Shkodra - a city in north-western Albania.

Shkodra - a city in north-western Albania.

FROM MIM -- OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND CULTURE, RICHMOND, VA

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SENT BY PIP-- TWO MANHOLE COVERS FROM ST AUGUSTIN'S CHURCH IN PARIS

'Why are they different?'

Because they come from the INSIDE of the Church.*

To date, I, and you, have been focussing on 'External' Manhole Covers -- in the streets, on the pavements, etc, but here we have a whole new category of Manhole Covers -- 'Internal' ones.

I must admit I had never thought about these before.

So please look around and see if you can find some other Internal ones. Thanks, Happy Huting and regards, Val

* They are for it's heating system

down the street from Syntagma Square in Athens: "Z"

"City of Athens" in Greek:

Examples from Tirane, capital of Albania. 

CERET, FRANCE, 15/10/2023, part 1

TWO MORE IN PARIS  FROM PIP

YET MORE FROM PARIS FROM PIP

CERET FRANCE -- PART 2

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i have more but this is tedious.

Thanks. 'Tedious' maybe;but nonetheless interesting. Can we have an explanation, please, and more about what they are?

and another one discovered on the streets in Athens...

with STARS!

Example from Prague, capital of Czech Republic, august 2023.

TWO SQUARE ONES F ROM SIGEAN, FRANCE

Prague, Czech Republic/Czechia

Prague/Praha, Czech Republic/Czechia

LIMERICK, IRELAND -- FROM BRIAN O'C

Well, as not one of you replied to my suggestion for an International Manhole Covers' Day, I'll think of something else.

And so,  a Manhole Cover from Ceret in France

So sad, Val,...there is no official "International Manhole covers Day", is there?

I discovered news about this:

"Manhole Summit in Tokorozawa, japan,  on Nov. 19"

but that was last year , an exhibit of painted manhole covers.

Prague/Praha, Czech Republic/Czechia

I just saw a message of Val in my email (not the IUOMA mailbox) about Manhole Cover day, and I think it a good idea!

However, I cannot find the message to reply to - the link in the message in the email leads to this website and not to a message-to-reply-to...

I would suggest 31 May as The MHC-day, because that is the day Val posted his first manhole cover photos in this group. And May is in spring (that is, here in the northern hemisphere), which is the perfect season to go out for manhole cover hunting spotting.

MANHOLE COVERS CAN BE DANGEROUS....IF YOU ARE DRIVING A FORMULA 1 CAR AT THE US GP AT LAS VEGAS

"F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix: Practice sessions chaotic with track problems

The first day of the much-vaunted Las Vegas Grand Prix descended into chaos as practice was hit by problems with the new street track.

Esteban Ocon's Alpine was also damaged - like Sainz's Ferrari, losing a chassis - after he hit the same manhole as Sainz on his return to the pits after the red flag."

(From BBC News)

Yay! Manhole Cover Day!

May Las Vegas fix its manhole covers by then?

Thanks Katerina. That's very good. If you don't mind, I will steal that idea -- the writing on a cOver, not the smiley -- and use it closer to The Day.

And yes LA seems to have soerted out the problem for the F1 GP.

Bestest, Val

2 MORE PARISIAN ONES FROM PIP

ENVIROMENTAL AWARENESS -- DRAINS AND MANHOLE COVERS CAMPAIGNS IN FRANCE

Closely related – both functionally and spatially to Manhole Covers – are drain covers. Several towns in France (including 9 municipalities in Finistere, and Montpellier, Fitou and Collioure in the South of France) are currently running campaigns to raise civic awareness of the environmental dangers of dumping waste (chemicals, paint, detergents, etc; as well as cigagrette ends, paper, and so on) into drains and manholes. Attached to drains and manhole covers are metal plaques containing various messages. ‘NE RIEN JETER. NE RIEN VIDER. LA MER COMMENCE HIER.’ (‘Don’t throw anything away here. Don’t empty anything here. The sea begins here.’)

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MANHOLE COVERS FROM LE MANS, FRANCE -- FROM WILLIAM B.

Featuring the coat of arms of le Mans. "Gules, to the cross Or charged with a key sable in pal and quartered by four candlesticks Argent; to the chief Azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis Or, the shield edged Or ".

Merci Bradford. Je suis trés 'appy!

'Ow are you?

Très bien, merci! 

C'est l'automne le plus chaud depuis 21 ans ici.

Welcome, Carl!  Always nice to know there are more of us; makes me feel less weird, but in a good way.

TWO DUTCH ONES -- EINDHOVEN AND AMSTERDAM -- FROM HAN FISCHER

Prague/Praha, Czech Republic/Czechia

TWO MORE FROM CERET, FRANCE

MANHOLES UNCOVERED -- SIGEAN, FRANCE

A new drainage system is being installed just around the corner from where I live. These two Manholes have been Uncovered and await being replaced.

Prague/Praha, Czech Republic/Czechia

ANOTHER PARISIAN ONE FROM PIP

TWO MANHOLE COVERS FROM BOGOTA, COLOMOMBIA,  FROM BRIAN O'K

RUBBINGS

Let's either keep this going or cancel it. Nothing is happening rubbing-wise;

Post something if you're interested.

Val

Prague/Praha, Czech Republic/Czechia

walking near the Acropolis, found a few:

MANHOLE COVERS FROM WIVENHOE, ESSEX, ENGLAND (where Aan Brignull used to live)-- FROM DAVE SANDERS