[HN Gopher] Drain-spotting: The people who keep their minds in t...
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Drain-spotting: The people who keep their minds in the gutter
Author : zeristor
Score : 17 points
Date : 2021-05-15 07:32 UTC (15 hours ago)
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| Groxx wrote:
| I grew up not-too-far from Neenah Foundry, whose hole-covers I've
| seen everywhere I've gone (Wisconsin obviously, UK, Japan (e.g. a
| news article mentions Okinawa[1]), CA/FL/NY/MD/WA states, I've
| seen at least one reference that theirs are/were under the Eiffel
| tower, etc). It's quite a lot of reach for a foundry in a town of
| ~25k. It has been an idle source of entertainment over the years,
| I keep a an eye open for manufacturer names on municipal cast
| iron stuff :)
|
| If you ever go to Japan, definitely keep your eyes down. There
| are a TON of fancy covers, lots of them enameled, in both big
| cities and tiny towns.
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| [1]:
| https://www.postcrescent.com/story/entertainment/2018/09/06/...
| roachpepe wrote:
| Suddenly - have a picture of "Victor Musgrave having spotted a
| drain cover". That's some meme potential right there. That alone
| made the article worth it, thanks!
|
| Joking aside I think the urban infrastructure of today could use
| more of these small touches of aesthetics around. Why does
| everything modern have to be so boring, somehow I don't see a few
| ornamental street lamp posts or manhole covers wrecking any
| governmental budgets.
| Lammy wrote:
| Martin Zero's youtube channel is one of my favorites if you enjoy
| seeing the insides of drains and old tunnels all around
| Manchester and elsewhere:
| https://www.youtube.com/c/MartinZero/videos
| kingsuper20 wrote:
| The Japanese are the kings of that sort of thing.
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