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	Manhole cover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manhole covers usually weigh more than 100 pounds (50 kg), partly because the weight keeps them in place when traffic passes over them, and partly because they are often made out of cast iron, sometimes with infills of concrete.
		Although the covers are too large to be collectible, their ubiquity and the many patterns and descriptions printed on them has led some people to collect pictures of covers from around the world.
		An urban legend claims that a manhole cover was accidentally launched from its shaft during an underground nuclear test in the 1950s, at great enough speed to leave the solar system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manhole_cover (698 words)

	Manhole cover theft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manhole cover theft is the phenomenon of manhole covers being stolen, usually for resale as scrap.
		Long considered to be a childish prank in the United States, this type of theft is often expensive to municipalities, and dangerous to their residents.
		Hundreds of manhole covers are stolen in the city of Bangalore, India every month.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manhole_cover_theft (243 words)

	Encyclopedia: Manhole cover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A missing, possibly stolen, manhole Manhole cover theft is the phenomenon of manhole covers being stolen, usually for resale as scrap.
		Manhole covers usually weigh more than one hundred pounds (50 kg), partly because the weight keeps them in place when traffic passes over them, and partly because they are often made out of cast iron, sometimes with infills of concrete.
		Manhole covers were designed to provide access to underground utilities such as power, sewerage, gas, telephone etc. Beneath them lies a surface tunnel, with labyrinthine corridors connected.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Manhole-cover (1947 words)

	Encyclopedia: Manhole cover theft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Princeton University manhole cover, Princeton, NJ, USA Trondheim manhole cover, Trondheim, Norway KrakÃ³w manhole cover A manhole cover is a removable plate forming the lid over the opening of a manhole, to prevent someone from falling in and to keep unauthorized persons out.
		Parking meter theft is theft of parking meters, often as a prank.
		According to urban legend, a manhole cover was accidentally launched from its shaft during an underground nuclear test in the 1950s, at great enough speed to leave the solar system.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Manhole-cover-theft (1180 words)

	Manhole cover - Patent 5340232 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A manhole cover according to claim 9, wherein the recess is formed on the upper surface of the grating or cover and the retaining element is designed as a resilient tab extending obliquely upwards.
		A manhole cover according to claim 18, wherein the recess is formed on the underside of the frame and the retaining element is designed as a resilient tab extending obliquely downwards.
		Manhole covers of this kind must be secured in such a way that the grating or cover cannot jump out of the frame due to the action of vehicles driving over the top and, as far as possible, also in such a way that they cannot be removed by unauthorised persons.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5340232.html (2375 words)

	Manhole cover lock with spring biased locking bars - Patent 5082392 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A locking manhole cover and key combination of the present invention is in the form of a manhole cover having a lock on its undersurface and a vent hole through the manhole cover.
		A locking manhole cover and key combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein said vent hole is located off center to one side of said manhole cover, said actuator including a stop to prevent downward movement of said key past said actuator.
		The lip is additionally used to lock the manhole cover in position by a lock generally indicated at 9 on the undersurface of the manhole cover.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5082392.html (2344 words)

	Ruavista - Manhole Covers of London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Manhole covers are among the urban landscape's most lasting features.
		Manhole covers offer living testimony to the industrial artistry of the second half of the 19th century as many of the covers still seen today on the sidewalks of European and North American cities date from that period.
		Manhole covers are round to prevent them from falling into the hole and breaking or injuring someone below.
	www.ruavista.com /manholeEng.htm (389 words)

	Guardian \| Clampdown on manhole cover thefts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A spate of manhole cover thefts in Shanghai has caused the deaths of at least two people who fell into the uncovered holes.
		At present, in China, manhole cover thieves are prosecuted for minor theft, and may get a two-week jail sentence, the paper said.
		Weighing 25kg (55lb), manhole covers can fetch 33 yuan (£2.20) from scrap dealers - but that is equivalent to perhaps a day's wages for a labourer.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4847892-108142,00.html (182 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Manhole cover theft
		In the city of Calcutta, more than 10,000 manhole covers were taken in two months.
		According to China's Xinhua news agency, Approximately 240,000 manhole and street-drain covers were stolen in Beijing in 2004.
		Hong Kong - eight - manhole covers and gutterbox grates - January 2004
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Manhole_cover_theft (360 words)

	NEWS.com.au \| Manhole cover thefts cause deaths (January 29, 2004)
		A SPATE of manhole cover thefts in China's largest city has caused the deaths of at least two people who fell through uncovered holes.
		Present laws punish manhole cover thieves only for minor theft, earning them about a two-week jail sentence, the newspaper said.
		In the past six weeks alone, thieves made off with 1826 manhole covers, causing economic losses of 460,000 yuan, city water bureau official Zhu Jiong was quoted as saying.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/01/29/cache/45984.html (236 words)

