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: 24
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rubbings 4 Replies

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 Valentine Mark Herman on May 10, 2023 at 8:37am: A NARBONNE MANHOLE COVER FROM HAN FISCHER

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 6, 2023 at 10:14am: Thanks Heleen, If I was a manhole cover and people walked and drove over me all day long without realising what I was , what fuctions I served, etc, I'm not at all sure that my thoughts, feelings and dreams would be repeatable to anyone/anything other than another manhole cover!

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on May 5, 2023 at 1:18pm: Somewhere in Poznań (Posen) ........ Plate bearing the town's coat of arms from the historic town seal.

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on May 4, 2023 at 9:20pm: Amazing indeed!

I think more manhole covers should express their thoughts and feelings. Though thoughts, feelings, dreams seem to be of little weight, while the manhole covers are rather heavy...

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on May 4, 2023 at 10:37am: AMAZING SWEDISH MANHOLE COVER FROM JOHNNY SKOOG -- (probably found somewhere near Falkenberg)

What do you make of this, Manhole Cover Lovers? Did Martin Luther King ever visit Sweden? Did he work for a utility company? Do other Manhole Covers have these type of message? Should they? etc

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on April 25, 2023 at 10:49am: Somewhere in Warsaw ....

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on April 23, 2023 at 8:07pm: Rain/Drain water in the Dutch city Zwolle

And ‘vuil water’ (dirty water) in the same city

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on April 23, 2023 at 4:34pm: Somewhere in Warsaw .......

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on April 17, 2023 at 12:08pm: In the town - north of the river Waal - named Lent, which used to be independent but finally has been caught by the city of Nijmegen (south of the river Waal, but thanks to the Waalsprong - ‘jump over the river Waal’ - Nijmegen is now notth snd south of the river..)

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on April 15, 2023 at 8:11pm: Manhole cover in Noordwijk at the Sea (Netherlands)

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