MANHOLE COVER LOVERS

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There must be billions of them in the world. We pass them every day. We walk on them. We do not take any notice of them. They are heavy, and usually made of cast iron. They come in many different shapes, sizes and patterns. Look, and you will find them everywhere.

What are they? MANHOLE COVERS, that provide access to local service systems such as water, electricity, gas, and telecommunications.

Post photos of any interesting ones you find here.

Location: Sigean, France
Members: 28
Latest Activity: Dec 10

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i noticed 2 on a short walk and wished I had brought my small art supply bag as it contains 2 bare crayons red and black to make "rubbings" of embossed , interesting surfaces. This is near home so…Continue

Started by Stephanie Lentz Morrison. Last reply by Stephanie Lentz Morrison Sep 2, 2023.

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on June 21, 2021 at 11:43am: me thinks some are surveyors' markers?

They are often brass and tiny, smaller than a bottle cap.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on June 21, 2021 at 11:40am: Tiny street metal in Thessaloniki:

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on June 21, 2021 at 7:54am: Warsaw, as usually ...

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on June 20, 2021 at 11:18am: Two examples form Warsaw, one big and one mysterious extra small.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on June 20, 2021 at 5:10am: MANHOLE COVERS FROM JARINA IN THE NORTH OF HOLLAND

Comment by Irene Sosa on June 18, 2021 at 11:13pm: Very beaitiful!!!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on June 18, 2021 at 3:07pm: A FEW MANHOLE COVERS FROM THE SMALL STREETS IN THE HISTORIC CENTER (which dateS to circa 1675) OF SIGEAN, FRANCE

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on June 18, 2021 at 2:51pm: Thanks for the history of the Borkin Hospital site Cover. Facsinating to know that its' 120+ years old and comes from pre-Revolutionary Russia. Val

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on June 18, 2021 at 2:41pm: Alan B -- thanks. For old times' sake, can you see if you can find a Manhole Cover in Belle Vue Rd, maybe near no 4? Merci. Val

(The rest of the Group may be interested to know I lived at 4 Belle Vue Rd, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex for a few years in the 1970's)

Comment by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 18, 2021 at 12:41pm: Great work of a photographer! :-)

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