This is where they undergo their fiery birth, those overlooked essentials of urban life. Most of us seldom notice them, even though they can brave the extremes of weather for 100 years while being run ...

The open manhole in Glenanda which has been left like this for years. JOHANNESBURG SOUTH – Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is introducing alternative non-metal manhole covers and drainage grates as ...

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The family of a woman killed in February 2016 when a 200-pound manhole dislodged and shattered her windshield has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state Department of Transportation. Caitlin ...

Robert Brownlee was on the Operation Plumbbob team that launched an object in space before Sputnik. They put a manhole cover above a nuke underground, and the explosion shot the iron cap into space.

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