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
Latest Activity: yesterday

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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 yesterday: TWO MORE WEIRD OENS FROM JIMMY ISAKSSON IN THAILAND

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on Tuesday: FROM JIMMY ISAKSSON IN THAILAND. MOST OF OUR MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND OR SQUARE AND OF A HIGH STANDARD. THIS ONE ISN'T ANY OF THOSE -- BUT IT IS A MANHOLE COVER, OF SORTS. TAK JIMMY!

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on April 11, 2024 at 10:47am: Example from Prague, Czech Republic, "Hlavni Nadrazi" - with main train station.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 8, 2024 at 12:03pm: DID YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN 'OPERCULIST?

Extract from an article in The Independent (of UK) newspaper of 26 September, 2015

"Drain-spotting is not a new hobby. An article published in a newspaper in the United States in 1962 declares that Britain “is full of operculists”, a term derived from operculum, meaning fish gill cover. The article also noted that the poet and art dealer Victor Musgrave actually collected coal-hole covers “like some people collect Picassos”.

“My object,” said Musgrave as he showed off 40 of his choicest specimens at a gallery in Mayfair in 1962, “is to force people to look at coal-hole covers and to admire them. After all, our streets are full of them, and children use them for hopping and jumping games."

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 5, 2024 at 3:36pm: THREE GREEK MANHOLE COVERS FROM PROFESSOR THEMIS BOWCOCK

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 28, 2024 at 2:38pm: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- with Sydney Harbour Bridge -- FROM ADAM CARPENTER

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 27, 2024 at 3:32pm: FOUR GREEK ONES FROM JOANNE

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on March 25, 2024 at 4:22pm: Examples from Warsaw, Poland.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on March 18, 2024 at 10:56am: Example from Warsaw.....

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2024 at 7:37am: Found another manhole cover with STARS:

and it has a tiny "heart", too...see it? From 2010-2011

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