	Deccan Herald News page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Apart from manhole covers, theft of air valves is increasingly becoming a cause for concern.
		Agreeing that manhole cover thefts pose a threat to the safety of motorists and pedestrians, BWSSB Chairman M N Vidyashankar told Deccan Herald, “It is sheer public vigil and alertness on the part of his officials that can prevent manhole cover thefts.
		Manhole cover thefts had come down to 750 from 1,100 per month in the last three years due to public support, he added.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/aug31/c3.asp (408 words)

	Manhole cover theft - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Most business analysts believe that the underlying cause is a global shortage of metals resulting from the entrance of China into the World Trade Organization in 2001 (which further accelerated the ongoing rapid industrialization of the Chinese economy).
		The Wall Street Journal has reported extensively on similar problems with other types of raw materials lying around in the open, like telephone wires and paper (left out for pickup by recycling organizations).
		Manhole cover theft, Thefts, Known rashes, See also, External links, Theft and Subterranea.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Manhole_cover_theft (315 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Shanghaicuts
		Instead, he is at the forefront of a slapstick life-or-death struggle against one of the city's fastest growing social problems: manhole cover theft.
		The thefts are an unusual but revealing indicator of the dramatic social shift from communist public good to capitalist private gain in Shanghai over the past 25 years.
		The number of manhole covers has doubled in the past 10 years from 70,000 to 150,000 as a result of the rising amount of liquid waste produced by a city whose population is growing exponentially.
	www.guardian.co.uk /china/story/0,7369,1345843,00.html (1675 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Manhole covers vanish in the night
		A spate of manhole cover thefts was reported earlier this year in Aberdeen and Gloucester.
		Newham has asked the local populace to keep a close eye on their manhole covers, to watch out for suspicious vehicles and to submit information to a hotline number.
		According to the art website Ruavista, which displays pictures of many of them, manhole covers "offer living testimony to the industrial artistry of the second half of the 19th century".
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1335156,00.html (269 words)

	Eric Shackle's eBook - Manhole Covers
		They're proud of their manhole covers, which are found with a wide range of patterns.
		The idea for artist-designed manhole covers in Seattle came from that city's Arts Commissioner Jacquetta Blanchett, after she admired hatchcovers (US term for manhole covers) in Florence, Italy in the late 1950s.
		Imbedded in the floor of the shower area in the Admiral's Club are replicas of the city's manhole covers.
	www.bdb.co.za /shackle/articles/manholes.htm (531 words)

	Manhole cover - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Manhole cover - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Manhole cover contains research on
		Manhole cover, Why are they round?, Trivia, Can a race car lift a manhole cover?, The first man-made object in space?, Gallery of manhole covers, See also, References, External links, Collections of photos and Subterranea.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Manhole_cover (743 words)

	PAM-product- Rexus Cover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		REXUS manhole covers feature a unique spring bar locking mechanism and a spline located in the hinge housing for improved security; additional locking options are available to further deter unauthorized access and theft.
		REXUS manhole covers are designed to be ergonomically positive — that is, easy for one person to operate, with no special equipment necessary.
		REXUS manhole covers are designed to be highly durable, a benefit that is made possible by the excellent mechanical performance of ductile iron.
	pamcovers-na-saint-gobain.com /rexusCov.html (372 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Police look into manhole mystery
		Police believe 130 manhole covers missing from local roads may have been stolen for scrap.
		The thefts in the north east of Scotland follow similar incidents in the past few months in Gloucester, West Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.
		In Shanghai, 1,500 covers have gone missing since the start of February, and the thefts have been blamed for at least eight deaths in the past year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/scotland/3571301.stm (328 words)

	China seeks to put a lid on manhole theft
		BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital is testing a new kind of manhole cover to put a lid on rampant theft, Xinhua news agency says.
		Missing manhole covers are a hazardous fact of life on the sidewalks and roads of Beijing where they are stolen to be sold as scrap for a couple of dollars each.
		"The new manhole covers will be made of non-metal materials with no recycling value," Wang Xin, spokesman for the city's utilities management department, was quoted as saying on Sunday.
	www.canadiancontent.net /forums/about4070.html (404 words)

	Locals on guard after manhole cover theft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On Feb 13, a manhole cover was stolen from St Leo’s Road, making it all the more urgent for a security guard to be appointed on the road.
		Now, with this latest theft, which has left a gaping hole in the middle of the road, residents have stepped up their initiative to hire a guard for the road.
		Since they had run out of circular manhole covers (the one that was stolen was round), they had to dig the area around the manhole to fit in a rectangular cover.
	web.mid-day.com /metro/bandra/2006/february/131093.htm (263 words)

