[|||] Site Map and other info

• Home page Introduction, why a manhole cover site?
• Help Site browsing short help in Italian.
• Manhole covers organized by shape
  • Various Unusual shapes. (6 photos)
  • Circle Common shape expecially for large manholes. (6 photos)
  • Oval Typical shape for hydrant covers. (5 photos)
  • Square Rather common shape in new manhole covers. (6 photos)
  • Rectangle The ubiquitous shape. (6 photos)
• Manhole covers organized by function
  • Water Water pipes, valves, taps... (23 photos)
  • Various Various function not falling in other groups. (36 photos)
  • Sewers Paths to sewers. (10 photos)
  • Town gas Gas pipes control. (10 photos)
  • Grates Grates, drain grids. (29 photos)
  • Oil Petrol pump tank covers. (18 photos)
  • Telephone Telephone and data cables. (16 photos)
• Classes
  • Different size Same pattern, different size. (11 photos)
  • Close up Words, symbols, embellishments, trade and quality marks... (33 photos)
  • Genoa's emblem The city symbol on manhole covers. (35 photos)
  • Same die, many uses Recycling of dies with small changes. (9 photos)
  • Different versions Same use evolving along time. (32 photos)
  • Brazed manholes Few days before the Genoa's G8 in july 2001 all manholes in the city center were brazed. (7 photos)
  • Non-existent manholes Manhole covers images by Marco Vimercati and Mario Janin. (12 images)
  • Wrong manholes Little mistakes in manhole dies. (3 photos)
• Technics
  • Under the surface The back, the wells, the clamping (photo thumbnails only)
  • Materials Cast iron, steel, bronze, glass reinforced plastic (photo thumbnails only)
  • Rules Marks, quality standards, safety (photo thumbnails only)
• Links/credits Links to related web sites, sites about Genova, thankings.
• Site map This map in Italian
• Who is m.j.? Micro biography of m.j.
• Guestbook Sign my book

[?] A little Help

This web site is based on photos, there are only few texts, if you don't understand Italian very well, simply look at images.

You can start browsing from this site map, then you will find pages with photo thumbnails; click on them and you will get the bigger image in a new window. Warning: your browser must not block popup windows.

In the new window you can view the whole group using the previous image [<] and next image [>] button on the cyan bar at top. To return to thumbnail page click on exit [X] button.

Otherwise you can follow the guided path; each page, beginning from the home page, has a cyan bar at top, the link in the bar brings you to the next page and so on through the whole site.

[#] Legal stuff

All photos in this site are mine, if you use them in other web sites, you must not erase the copyright written at the bottom; please cite my name and/or insert a link to my site.

If you want to publish photos in books or magazines send an email, I have original hi-res photos (2560x1920 pixel) and we can find an agreement.

No one can produce manhole covers designed by Marco Vimercati and Mario Janin without permission.

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[↓] ultimo aggiornamento: 09/03/2009