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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2010 1:24:23 GMT
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 22, 2010 2:36:54 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2010 9:22:01 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2010 17:54:23 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2010 21:09:35 GMT
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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Post by voy on Mar 22, 2010 23:42:27 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2010 0:27:15 GMT
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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Post by Kimby on Apr 2, 2010 18:58:59 GMT
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! and a detail: Most of our manhole covers are not this photogenic.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2010 20:43:02 GMT
This is so cool! 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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Post by imec on Apr 2, 2010 22:38:29 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 2, 2010 23:45:40 GMT
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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Post by imec on Apr 4, 2010 18:21:59 GMT
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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Post by fumobici on Apr 7, 2010 5:10:16 GMT
Cairo manhole cover, a photo my father sent me.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 10, 2010 17:49:31 GMT
Ah yes, the drifting sand is one of the things I remember most about Cairo...
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Post by onlymark on Apr 10, 2010 18:19:49 GMT
It still drifts.
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Post by Kimby on Apr 10, 2010 18:47:24 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2010 20:52:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2010 15:39:52 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on May 20, 2010 21:17:32 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2010 22:00:39 GMT
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. ( I really love this last one)
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 16:57:03 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2010 17:26:47 GMT
A narrow escape?
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Post by Kimby on May 22, 2010 23:49:17 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2010 10:56:19 GMT
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Post by Kimby on May 25, 2010 17:48:39 GMT
Cool covers, casi.
(I didn't know there WAS a PATINA thread. Should I double post it over there?)
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Post by imec on Jun 2, 2010 1:05:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2010 2:13:48 GMT
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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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2010 4:39:54 GMT
Oh, the first one looks like it gives access to the fizzy water source.
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Post by imec on Jun 2, 2010 9:33:35 GMT
Wow,that last one is incredible!! Where are these Imec??? Thanks... Vancouver
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Post by fumobici on Jun 2, 2010 18:33:52 GMT
The one with the Escheresque frogs is simply wonderful.
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