	Art Underfoot, and the Angel Who Guards It
		She knew what was missing because she had once photographed it, a cast-iron cover adorned with a five-pointed star and a raucous sea of raised dots.
		But she makes no secret of her crusade to save the ancient manhole covers, coal-chute covers and vault covers that dapple the city surface by the hundreds of thousands, some of them still-active portals to the netherworld.
		As she guided on this rainy morning, she pointed to covers whose raised features may have once had a practical purpose — providing traction for the hooves of horses — but are now the cast-iron expressions of whimsy from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
	www.nytimes.com /2003/09/06/nyregion/06ABOU.html?ex=1378267200&en=cc70fa5bce276050&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (917 words)

	Cable Security
		To make cable theft monitoring even more effective, it is possible to put all of the pair continuity monitoring devices into a special transfer office in the PressureMAP or USAM database.
		When a manhole is opened, an alarm is generated by the PressureMAP software and distributed via an accelerated calling schedule to a specially designated Alarm Center.
		Authorized access to manholes can be logged via one of PressureMAP’s opening logs prior to entry in order to nullify the entry alarm.
	www.airtalk.com /cable_sec.html (397 words)

	London Life Covers at www.bestmortgagezone.com - Life Insurance in London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	www.bestmortgagezone.com /london-life-covers.html (1286 words)

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		Grinding these weldments in order to open the manhole cover for service or emergencies can damage the cover and the manhole frame.
		Another method uses special bolts and requires the cover to be centered and indexed within the frame.
		Pan devices are another system, but only prevent access to the confined space while leaving the manhole cover susceptible to theft, vandalism or removal.
	www.stabiloc.com /product_home.htm (273 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories
		Treated as a petty crime by the police, lifting of manhole covers in the city has assumed an alarming proportion if the overall figure of the city was taken into account.
		The enormity of thefts indicates that these are not common in just the outer Sectors, which are close to labour colonies.
		Four persons were arrested for stealing manhole covers in two separate cases in the past 24 hours in the city.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050410/cth1.htm (4337 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| China manhole thefts prove deadly
		Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai have called for greater punishment for manhole cover thieves, after it transpired that eight people had fallen down uncovered holes and died since last June.
		China's state Xinhua news agency said that at the moment, the punishment for such theft is in line with the value of the stolen goods.
		The attraction of stolen manhole covers is that they can earn the thief about 33 yuan (US$4) from scrap dealers - about a day's wage for labourers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3440451.stm (236 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - Metal theft
		Metal theft is a term used to describe the theft of metal items on a large scale.
		These thefts usually increase when prices for scrap metal rise.
		This is a serious issue in the Ukraine, where statues, wires and even sewage hatches have been stolen for sale as scrap.
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Metal_theft (88 words)

	JS Online: Manhole covers swiped at an alarming pace
		High demand for scrap metals is behind the theft of manhole covers and sewer grates in Milwaukee.
		Thieves are swiping Milwaukee's cast-iron sewer grates and manhole covers at an alarming pace.
		Thieves are swiping Milwaukee's cast-iron sewer grates and manhole covers at an alarming pace, sending crews scurrying to cover the dangerous holes and police detectives hunting for the culprits.
	www.jsonline.com /news/metro/mar04/214326.asp (667 words)

	Manhole.ca Weblog :: June :: 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Aside from 'normal' manhole pictures, I also found a trove of 'other' interesting manhole shots, including a presidential manhole cover; a plant cover guarded by what appears to be Poseidon or Neptune; venting manholes, etc...
		Unfortunately all.com variations of 'manhole' were taken; either by actual manufacturers of manhole covers, or by porn sites; but the other.ca's were available.
		"Galileo" even went as far as to produce a manhole cover on their own that is apparently theft and vandal-proof; as well as acting as a compass to guide you around town...
	www.manhole.ca /blog/index.php?m=200506 (2788 words)

	KentuckyRoads.com - Manhole Cover Theft on the Rise in Northern Kentucky
		KentuckyRoads.com - Manhole Cover Theft on the Rise in Northern Kentucky
		Manhole Cover Theft on the Rise in Northern Kentucky
		A rise in the scrap metal prices is believed to be behind an increase in the number of incidents of manhole cover theft: (Covington) Kentucky Post: Manhole covers disappearing; Thefts may be tied to high resell (Dec. 25, 2004)
	www.kentuckyroads.com /news/1035.html (147 words)

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