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  2. Manhole cover - Wikipedia

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    Manhole cover theft can be a serious problem in China, where missing manhole covers caused at least eight deaths in 2004. [20] According to China's Xinhua News Agency, about "240,000 manhole and street-drain covers were stolen in Beijing in 2004." [21] In China Shakes the World, James Kynge describes the phenomenon:

  3. Drain (plumbing) - Wikipedia

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    A drain cover is a cover with holes (e.g. a manhole) or a grating used to cover a drain, to prevent unwanted entry of foreign objects, or injury to people or animals. It allows drainage of liquids but prevents entry from large solid objects, and thus acts as a coarse filter. A sink drain cover is a drain cover used to cover the sink drain.

  4. Storm drain - Wikipedia

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    Storm drain grate on a street in Warsaw, Poland Storm drain with its pipe visible beneath it due to construction work. A storm drain, storm sewer (United Kingdom, U.S. and Canada), highway drain, [1] surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is infrastructure designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved ...

  5. Retro Louisville: 1981 sewer explosions sent manhole covers ...

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    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.

  6. Grating - Wikipedia

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    Gratings over drains and air vents are used as filters, to block movement of large solids (e.g. people) and to allow movement of liquids. A register is a type of grating used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning , which transmits air, while stopping solid objects.

  7. Trench drain - Wikipedia

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    Concrete will need to be poured to surround the trench drain so that the load can be transferred from the channel and grate to the surrounding areas. Pre-cast trench drains generally come in 4-inch (100 mm) widths but can range anywhere from a 1.75-inch (44 mm) slot to 2-inch (51 mm) wide channels with grates, and up to any size imaginable ...

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