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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Manhole cover, inscribed "T Crapper & Co Sanitary Engineers Marlboro Works Chelsea London" As the first man to set up public showrooms for displaying sanitary ware, Crapper became known as an advocate of sanitary plumbing, popularising the notion of installation inside people's homes.
A bright green liquid leaked from a New York City manhole cover in bizarre footage. There's literal green sludge bubbling up from the ground next to World Trade Center right now,” Dan Pantelo ...
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 manhole cover unable to contain a sanitary sewer overflow. Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities. When caused by rainfall it is also known as wet weather overflow.