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[Brighton] Help identifying type of manhole cover
- Thread starter astralavi
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Lift it up and have a look ?
Lift it and have a look what's under there??
Seagull on the Hill
Well-known member
- Jan 22, 2022
- 746
This, although you might need a set of manhole keys.
It obviously hasn't been lifted for a long time.
Does it appear to run in line with your main drainage?
It could be anything.
The type of cover doesn’t determine what it provides access to.
Lift it up.
Likely an inspection point for water supply.
It’s a recessed cover. Used mostly on concrete or block paving so it’s flush with the surface.
Looks like nobody has or was needing to access it for quite some time so it’s likely just a pipe junction.
Where is it located?
The type of cover doesn’t determine what it provides access to.
Lift it up.
Likely an inspection point for water supply.
It’s a recessed cover. Used mostly on concrete or block paving so it’s flush with the surface.
Looks like nobody has or was needing to access it for quite some time so it’s likely just a pipe junction.
Where is it located?
Weststander
Well-known member
GPO.
Yes I know BT originate from them.
Yes I know BT originate from them.
Tradesmens entrance to Narnia?
or where the FA cup money is hidden?
or where the FA cup money is hidden?
- Thread starter
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Could that mean it may not be in use anymore and not on BT records? Overall it's likely some sort of telecoms?
Potentially, that's a dangerous question.
I doubt Bozza allows all types of man hole pictures so we should be safe
Weststander
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If they weren't forthcoming in the call, then obviously obsolete if telecoms.
But proceed with care. Anyone upsetting trenched utilities faces a multi £k bill from their team coming round to make good. I've seen it happen.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,856
Looking at the design it's clearly a cast iron General Post Office Elkington Gatic cover with the portcullis-styled frame.
If I was to take a punt, I'd say it was probably installed in the 1970s and made in Kettering.
If I was to take a punt, I'd say it was probably installed in the 1970s and made in Kettering.
BrightonCottager
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Can you hear gurgling from underneath it?
I might take a screenshot and ask on a Facebook group I'm in.
This is another one of my, ahem, interests.
I might take a screenshot and ask on a Facebook group I'm in.
This is another one of my, ahem, interests.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,856
I bet you are all over the re-routed Falcon Brook under Northcote Road Battersea then ?
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,856
Failing that I do know a crazy Latvian odd job man who will literally do any job for a cash and small bottle of Vodka.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,856
It runs "down" (under) my road. If you walk down Northcote Road after the rain you can hear the river running beneath.
Maybe we could hire a village hall and I can bring along my projector.
The Interweb is a strange old place - there is a website based in Israel called the "ultimate manhole covers site" - it includes an interactive map of the world showing the location of some manhole covers - unfortunately there are none in Brighton, but there is a manhole featured in Epsom and plenty in London - who'd have thought it ;-)
manhole.co.il
The ultimate manhole covers site | Home Page
The home page of the ultimate manhole covers site - The city has a lot of covers - where you can find manhole covers from different countries in different shapes and categories: sewerage, water, communication and more.
manhole.co.il
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,856
Can't beat a bit of https://www.iec.ch/world-plugs and it's companion site https://www.plugsocketmuseum.nl/The Interweb is a strange old place - there is a website based in Israel called the "ultimate manhole covers site" - it includes an interactive map of the world showing the location of some manhole covers - unfortunately there are none in Brighton, but there is a manhole featured in Epsom and plenty in London - who'd have thought it ;-)
The ultimate manhole covers site | Home Page
The home page of the ultimate manhole covers site - The city has a lot of covers - where you can find manhole covers from different countries in different shapes and categories: sewerage, water, communication and more.