MANHOLE COVER LOVERS

Diana Hale posted an 8-spoke cover that is rather nice.

New examples from Warsaw, Poland. 

They are also in pairs.

These are from Hannah in Thurston, England

New exapmles from Warsaw taken today morning.

These are all great Raphael -- many thanks for all your Covers!

I did not expect that there are so many of these elements in the city.Now  I have become a careful observer.

Seen in Wivenhoe — underneath it's probably OpenReach fibre-optic but on the surface the Post Office still runs a telegraph system

The most common sewer cover. Russia.

The very first hatch of the Moscow city sewage system. A hatch was found in Moscow on the territory of the Botkin Hospital. The fact that the sewer hatches of the very first stage of the Moscow sewage system had exactly such a design, and it was launched in 1898, is indicated by a drawing from the "Atlas to the description of the sewage system of the city of Moscow. 1st stage ".

few examples from warsaw, in hot weather....

Great work of a photographer! :-) 

Alan B -- thanks. For old times' sake, can you see if you can find a Manhole Cover in Belle Vue Rd, maybe near no 4? Merci. Val

(The rest of the Group may be interested to know I lived at 4 Belle Vue Rd, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex for a few years in the 1970's)

Thanks for the history of the Borkin Hospital site Cover. Facsinating to know that its' 120+ years old and comes from pre-Revolutionary Russia. Val

A FEW MANHOLE COVERS FROM THE SMALL STREETS IN THE HISTORIC CENTER (which dateS to circa 1675) OF SIGEAN, FRANCE

MANHOLE COVERS FROM JARINA IN THE NORTH OF HOLLAND

Two examples form Warsaw, one big and one mysterious extra small.

Warsaw, as usually ...

Tiny street metal in Thessaloniki:

me thinks some are surveyors' markers?

They are often brass and tiny, smaller than a bottle cap.

Tiny brass:

ΔΘ #344 : belonging to Dimos Thessaloniki, (City of Thess.)

WATER TRIPLETS FROM SIGEAN

Ain't they sweet?

And here they are with their big brother or sister

Battery Park Book Exchange, Asheville, NC, USA

In Poland, hot tropical weather ....

Tendring Hundred Water Works, Stop Valve

Alan Brignull,

I thought it stood for "The Hole Within Which / Some Venture".

Manhole cover covered by snow...

I prefer mail art in my postal mailbox.

So if anyone wants to make some rubbings of the texture and make some postal artwork with it, then I'm eager to receive it ;-)

This picture was taken on a school campus, the same campus as the picture in the snow.

FROM ERNI IN HAMBURG

Photos from his Pedestrian Street Acts..

Next photos from Warsaw.

THREE MANHOLE COVERS FROM PEYRIAC SUR MER (which is in the South of France, but is NOT on the mer)

Thank you Alan Brignull for this nice postcard.

A little rubbing is coming up your way.

Photo by Cristian Sima, ROMANIA taken 2008 09 12:

Thanks Bradord. For a bonus we get to see some Romanian toes. I must ask: why do you have a 13 year old photo of a Romanian Manhole Cover? Do tell;

It's among his uploaded photos (Cristian Sima, here on the IUOMA).  I just cleverly performed a "reposty", adding it here.

It would seem that taking photos of manhole covers is highly correlated to the type of person who'd collaborate with a group of other Mail Arters in cyberspace.

Thanks Bradford; Look at the DMC, Dull Men's Club (of which I am a member). One of their Topics is Manhole Covers. I am not sure that the DM ewist in cyberspace, but I suspect that would be too exciting for them.

At the seaside shack in Halkidiki,Greece,

I found the heavy metal cover for the water line!

(under the olive tree, of course ;-)

Bonjour/Goede morgen, Sil. Thanks for the Manhole Cover Rubbing -- it's great! How do you make these runnings (without getting runover!)? Do tell, please. Val

A nice rubbing from Sil Dubois, postmarked on the wrong side as a contribution from the post office.

frottage/rubbings by Tanushree of metal street works in California:

LE VELO JAUNE OUTSIDE MY HOUSE.....AND A LITTLE MANHOLE COVER

I spent yesterday painting an old bike in 'Tour de France Jaune' that, with lots of other Tour de France bits and pieces I have collected over the years, will be in 2 exhibitions this summer.

The bike, of course, does not belong here, BUT in front of it is a little Manhole Cover, and that most certainly does belong here.

Vive le Tour!

Vive les Plaques d'Egoutes!

Another rubbing from Sil (on hand-made recycled paper). C'mon Sil, tell us how you do these rubbings!

British Telecom don't want you to forget what sort of a hole this is

THE EU WAS HERE, THE EU IS EVERYWHERE. BREXIT!

Or a French worker who can't spell 'eau'?