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A round manhole and its cover. A manhole cover is a removable plate forming the lid over the opening of a manhole, an opening large enough for a person to pass through that is used as an access point for an underground vault or pipe. It is designed to prevent anyone or anything from falling in, and to keep out unauthorized persons and material.
This is the bizarre moment manhole covers were captured bouncing up and down on a road in northwestern China. In the video, shot in the city of Shangluo in Shaanxi Province on August 1, a couple ...
Manhole covers in Helsinki, Finland. Manhole closings are protected by a grating or manhole cover, a flat plug designed to prevent accidental or unauthorized access to the manhole. These covers are traditionally made of metal, [2] but may be constructed from precast concrete, glass reinforced plastic or other composite materials (especially ...
The manhole cover business has turned over the years, from the sort of ornate covers that a business like Berry’s Foundry might have crafted to drabber covers that dot Sacramento’s streets today.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... "Photos of NYC Manhole Covers, March, 2013. "NYC DEP Weekly Pipeline", August 3, 2010.
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Pokéfuta (Japanese: ポケふた) or Poké Lids are manhole covers in Japan decorated with drawings of Pokémon characters. Beginning installation in 2018, over 200 covers have since been installed by The Pokémon Company in cities across the country. They serve as local points of interest, attracting tourists to lesser known destinations in ...
A sanitary manhole under construction. A sanitary manhole (sewer manhole, [1] sanitary sewer manhole [2] or sewer maintenance hole [3]) is a manhole that is used as an access point for maintenance and inspection of an underground sanitary sewer system. Sanitary manholes are sometimes used as vents to prevent the buildup of pressurized sewage ...