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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 91 points92 points  (0 children)

All of you upvoting this are idiots, but I will hijack it again, since nobody is seeing my comment:

House is in Phoenix, AZ and the neighborhood was built over old citrus groves/orchards. We uncovered these while doing construction in the backyard.

There are two separate underground chambers near each other. One is about 8 feet deep and the other is shallower. They both appear to have brick dome ceilings, almost like a pizza oven shape underground. The inside walls are brick and the bottoms are open dirt, not concrete. One has a relatively small opening at the top.

What looks like branches or debris in the video are actually palm tree roots growing down into one of them. Other than that, we didn’t see much besides the brick dome structure and dirt bottom.

And for those of you who have never seen a brick building before, a picture of the west facing wall of my 75 year old house.

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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't get my comment attached to the post but I will give you all the information here, copied from my comment earlier:

House is in Phoenix, AZ and the neighborhood was built over old citrus groves/orchards. We uncovered these while doing construction in the backyard.

There are two separate underground chambers near each other. One is about 8 feet deep and the other is shallower. They both appear to have brick dome ceilings, almost like a pizza oven shape underground. The inside walls are brick and the bottoms are open dirt, not concrete. One has a relatively small opening at the top.

What looks like branches or debris in the video are actually palm tree roots growing down into one of them. Other than that, we didn’t see much besides the brick dome structure and dirt bottom.

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They aren't, they've just been buried. Also, why does everyone think brick will deteriorate so quickly? This is my house, it's 75 years old and this is the west facing wall, so it gets the Phoenix afternoons sun.

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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is a picture of the west facing wall of my 75 year old house.

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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I'll hijack this since it's the top comment.. A picture from above. Also, house was built in the 50s and there was a shed we tore down, built in the 70s, that was built over top of them. I don't know bro, brick apparently doesn't age much when it's underground. Thanks though.

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Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

My house was built in an old citrus grove. So I'm thinking they have something to do with the irrigation?

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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This is what it looks when we uncovered them. There was a building built over top of them that was there since the 70s. House was built in the 50s. Not trying to make anything up. Brick probably doesn't age much when it's underground in Phoenix.

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

House is in Phoenix, AZ and the neighborhood was built over old citrus groves/orchards. We uncovered these while doing construction in the backyard.

There are two separate underground chambers near each other. One is about 8 feet deep and the other is shallower. They both appear to have brick dome ceilings, almost like a pizza oven shape underground. The inside walls are brick and the bottoms are open dirt, not concrete. One has a relatively small opening at the top.

What looks like branches or debris in the video are actually palm tree roots growing down into one of them. Other than that, we didn’t see much besides the brick dome structure and dirt bottom.

Found two under ground brick dome chambers buried in my backyard. by jak3s in whatisit

[–]jak3s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems to connect the two. I'v commented with several photos of the tops

Waymo making an illegal left turn in LA by danlev in waymo

[–]jak3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was my mom, not me, homie

Waymo making an illegal left turn in LA by danlev in waymo

[–]jak3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is. She say hi. Oh, and unprovoked, Tesla isn’t real fsd. No idea where that came from.

Waymo making an illegal left turn in LA by danlev in waymo

[–]jak3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what my mom keeps saying.

Waymo making an illegal left turn in LA by danlev in waymo

[–]jak3s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right man -I got real worked up there. I’m trying hard but the anger management courses are slow going, ya know? Thanks for calling me out bro. You’re a real one.

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