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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.
A series of sewer explosions rocked Louisville on Friday, Feb. 13, 1981, sending manhole covers flying and leaving gaping holes in multiple streets across the city.
A manhole cover for a sanitary sewer access point. View looking down into an open manhole showing two converging sanitary sewer lines. The larger line enters from the right and changes direction within the manhole to exit from the top of the photo. A smaller line enters from the bottom of the photo under the access steps.
A burst manhole cover caused the entirety of the dual carriageway A61 Penistone Road close to Hillsborough Stadium to become flooded with over a foot of water. [ 10 ] In Nottinghamshire , thirty minutes of intense rainfall led to severe standing water flooding in West Bridgford and Long Eaton , while in Gedling , the Ouse Dyke broke its banks ...
A round manhole cover cannot fall down the hole because the lip (under the manhole that the cover sits on) is smaller than the cover thus the cover cannot ever fall into the hole. A square or rectangular cover (like a storm drain cover) has the same lip that the cover sits on but it is fairly easy for a cover in the shape other than a round ...
A manhole cover in downtown Detroit, at the corner of Congress and Bates, launched off the ground Friday afternoon, sending one to the hospital.
A Thanksgiving Day electrical fire in a Brooklyn manhole gobbled up an SUV before spreading into a nearby apartment building -- and nearly derailed one family's holiday meal, FDNY officials said.
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 ...