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PvilleStang

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So a buddy and I were looking at a map of Austin, and found a spring fed quary between 183 and Mopac, on Braker lane. Supposedly, Pure Austin either owns it or is renting it from UT. So my question, has anyone dove it? I hear there's crap to look at down there, but I'd like to find out if anyone's attempted it. Let me know:

Kevin
 
Way back in the day, it used to be a party hang out spot for kids in NW austin. I have dove it a couple of time, many, many moons ago. The water was often kinda nasty, and vis sucked except in winter, when would open up a bit if no rain recently. Only plus at time was that people dumped vehicles in it after joy rides, so always chance of coming on a vehicle, and someone else said they had seen some other equipment left from quarry ops, but I only ran across an old truck(maybe from quarry ops) and a lot of trash. Usually a dive there would leave a pretty funky smell that was hard to get out of equipment, so only dove there a couple of times, usually in response to rumours that someone had just dumped a car into it. Now I think they have made kinda a park area out of it there behind those office complexes and the power station near 183 and Braker. Have no idea if anyone still attempts a dive there or whether it would be legal (don't think it really was when we were diving it, just a drive down a 4 by trail to a big hole full of water).
 
Hey dude, I have dived there. Nothing to see, move along. Vis is really bad. Spent 2 hours in it because we had heard there was a crane down there which hit a spring and that is how it flooded. We did not fine a crane. Depth was around 30 ft.

L
 
... I drive past it nearly every day and was wondering myself!
 

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