It's torture that our own utilities don't use some of their millions of £ profit to pay artists to design utility inspection covers.
Our globe-trotting ambassador Lucy recently spotted this water manhole cover in Beijing. The pattern apparently shows the map of the water system.
A blog commemorating the unique fusion of form and function of UK coal hole covers - Victorian urban street art at its finest.
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Monday, 4 April 2016
'Manhole' summit in Japan
Prompted by an article in Private Eye's Funny Old World column I've discovered that in Japan there's recently been a 'manhole' summit attended by hundreds of inspection cover fans. I'm not sure a coal hole cover event would attract quote so many but it's worth a thought. More details here: http://japanistas.com/en/archives/63510
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