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: Apr 17

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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 Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 7, 2023 at 1:08pm: From Haptic Erni in Hamburg:

a marker in the park :-)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 6, 2023 at 8:15am: THREE MORE FROM JANE ADAMS* IN TOKYO

(* Jane Adams, formerly Jane Carpenter, formerly Jane Herman)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 2, 2023 at 10:28am: ANOTHER ONE FROM JANE ADAMS IN TOKYO

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on April 1, 2023 at 6:07pm: My pleasure, Val, thank you!

Probably you then (and now they) rode so very fast that you (and they) might have been too quick to notice the manhole covers? :-)

Here is another manhole cover, fresh from the camera, in Kampen (mentioning Nijverdal, both cities are in the province Overijssel)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 1, 2023 at 5:50pm: Thanks Heleen. The Zwolle one is very good indeed. This afternoon I watched the Volta Limburg -- an Eijsden to Eijsden 150 km, 5 hour cycle race -- in, ...Limburg! I recognised lots of the roads I used to cycle on when I lived in Cadier en Keer (near Maastricht). I didn't see any manhole covers...but it was pouring with rain there, and very sunny here. Thanks again, Val

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on April 1, 2023 at 5:37pm: Manhole cover in the city of Zwolle:

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on April 1, 2023 at 5:36pm: Today I was in the Frisian city Heerenveen and met these manhole covers:

And also these, despite of the fact that Heerenveen is in the far North of the Netherlands and Weert in the far South province Limburg:

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 31, 2023 at 4:36pm: TWO FROM JANE ADAMS ON HOLIDAY IN TOKYO

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 25, 2023 at 4:58pm: MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS, SINGLE & TRIPLET

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on March 16, 2023 at 9:08am: Somewhere in Warsaw ..... Thanks for remembering about me.

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