Among the objects I seek out when walking are manhole covers and other iron plates that cover accessways to public utilities. I’ve encountered many interesting sewer covers, manhole covers, grates, etc. I don’t know what the plate below was protecting, but I do know who made it. I love the lettering that identifies the foundry.
Apparently, the people who have a penchant for order (i.e., centering things, arranging dollar bills to face the same way or, putting them in sequence of serial number (or Federal Reserve Bank from which they originated)), were not on duty when this sewer cap was installed. When I took the photo, I squared up the […]
Here is a storm drain cover I had to defy traffic to photograph. It was only parking lot traffic, so it was no big deal.
Update to Partial Eclipse, Manhole Edition: I blasted off a couple of shots of these utility covers, while on a walk with family. In this photograph, I wasn’t quick enough. The two images as a sequence shows that one shot is not always enough. Take many pictures, film (I mean digital storage) is cheap.
Before I realized the solar eclipse was coming, I came across these two manhole covers. Actually, they are probably only circular utility service covers. I liked the way they looked, but I was walking with a group of people and only had a hot second to get the shot. I probably couldn’t have gotten both […]
I don’t know the vintage of the manhole cover pictured below. I took the picture in Brooklyn in early 1991.
I couldn’t resist photographing this painted stop sign. After the paint dried, another street crew must have found it necessary to remove the circular iron grid upon which some of the sign was painted. Far from being attentive to details, the crew did not replace the very heavy manhole cover in the right position. I know […]
