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Apr 8, 1995 · They dived for 43 mins in a three to a depth of 9.5 meters and vis was a max of 3ft!! Walking on water. These two were taken in the 1980's. The Handless Corpse. October 15, 1979. Eccleston Delph, a flooded quarry in the heart of Lancashire, was never meant to reveal it's gruesome secret. But the body of Martin Johnstone never hit the bottom.
Eccleston Quarry. Coordinates: 53.6291°N 2.7291°W. Eccleston Quarry is a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. It is also called Eccleston Delph and Eccy Delph (pronounced "ekky"). It is an old stone quarry that flooded. It is a popular site for scuba diving. Visibility is generally very poor and ropes have been strung between each underwater ...
The body landed on a ledge at a depth of about six metres. The adjacent drop went to 20m and was littered with car wrecks. When the quarry was drained, five years ago, 250 car bodies, neatly stacked by vintage, were pulled from the depths.
May 15, 2020 · Quarried stone exposes roots. Eccy Delph is a quarry a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. Objects have been submerged for dive training such as speedboats, a Jet Provost, armoured personnel carriers, a light tank, containers, a concrete tube, and a gnome garden, and a playground. As well as these there are training platforms at various depths ...
Diving conditions and the best time to dive "Eccleston Delph Quarry". Yearly diving conditions of this dive site - expected air temperature, water temperature, current, and visibility. This data is indicative and based on historical data and observations. Air temperature. Water temperature.
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Depth: 22 metres max (72 feet) Visibility: 2 metres (6 feet) Rating: ***. This site is still up-and-coming and cheaper and nearer than Capenwray for training from Manchester and Leeds. The viz is always poor - however it makes for good, safe training for low viz diving. Torches are essential.
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Eccleston Delph, a flooded quarry in the heart of Lancashire, was never meant to reveal its gruesome secret. But the body of Martin Johnstone never hit the bottom. Instead it came to rest on a ledge after the perpetrators of the most notorious deed in the history of crime in the North West, had bundled him over the edge.
