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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #60 on Mar 22, 2010, 1:24am »

Today in the French Quarter:

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #61 on Mar 22, 2010, 2:36am »

I like the last one, looks solid. A bit like I'd like the dashboard of my car to look like, brushed aluminium. This will be too heavy.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #62 on Mar 22, 2010, 9:22am »

Mar 22, 2010, 2:36am, hwinpp wrote:

I like the last one, looks solid. A bit like I'd like the dashboard of my car to look like, brushed aluminium. This will be too heavy.

Thanks HW. Not only are they heavy but loud. When I lived in NYC you would hear the garbage being picked up by the sanitation crews early,early in the a.m. and the lids crashing down.One after another...(hell on a hangover...).
I don't think they are used much anymore.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #63 on Mar 22, 2010, 5:54pm »

It's true that in reliable modern urban settings, one does not see manholes open nearly as much as in the old days. Fewer leaks, better materials -- not a bad thing.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #64 on Mar 22, 2010, 9:09pm »

Agreed!! Look at the first pic in this last series...I ::)

feel so confident about our drainage cleanout!! but, I don't know how or if they are cleaned out...

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #65 on Mar 22, 2010, 11:42pm »

just saw t h is.. when I lived in London I had a collection of pics of the coal shute covers.. so many - from so many coal companies...

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #66 on Mar 23, 2010, 12:27am »

Mar 22, 2010, 11:42pm, voy wrote:

just saw t h is.. when I lived in London I had a collection of pics of the coal shute covers.. so many - from so many coal companies...

Cool! Do you still have any of them Voy? I would love to see them. (good to see you here btw)

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #67 on Apr 2, 2010, 6:58pm »

I've been wanting to join this thread for the longest time, but couldn't get a picture from a moving car. Finally got out and walked!

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Most of our manhole covers are not this photogenic.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #68 on Apr 2, 2010, 8:43pm »

This is so cool! 8-)

I am thrilled to see you post in here,Kimby. And that's a beaut!
One of the things I'm most looking forward to on my upcoming trip to NYC is scoping out the man hole covers and shooting!! It can get dangerous though,all that looking down,and people really look at you funny when they see what you're photographing.Obviously,doesn't stop me.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #69 on Apr 2, 2010, 10:38pm »

Do paintings of manhole covers count?

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #70 on Apr 2, 2010, 11:45pm »

Wow ~~ where did you find those? They're great. I love the tire tracks on them, too. They appear to be full size -- true?

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #71 on Apr 4, 2010, 6:21pm »

Apr 2, 2010, 11:45pm, bixaorellana wrote:

Wow ~~ where did you find those? They're great. I love the tire tracks on them, too. They appear to be full size -- true?

Joe's Garage, Minneapolis. Yes at least some are full size.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #72 on Apr 7, 2010, 5:10am »

Cairo manhole cover, a photo my father sent me.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #73 on Apr 10, 2010, 5:49pm »

Ah yes, the drifting sand is one of the things I remember most about Cairo...

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #74 on Apr 10, 2010, 6:19pm »

It still drifts.

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« Reply #75 on Apr 10, 2010, 6:47pm »

I'm sure it does. (I remember stairs that were almost completely filled in with sand, so you could only get a toe on the edge as you ascended. End of side-track.)

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #76 on Apr 26, 2010, 8:52pm »

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #77 on May 20, 2010, 3:39pm »

I hope y'all are ready for the blitz of these guys....knowing my penchant for,please bear with me,I have alot...NYC and Long Island...
Here's a sampling:

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #78 on May 20, 2010, 9:17pm »

That conEdison one is quite '30s elegant. Those are great pictures, with so much depth of color and great contrast -- not easy in bright light, especially with water on the subject.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #79 on May 20, 2010, 10:00pm »

I really like the Con Ed one too. It's funny what you say though about the light,water...I somehow find that the ones with the water are easier to photograph. There's several I took in NYC that I'm very disappointed in because the light was way too bright.
Here's a couple more,these are all NYC,downtown,and around Chinatown.

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(I really love this last one)

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #80 on May 21, 2010, 4:57pm »

I was nearly in a fight over this photo when Mr. Algerian Testosterone Sewer Worker said that it was illegal and that I must delete it in front of him. I stood my ground and received backup from a passerby. It is sometimes ridiculous the unimportant things for which I risk my wellbeing.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #81 on May 21, 2010, 5:26pm »

A narrow escape?

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #82 on May 22, 2010, 11:49pm »

This is not a manhole cover, but has the feeling of one.
It is a compass rose of sorts in a pedestrian walkway downtown.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #83 on May 25, 2010, 10:56am »

Cool Kimby,that could easily go in the PATINA thread.

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #84 on May 25, 2010, 5:48pm »

Cool covers, casi.

(I didn't know there WAS a PATINA thread. Should I double post it over there?)

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Re: Man Hole Covers
« Reply #86 on Jun 2, 2010, 2:13am »

Wow,that last one is incredible!! Where are these Imec???

I read recently that a couple out West somewhere did a book on photos of manhole covers,it's out of print. I think we, on the Port, may have a comparable if not better collection of,and,from all over...

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