Subterranean Stockport - Emma Brown

Subterranean Stockport

By Emma Brown

  • Release Date: 2016-07-15
  • Genre: Photography

Description

Subterranean Stockport reveals a hidden world beneath the streets of Stockport ñ a Greater Manchester town with a rich industrial past. It includes water tunnels from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries ñ excavated to supply water-powered corn and silk mills ñ as well as caves, culverts, sewers, icehouses, and abandoned air-raid shelters.??This book documents the adventures of a group of urban explorers who have spent several years investigating and photographing underground Stockport. With history, anecdotes, sketches, and over 100 colour photographs, Emma Brown has created a unique record of Stockportís forgotten places.

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