Hendrick’s Folly : Old Guilford Avenue Diversion Tunnel

After leaving the Goliath Chamber : Junction Chamber II , the explorer enters into an ancient like vestibule, only seen by few.  A passage into another outset, a unseen threshold of buried time . It is as symbolic as it is literal. Because at this point of the journey, you have crossed into the original, old Guilford Avenue […]

Guilford Avenue Junction : Goliath Chamber

Approximately 800-1000 meters, deep inside this stormsewer, lies a transition point from new to old. Its massive so some people always called it the Goliath Chamber. It is the Junction Chamber that converges the 2 1959’s built tunnels into 1 tunnel. The ceiling of the sewer increases in height furthermore. Its the largest chamber in the […]

JFX Diversion Tunnels

| Upper Jones Falls Conduits: JFX Diversion Tunnel | Build Dates: 1959 Features: Massive 9.1m H x 7.6m W (30’x 25′) Modern 50’s build construction, Proceeding past Junction Chamber 1, Triple Barrel Hall , the 3 intake conduits converge into 2 massive hallway like tunnels,running in parallel. Again these conduits composition are made up of […]

JFX Triple Barrel Junction Chamber | Triple Barrel Hall

It is at this point where the infall tunnel conduits go from 3 tunnel conduits into 2 massive tunnel conduits. The transition point involves a significant increase in the grade. There is an almost terrorizing like roar, a prominent change in acoustics can be heard ahead, as the now buried Jones Falls river quickly drops […]

Jonesy’s Nares : JFX Intake/Infall Tunnels

The intake tunnels are of the modern rectangular barrel conduits like shape. They are approximately 4.5-5.5 meters (15-18ft) high and 5.5-6.0 meters (18-20ft) wide. These tunnels were constructed in the late 1950’s. There were constructed to encaspulate the river further more, to make way for the Jones Falls Expressway (JFX) / Interstate 83 which is […]