Around the World in Manhole Covers

Description

Around the World in Manhole Covers takes a closer look at the ironwork we pass every day: manhole covers, drains, utility covers and other details built into our streets.

Decorated with civic crests, foundry names, dates, symbols and intricate patterns, these practical objects often have stories to tell. They can reveal something about a place’s history, its industries and the people who made them.

Part travel book and part photographic record, this collection brings together examples from towns and cities around the world, showing how even the most ordinary piece of street furniture can become a small work of public art.

For anyone interested in urban history, industrial heritage, photography or the details most people overlook, this book offers a different way of seeing the streets around us.