MANHOLE COVER LOVERS

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.

Thanks Heleen. I'll look at Zinn's webside now. Regards, Val

Example from Poznań (Posen).

Example from Poznań (Posen).

Example from Poznań (Posen).

From the 5-day trip to Athens:

ONE OF THE LOCAL STREETS IS, OR RATHER WAS, BEING DUG UP...AND LOOK WHAT THEY FOUND (this is courtesy if Google Translate)

"The rue de Cap de Roc renovation project is experiencing an unexpected twist. During the construction of the last well giving access to the rainwater pipes via the manhole covers, a large tooth in perfect condition was discovered on Tuesday, March 29, and a local resident, passionate about prehistory, left no doubt: "it comes from the jawbone of a Mosasaurus, a giant reptile living in the Upper Cretaceous, 80 million years ago”.

And we learn that this marine reptile, a giant 17 meters long weighing 15 tons, breathed in the open air and fed on turtles, squid and fish. Covering the road with a layer of asphalt would destroy any chance of discovering the entire skeleton nearby, which is why the site was stopped dead. This Friday, the portion of rue de Cap de Roc between rue des Cigales and rue Georges Guynemer will, with great care, be fully opened to a depth of five meters in order to find the bones. Since all car traffic is impossible, for the inhabitants stuck in the last housing estate, unable to be airlifted, a project for a temporary wooden footbridge is under study. The excavations are scheduled for a period of three months, hoping to be able to enrich the treasures of the Corbières de Sigean museum with the skeleton of the Mosasaurus.

HERE'S A MAN IN A MANHOLE WHERE THE TOOTH WAS FOUND,  AND HERE IS THE TOOTH

A new example from Warsaw - in the corner of the photo you can see the line of the former Warsaw Ghetto wall, which separated the Jewish quarter from the rest of the city during World War II, marked at pavement level .

A new example from Warsaw..... full of sun.

Example from Warsaw.....

New example from Warsaw .....

Taken in Antwerp, Belgium:

Next example from Warsaw ....

Next example from Warsaw ....

Two in Amsterdam:

Two more in Amsterdam: 

(‘Vuil water’ means ‘dirty water’)

Manhole covers in Zürich, Switzerland:

Manhole cover in Koblenz, Germany:

FROM ANTONIO BIANCO, NAPOLI, ITALY

Example from Warsaw....

Breda, the Netherlands

(similar cover, in different light)

Somewhere in Warsaw.....

Somewhere in Warsaw.....

Examples from Warsaw......