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By adamg on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 10:22am


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By billski1 on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:25am.

Now I have another reason aside from my cell phone to be distracted when walking. Or driving ;)

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By anon on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:53am.

Jingle, for the young 'uns.

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By Dave on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 5:22pm.
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By statler on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:54am.

Hi! And welcome to Manhole Week on UHub! All your burning questions about manholes answered! All the top manhole news you need to know!

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By tcf098 on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:57am.

April: Official Manhole Awareness Month?

IMAGE(http://www.tysonfrantz.com/uhub/manhole.png)

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By adamg on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:13pm.

It's a hell of a drug!

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By Drew Ferreira on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:59am.

In paragraph three: "Mal Bell"

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By adamg on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:14pm.

Fixed, thanks!

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By anon on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:02pm.

There are also still plenty of of BERy (Boston Elevated Railway Company) manholes out there that are owned by the MBTA.

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By adamg on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:15pm.

Roslindale residents can see a BERy cover next to the old trolley substation on Cummins Highway.

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By Ari O on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 4:33pm.

Are the MTA manhole covers, since they were only produced from 1947 to 1964.

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By cybah on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:18pm.

The thing to remember is... yeah we see this covers now. But you know the streets, sewers, and cabling was done with 18 or so years so yeah.. construction people are just recycling what they have.

If they replaced covers, we wouldn't see BERy and other companies that went out of business eons ago.

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By Youuuuuuuuuuuuk on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:22pm.

The power station on Beacon Street in Kenmore (with the Kyrie billboard across the street from the Lourdes center) also has the Edison Electric Illuminating language.

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By boo_urns on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 3:19pm.

Mainly for electrical covers. Historically, they're for MassDPW, MassHighway, and now, MassDOT. You can see them all scattered througout the region. The lights on the newest part of the Somerville Community Path (Cedar to Lowell) all have the MassDOT plates next to them. I believe that most of the electrical plate coverings in Davis Square are MassHighway. I think you can find some other ones for the DPW around Union Square, but I haven't paid close enough attention to them recently to be able to accurately recall where examples of these are specifically.

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By be on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 5:10pm.

based in Arlington, is an addictive instagram account. They seem to focus a fair bit on Somerville, but do do cameo shots of covers in other, more exotic locales.

https://www.instagram.com/ironcovers/

I'm always looking out for these things, now.

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By anon on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 3:14am.

Has anyone ever been inside that Verizon museum of telecommunications, with the mysterious sign above the closed entrance to their building on Cambridge Street?

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By lbb on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 10:33am.

...the most amazing manhole covers are in Japan.

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By bibliotequetressnotloggedin... on Fri, 04/20/2018 - 4:56pm.

I hadn't realized how often I'd wondered what BCG Co meant.

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