Believe it or not, I past this object dozens of times yet I forget the exact location. (never finds it when I wanted to)
Believe it or not, I have been planning this post ever since Sep 11 (inspired by Trier DP). The set back was I never get the desired day light to photograph it.
without further adieu....
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THE manhole !!!
19 comments:
it seems the theme was hiding from you untill now. It has to have a reason why you found it only now.
great post to be inspired by Kris.
great angle, it's difficult to take photos of things like that - did you crawl ;)
A manhole! Never knew it was called that!
Great post Kris, also the one about the rain yesterday. Luckily we saw some sun in between showers.
hey kris long time no see...
nice photo!... and the other one the one wiyh the rain, the water, the soil, makes me remember an photo serie i did some time ago...
keep on the good photos...
I wonder why they feel the need to put the town's name on the manhole covers - do they think that someone's going to steal them, perhaps?
jazzy,
lol, cant crawl, its wet! just bent down abit :)
nick,
not this one. but i would steal the one from Trier!!
thank you all for visiting :)
belle photo, j'aime beaucoup l'angle.
(j'ais eu du mal a trouver charlie).
a evry, ils ne mettent pas le nom sur les bouches d'egouts, d'hommage, ca aurait pu faire theme sur DP.
on trouve le meme theme sur le DP de Greenville.
beautiful photograph, I like much the angle. (I board have evil has to find charlie). has evry, they do not put the name on the gullies, of homage, Ca could have made topic on DP. one finds the same topic on the DP of Greenville.
For the longest time, every manhole cover I came across was made at the Neenah Foundry in Neenah Wisconsin. This was always significant to me as my father grew up in Neenah. Recently I have started seeing new manhole covers are being manufactured in India! I find it hard to believe that it is cheaper to manufacture them in India, and ship the very heavy things all the way to the US. Go figure.
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manhole!!
great art work for this manhoel!!
:D
...Jing
Absolutely brilliant... and what a suspense !
Hey Kris, you want Halloween? Alexandria DP is Halloween Central!
This is a very interesting manhole cover, by the way!
Now Kris, you may have started something; I'm curious to see if I can find a manhole cover with the name of our city on it. I assume that I'll have to go into an older section of the city since there has been so much construction and "improvements" over the years. I'll need to keep my eyes open!! And that's not a bad thing!!
This time I exaggerated in the comment in my post... But I love history!
It is for me a surprise know what you have write...
I like your picture!
It's... Terrestrial! ;)
Clever photo. I guess I will have to be more observant of the covers in the street.
great photo! only good photographers can make something these nice out of something ordinary.
have a nice day!
pretty cool shot!
This has awesome perspective and a great intro. It is odd but that’s typically what I find too, that the only permanent marker of a town (apart from some cheesy road signs) are found in the city’s sewer infrastructure. Often times, such as Sorø, they are the only location where one can find the town’s coat of arms. I suppose it goes back to when towns were proud to have and showcase a sewer system and basic civic infrastructure. The modern ones that I’ve observed are more standardized and if they have anything legible on them, it typically reads: “Made in China.” Feels like something is being lost.
I really enjoy your posts!
I typed this a while ago but couldn't post it after accidentally blocking "cookies" from this site.
Good one, Kris. How fun.
James,
your theory on basic infrastructure made sense. A way to display their appreciation for locally made products. Well, time has change..appreciation is shown in other forms.
earith,
i was glad you did that post. as I was searching high and low but many reports are in Hungarian. After reading your writing, I now know the background of St. Elisabeth. Thanks :)
Kate,
good luck! did you see Greenville's manhole? see link provided by Olivier. Now that's a good one!
Marie,
Have been busy with some work yesterday, will make a trip to your blog for belated halloween celebration!
Bill,
Your challenge, lets try finding manholes made in Neenah Foundry?
as for made in India, the labour cost is much cheaper plus bulk orders etc, I think it will come to a lower costing end product. Hard to believe, but that is the future...
Olivier,
I missed that post on Greenville, thanks for searching :)
Thank you all for your interesting comments!
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