After seeing the awesome pictures of this drain online (props to VT Underground), I had to see it for myself. It took a good bit of walking along Emmett St and around the Barracks Rd area but we eventually found it. The entrance to the tunnel is impressive, curving to the right before ending in a large junction room with 2 tunnels and a pipe.
Although this picture is dark, you can see the 2 tunnels on the left, and a small RCP straight ahead. I may check out the small pipe in warmer weather when getting wet wouldn't be a big deal (in 30 degree weather water is your enemy). My friend and I chose the left tunnel (they run parallel to each other).
The 6' rectangular concrete tunnel kept winding back and forth, and it was hard to tell where we were (I knew it was somewhere beneath Barracks Rd).
There were a few of these vertical shafts that were next to the street because we heard cars passing by. At these points you could see into the right-hand tunnel and even switch tunnels if you wanted to.
This was the largest side-pipe that entered the left-hand tunnel.
My partner-in-crime
Crawling into the side tunnel, we could see a couple of areas where sunlight was streaming through.
Looking up from one of the "rooms" down the side tunnel.
We decided against continuing down the side tunnel, so we turned back into the main left-hand tunnel. Farther down, we saw salty, brittle stalactites hanging from the ceiling.
Another vertical shaft, this one covered with plywood. There's plants growing up there in complete darkness. Interesting...
Reaching the end of the drain.
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