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.

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  • Bradford

    Boring or Interesting Manhole

    Feb 14

  • Raphael Nadolny

    Example from Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italia. 

    Feb 20

  • Heleen de Vaan

    Mar 3

  • Heleen de Vaan

    Three manhole covers in Breda, the city of Ruud, in the Netherlands:


    Above showing the coat of arms of Breda;

    below: ‘u staat hier op het hoogste punt in Breda’ means ‘you’re standing on the highest place in Breda’

    (luckily there is this manhole cover, because without manhole covers people might stand below..)

    Mar 23

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    TWO FROM MY VILLAGE, SIGEAN: I THOUGHT I HAD PHOTOED ALL OF THE LOCAL ONES, BUT DISCOVERED TWO MORE ON THIS MORNING'S WALK WITH DO GHI

    Mar 29

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    FROM COLLIOURE, FRANCE: "THE SEA STARTS HERE" (Picasso, Braque, Matisse and many other famous C19 & C20 artists hung around here -- for the manhole covers?)

    Apr 17

  • C A McEntee

    Apr 19

  • C A McEntee

    Apr 19

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    FROM KYOTO, JAPAN: MANHOLE COVER AND STREET TILE FROM DAVID HERMAN

    Manhole Cover, Kyoto Japan

    Not a Manhole Cover but a tile that is found all over Kyoto. The bird is the symbol of Kyoto  (a very 'Mondrian' photo)

    Apr 20

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    ANOTHER THREE FROM KYOTO, JAPAN -- FROM DAVID HERMAN

    Apr 22

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    A LOT MORE FROM KYOTO, JAPAN, FROM DAVID HERMAN

    Apr 22

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    FOUR MORE FROM DAVID HERMAN IN KYOTO,  JAPAN

    ("You don't expect me to take more photos of manhole covers for you on my birthday [he is 45 today], do you Dad?" "Yes, why not?"]

    Apr 24

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    KYOTO STADIUM MANHOLE COVER FROM  DAVID HERMAN

    Apr 25

  • Valentine Mark Herman

     TWO MORE FOR THE WEEKEND FROM DAVID HERMAN IN KYOTO, JAPAN

    Apr 26

  • Raphael Nadolny

    Two examples from Poznań/Posen, Poland.

    Apr 26

  • Heleen de Vaan

    Today is King’s Day in the Netherlands, on which many people dress in orange.

    And coincidentally this manhole cover thought to join the festivities, helped by an orange spot:

    Apr 26

  • Bradford

    David Herman is doing a fine job of documention in Japan!  There seems to be no end to the variety of elegant artifacts he is recording.

    Apr 27

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Thanks Bradford, It keeps him busy. Japanese regional authorities often commissison artists to design an paint coloured manhole covers, but, alas, Daavid hasn't come across any....hyet

    Apr 27

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Bedankt Heleen. I remember drinking orange-coloured beer in the Netherlands of King's Day (and drinking green-coloured beer in Ottawa on St Patrick's Day).

    Apr 27

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    2000 City of Athens:

    (half wet from rainy day yesterday)

    Apr 27

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    2001 City of Athens:

    full wet!

    Apr 27

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    FROM KYOTO, JAPAN -- NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING WHO FROM

    Apr 27

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    THE KYOTO SERIES CONTINUES

    A special coloured Japanese Manhole Cover


    Manhole Cover outside a Temple in Kyoto

    Apr 28

  • Raphael Nadolny

    Example from Udine, Italia. 2024.

    Apr 29

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    FROM KYOTO TO KOBE -- DAVID HERMAN HAS FOUD SOME GREAT MHCs IN KOBE

    (I think David returns to the Netherlands at the weekend and then this Japanese series will end)

    Apr 30

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    UNUSUAL SQUARE COVER FROM KYOTO, JAPAN -- SENT BY DAVID HERMAN

    May 3

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Coming soon and not to be missed! 2nd International Manhole Cover Day-- Saturday 31 May, 2025

    Bonjour,

    It's the time of the year to yet again raise global awareness of Manhole Covers. They are largely ignored even though we walk, drive and cycle over them every day. 
    And so on the 2nd International Manhole Cover Day -- Saturday 31 May -- please send me a photo of a Manhole Cover near your house, apartment, villa, ranch, tent or château.
     
    They are everywhere, so you won't have to  go far to  find one near chez vous.
     
    A photo exhibition featuring these Manhole Covers will be held in the South of France later this year.
     
    Thanks! Val
     

    May 13

  • Raphael Nadolny

    Example from Sopot/Zoppot, Poland. 

    May 15

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    MANHOLE COVER IN VALKENSWAARD, HOLLAND, FROM HAN FISCHER

    May 17

  • Jeanette Geissler

    Gullydeckel in Weinheim Germany

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    May 20

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    FROM HAN FISCHER IN EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS -- EARLY RUSSIAN C20 ART, OR LATE C20 TABLE-TENNIS?

    May 27

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Manhole Cover ....T-SHIRTS!

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4mUPbWsIuCU

    May 27

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    TOMORROW IS the 2nd International Manhole Cover Day-- Saturday 31 May, 2025
     
    It's the time of the year to raise global awareness of Manhole Covers. They are largely ignored even though we walk, drive and cycle over them every day. And so on the 2nd International Manhole Cover Day -- Saturday 31 May TOMORROW-- please send me a photo of a Manhole Cover near your house, apartment, villa, ranch, tent, palace, igloo or château.
     
    A photo exhibition featuring these Manhole Covers will be held in the South of France later this year.
     
    Thank you.
     
    Val

    May 30

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    The first manhole cover in Athens in 1871:

    May 31

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    1973 manhole cover near Monasteraki Square in Athens:

    Happy Manhole cover Day!

    May 31

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    May 31

  • Raphael Nadolny

    Examples from Ostrów Wielkopolski - town in west part of Poland.

    Happy Manhole Cover Day!

    May 31

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    MANHOLE COVER FROM LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS, FROM SUSANNAH HERMAN

    May 31

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    TWO MANHOLE COVERS FROM TIPLOW, ENGLAND, FROM ROBERT MARKS F

    May 31

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    TRAUSSE, FRANCE, MANHOLE COVER FROM JURGEN KUNSHOLD

    Jun 2

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    HAMBURGER MANHOLE COVER -- FROM SUSANNAH HERMAN

    Jun 22

  • Tomoe N

    Hello. I received your mail art. Thank you. You wrote me to join in this group to post manhole covers in Osaka, so here I come. I didn’t take many but I happen to take the world expo Osaka design manhole covers in downtown Osaka before so I will post. 

    I will look for more in my area too. 

    the character name is Myakumyaku 

    Tomoe 

    Jun 23

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Thanks Tomoe N! Myakumyaku is geat. Send more f you can. Regards, Val 

    Jun 23

  • Tomoe N

    Here is another one I took today.

    my town’s flower is lily. 

    Jun 23

  • Tomoe N

    Here are another manhole I took in Hokkaido Eniwa town 

    Jul 3

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Merci beaucoup, Tomoe N! The one with the lily is my favourite. Do send more photos if possible.

    Jul 3

  • Tomoe N

    Fire hydrant at Osaka Expo

    Jul 6

  • Tomoe N

    A duck manhole cover

    Jul 8

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Once again Tamoe N, many thanks. The covers ypu are sendi ng are colourful, beautiful and very artistic. More, more, more -- please!

    Jul 8

  • Tomoe N

    I saw the news there will be Japanese US major leaguer design manhole at each their hometowns. 

    Jul 8