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  2. Sanitary manhole - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Manhole cover - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Sanitary sewer - Wikipedia

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    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. The concrete floor of the manhole has channels to minimize accumulation of solids. Interior of a large sanitary sewer viewed from an access manhole chamber.

  5. Uniform Plumbing Code - Wikipedia

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    This Order was divided into 69 Sections and Sections 4, 5, and 6 cover Privy Vaults. All three sections contain construction standards for privy vaults. Section 4 requires that privy be connected to the sewer by pipes made of "cement, iron-stone or iron" (ironstone, also known as Ironstone china is ceramic material similar to terra cotta and ...

  6. List of New York City manhole cover abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... manhole "World Sewer Cover Web site", February, 2001.

  7. Reuleaux triangle - Wikipedia

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    An equidiagonal kite that maximizes the ratio of perimeter to diameter, inscribed in a Reuleaux triangle. Among all quadrilaterals, the shape that has the greatest ratio of its perimeter to its diameter is an equidiagonal kite that can be inscribed into a Reuleaux triangle. [22]

  8. 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.

  9. Grinder pump - Wikipedia

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    Grinder pump station with fiberglass tank and stainless steel lid installed outside a home Grinder pump station with HDPE tank being installed. The grinder pump “station” consists of the pump, a tank, and an alarm panel. A pump for household use is usually rated for 1 , 1.5, or 2 hp.