Portland water

Manhole covers and such like

Manhole and access covers.
Portland water

Portland water

13 Sep 2006 303
Portland images: Northwestern Steam Electric Co.

Portland images: Northwestern Steam Electric Co.

14 Sep 2006 1 297
Post-Office Telegraphs

Post-Office Telegraphs

08 Apr 2007 269
Train journey to London: Iron cover at Brussels South Station

Train journey to London: Iron cover at Brussels So…

27 Apr 2008 270
Cambridge: F. Burwick, Sanitary Engineer

Cambridge: F. Burwick, Sanitary Engineer

01 May 2008 321
More than a century old.
Cambridge: Manhole cover

Cambridge: Manhole cover

01 May 2008 276
G.P.O.

G.P.O.

01 May 2008 1 269
General Post Office
Cambridge: Hayward's Patent Self Locking iron cover

Cambridge: Hayward's Patent Self Locking iron cove…

01 May 2008 310
Manhole cover

Manhole cover

04 May 2008 289
Just in case you were wondering what it was
Paving stone of the PTT

Paving stone of the PTT

07 May 2008 285
This stone indicates the location of telephone wires underground. From the time of the State Company for Post, Telegraphy and Telephone. Now broken up into KPN and TNT.
Stedelijke Gasfabriek (City Gas Works)

Stedelijke Gasfabriek (City Gas Works)

18 Jun 2008 250
Remnant of the old days, when the city council was responsible for the utility companies.
Sewer cover of the Kon. Nederlandse Grofsmederij

Sewer cover of the Kon. Nederlandse Grofsmederij

06 Aug 2008 295
The Nederlandse Grofsmederij was an iron works company, located in Leiden, which didn't survive the big shake-out of the manufacturing industry in the 1970s. It was founded in 1836 by a Dutch-Frenchman William Archibald Bake who (amongst other things) fought in the Russian campaign of Napoleon. In its heyday it employed around 700 men.
Sewer cover by G.J. v.d. Broek of Haarlem

Sewer cover by G.J. v.d. Broek of Haarlem

30 Aug 2008 276
GL GAS

GL GAS

30 Aug 2008 245
GL=Gasleiding?
Some details from Leiden

Some details from Leiden

14 Sep 2008 243
New, unconnected sewer cover

New, unconnected sewer cover

19 Sep 2008 212
nothing spectacular
Hanning & Kahl

Hanning & Kahl

20 Sep 2008 226
Manhole cover

Manhole cover

22 Sep 2008 232
No open fire allowed: fire danger!
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