MANHOLE COVER LOVERS

and "X" marks the spot?

This design is on a manhole cover near the City Hall, too:

Next strange example from Warsaw, Poland. 

IN New Orleans, we are very proud of our covers!

That's a beauty, Bonnie! :-)

New examples from Warsaw, Poland.

New examples from Warsaw, Poland.

New examples from Warsaw, Poland

NEPO = "water" in Athens today:

and why do I want to say " IT IT IT"?

New example from Warsaw, Poland.

Thanks once again, Raphael. I reckon you have sent me 80 manhole covers so far -- keep on going!

I was surprised to see the last one from Warsaw was a Veolia manhole cover. I have spent a lot of time in the last six months fighting with  Veolia France. Who's winning? It's hard to say -- I haven't paid the ridiculous invoice they have sent me, and they haven't cut off my water.

Here's a blast from the past by Bobbi Mastrangelo on January 18, 2014:

https://iuoma-network.ning.com/photo/city-of-orlando-small?context=...

TWO MORE FROM SIGEAN, FRANCE

Aqua porta

Watergate

New example from Poznań (Posen), Poland.

New example from Poznań (Posen), Poland.

New example from Poznań (Posen), Poland.

New example from Poznań (Posen), Poland.

New example from Warsaw. Strange thing - this element was dedicated to Kraków (Cracow,/Krakau) Community. But is located now in Warsaw.

New example from Warsaw.

New example from Warsaw....

New examples from Warsaw....

New example from Warsaw....

New example from Warsaw....

TWO POSTCARDS OF MANHOLE COVERS 'From a series of 12 silkscreens --original size, 65 x 65cms by Paul Baars.

Thanks to Mother Brandow

New example from Warsaw....

TWO ROUND MANHOLE COVERS FROM SIGEAN, FRANCE

Traveller Mikhail Timofeev saw in Poland, in Łódź, near Księży Młyn, on Fabryczna Street, a manhole with a Russian inscription:
Zell Brothers Construction Office, 1910.

The manhole has been in place for over a century! Photo by Michal Timofeev.

New example from Warsaw....

Dear Ilya, in Poland you can still see such artefacts in many places. They are a remnant of when in the 19th century, until 1918, Poland was ruled by three states: Russia, Prussia and Ausrto-Hungary. In western Poland there are, for example, such elements with German inscriptions.

My sincere greetings in these difficult times.

 Raphael

Дорогой Илья, в Польше во многих местах еще можно увидеть такие артефакты. Они являются пережитком того времени, когда в 19 веке, до 1918 года, Польшей управляли три государства: Россия, Пруссия и Австро-Венгрия. В западной Польше, например, есть такие предметы с немецкими надписями. Мои искренние поздравления в это трудное время.

New example from Warsaw....

FROM ANTONIO BIANCO FROM NAPOLI: GRAZIE!

Chicago, IL.

I HAVE GOT MY VERY OWN MANHOLE COVER (plaque d'égout)!

One of the local roads was being resurfaced and this plaque was going to be thrown out, but I rescued it.

And, as France is having the first round of it's Presidential election tomorrow, I decided to 'France-ify' my Very Own Manhole Cover

Tomorrow? Vote Early! Vote Often! VOTEZ DE GAULLE!!

Congratulations, VMH!  Few are saved as most are cast aside.

New example from Warsaw....  

Nijmeegsche ijzergieterij = iron foundry of Nijmegen (the Netherlands)

And congratulations, Valentine, your first very own manhole cover, that sounds great! (And must weigh a lot)

Examples from Interlaken, Switzerland.

Example from Gdańsk (Danzig) - a pre-1945 element, survived the war effort and destruction in the city in its place.

Example from Gdańsk (Danzig) - - a relief depicting Neptune, one of the symbols of Gdańsk as a port city located on the Baltic Sea.

Next examples from Gdańsk (Danzig).

Next examples from Gdańsk (Danzig).

Next examples from Gdańsk (Danzig).

Photo not made by me but by the author/artist of this book, who also changed the surroundings of this manhole cover :-) , David Zinn:

New examples from Warsaw.

I can't seem to open the Zinn ohoto, Heleen.  Can you post the actual photo, please?

Thanks, Val

I posted it from my phone. I'll have a new try, from my laptop, hopefully it makes it visible:

Also found on his website: https://zinnart.com/store/#!/NEW-Chance-Encounters-Temporary-Street-Art-by-David-Zinn/p/456607309/

And there's an other fun altered manhole cover on his website.