-(

I've attached the three best pictures, which are still pretty bad in hindsight...


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Really interested in the intended function of this thing.
Access shaft for sanitary sewer?
Maybe an interception directing the storm drain it into the regular sanitary sewer?

I have a few more pictures and a video I can share if someone is really interested.




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Re: What is this thing? Drain Chamber?
< Reply # 1 on 7/8/2014 10:11 PM >
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My guess would be that they're digging a tunnel for power lines, but I'm really not sure. It looks similar to a site nearer to me, which I know is for underground power lines. Look around the area for some signs; they should mention what the project is, or at least give a link to a website.




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Re: What is this thing? Drain Chamber?
< Reply # 2 on 7/9/2014 4:29 AM >
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looks interesting... =)




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Re: What is this thing? Drain Chamber?
< Reply # 3 on 7/9/2014 6:58 AM >
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Looks very interesting

It doesn't look like the two things I was thinking it might be prior to looking at the photos; a GPT or a reservoir for harvesting rain water (they've started doing this in my neck of the woods).

Keen to see what it is.

Secret tunnel to the centre of the Earth?




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For powerlines it seems a bit too deep, unless they want to cross etobicoke creek with it, and on that note, this is in Mississauga, they have enough space to just do it for cheap overground.

There is no note attached to that construction site, but it's right next to a huge construction site for Spectrum Square or some shit, looks like a huge office site. I couldn't find a construction notice on the internet either, except stuff about the Mississauga BRT.

As for a reservoir, too deep as well I think, unless that thing alone would be the reservoir. But there is quite some open space next to it, could have just made a bigger open dig and built it for cheap there.




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Re: What is this thing? Drain Chamber?
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if this is in Mississauga it's probably one of two things, one of which is considerably higher profile than the other. I'm not going to name them here because I've been eyeing them closely and have been biding my time to investigate further.




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< Reply # 6 on 7/9/2014 9:40 PM >
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Mushroom farm?
Deathstar vent shaft?




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< Reply # 7 on 7/10/2014 11:54 PM >
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PFFT-Grab a pair of golf balls and go check it out.




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Posted by Dougo
Mushroom farm?
Deathstar vent shaft?


This is about what first came to mind for me. What awesome find are you hiding here, terapr0?




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