Andy Cave's Expedition Underground

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Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct, an extraordinary Victorian system using only gravity to carry water for 94 miles from the Lake District to a million homes in Manchester. Opened in 1894, this remarkable engineering feat was closed for maintenance during October 2007.

Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct.

Duration

30 minutes

Genre

Science And Nature
Factual

Station

Radio 4

Episodes

First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
20071218	20080827 (R4)	Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct, an extraordinary Victorian system using only gravity to carry water for 94 miles from the Lake District to a million homes in Manchester. Opened in 1894, this remarkable engineering feat was closed for maintenance during October 2007. Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct.

Episodes

First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
20071218	20080827 (R4)	Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct, an extraordinary Victorian system using only gravity to carry water for 94 miles from the Lake District to a million homes in Manchester. Opened in 1894, this remarkable engineering feat was closed for maintenance during October 2007. Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct.