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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Power and Light, annotated and underlined on the east side of Des Moines, IA #manholecovermonday

Rusty MHC marked P & L encircled by red spray paint and set above a wavy metal drainage grate.

Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

US manhole cover stalwart Neenah Foundry* was called Alyward and Sons from 1904 to 1922. So this one dates to Beaverdale, Des Moines IA earliest days. *Founded in 1872 as Aylward Plow Works. #manholecovermonday #neenahfoundry #beaverdale

Running stitch style MHC with concentric circles and an outer one that reads Aylward - Son's Neenah WI

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"The running spring a parched wayfarer strays upon. Oh, it is sweet to escape from all necessity!" -Clytemnestra #manholecovermonday

A waffle stamped MHC set in a slightly damp basin over a drainage spout

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KevinC @kevinceee.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#ManholeCoverMonday Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Patinaed beauties inside the taxi stand shelter at O'Hare international terminal. Special appearance by a luggage cart wheel. #manholecovermonday

Two well-patinaed water line MHCs, the larger one with spokes. In the lower right-hand corner, a luggage cart wheel repeats the wheel motif.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Just outside Panamá Viejo. She gives one friendly bite for every three ear skritches, which she demands, again and again. That day, she threw in a blep for free. All in all, a pretty good deal. #caturday

A skinny calico cat reclines on a shop counter, atop colorful Panamian coasters and souvenirs. Caught her mid bleep.

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SBlandfo @sblandfo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I love this #Seattle City Light manhole cover reflecting the style of Northwest Coast #FirstNations art traditionally created by Haida, Tlingit, and Kwakwaka'wakw artists. #ManholecoverMonday

This elegant stylised design may include traditional motifs like ravens or whales - it’s quite hard to interpret. Wikipedia says “Northwest Coast First Nations art is a highly stylized, renowned tradition featuring complex "formline" motifs… to honor animal and supernatural spirits”.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"Recicla, Reduce, Reusa" Earth Day installation of Panama City's new approach to manhole cover replacement. Via Porres, in front of Parque Omar. #manholecovermonday

A newly installed blue-green MHC made of recycled plastic. It's encircled with bags dry cement to protect its still-damp concrete frame

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Morning walk along the Amador Causeway gave us a real charge today. #manholecovermonday

Two rectangular electrical access covers side by side, painted red. Each has a black electric volt painted in the middle. Past them and the sidewalk is the Bahia de Panamá and at the horizon, the island of Tabago.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Protect Our Water It Is In Our Hands Des Moines, Iowa #manholecovermonday

A MHC installed just above a street drain. Above words encircle it. Big open hand in the middle with water pouring over it.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The municipal version of an uncle who fixes things with duct tape and matchbooks. El Dorado neighborhood of Panama City. #manholecovermonday

A 6 square patchwork quilt made of cement pieces, one large MHc and one metal ventilation grate

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Sometimes the setting takes a look-at-me-instead attitude. Avenida Miguel Brostella in the El Dorado neighborhood of Panama City. Steps from the divine dumplings at Tallarines. #manholecovermonday

A plain rectangular MHC at the edge of a parking lot, surrounded by a mix of inlaid bricks, tiles, a strange and dangerous (to pedestrians) low metal protrusion, all surrounded in a yellow concrete border

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foresterbob @foresterbob.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Trondheim, Norway has some interesting iron covers. I took pics of several of them in April, 2022 never thinking that I'd end up using them for #ManholeCoverMonday.

A square iron cover surrounded by gray concrete bricks. The square portion of the cover has a series of radiating lines, and the word "Ulefos" in each corner. The round portion depicts an urban scene.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Strong pentagon energy radiating out of this one. Somewhere in Maryland. #manholecovermonday

Worn out MHC with a few traces of its origin all-over pentagon pattern. Five deep cracks radiate outward into the concrete.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

D half and half, somewhere in Maryland. Surely under a foot or so of snow by now. #manholecovermonday

A basket weave embossed MHC with a big D in the center. Set at the midpoint of a sidewalk and a strip of grass.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Ford Water Meter of Wabash, IN has followed me from Panamá to the US. Old town area of Arlington VA. #manholecovermonday

Circle on a circle design with raised stars in the outer circle. Set in bricks.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

'Tis the season for a red-and-green #manholecovermonday offering. Front entrance of Parque Omar, Panamá City.

A square textured MHC painted brick red and surrounded by grass

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Now comes Ford Meter Box of Wabash Indiana surprising this displaced Midwesterner. What are you doing all the way in Panama City? Calle 12 de Octubre, Parque Lefevre. #manholecovermonday

Simple iron cover with 9 embossed stars and the text mentioned above.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

One of the 1st examples of Panama City's new approach to replacing manhole covers (which are often carried off by metal scrappers). 100% recycled plastic. Paid for by the business stamped into the design. This one got a bit lost unless the sponsor is a #yarn swatch. #manholecovermonday

A square MHC made of mottled recycled plastic with a hard to detect raised design of squares set in squares.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#ManholeCoverMonday Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Two concentric metal rings, one stamped "Wm. Bayley & Sons Co. Milwaukee Wis." In the center is a metal circle with what looks like concrete over the top of it with large holes punched through it. Radiating from the outside of the cover are bricks of various colors and conditions with gray mortar in between. It gives the effect of a flower.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In front of a small concrete block car dealership painted the same color. They just kept going, covering the entire parking lot and sidewalk, up to the edge of the Inter-American Highway, aka Avenida Cincuentenario within Panama City. #manholecovermonday

A wheel-style MHC deeply embedded in concrete, both of whichiare painted what was once Kelly green, now dulled by dirt, road wear and the ages.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The work of Campbell Foundry of Harrison NJ landed on Avenida Central at the tip of Casco Viejo that pokes into the Bahia de Panama. #manholecovermonday

A simple MHC set in concrete square that is itself set in a brick laid, rain slicked street.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Today is Separation Day in Panama and so this one seems apt. Corner of calles Obarrio y Tejeria. #manholecovermonday #diadeseparacion

A large MHC that is literally separating from its surrounding concrete, which is halfway fallen away

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Tucker @tjchc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

My first #manholecovermonday is this right

an Orange cat with the most handsome face and big green eyes standing on a manhole cover with the word "sewerage" on it

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Metal triptych in Altos de Golf, Panama City. #manholecovermonday

MHC set in concrete and paired with a rusty metal tube and patina-ed fire hydrant, all surrounded by grass

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Neta, guardian of Parque Omar's north gate, adds a grace note to #manholecovermonday

A gray tabby with green eyes sits calmly at 11 o'clock next to a MHC with a large tree trun in the background

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Final update on Calle República de India doings. It's been a bit like witnessing the birth of a star, watching this new manhole cover come into being. Appreciate the suggestion of a halo and the leafy garnish. #manholecovermonday

MHC in the form of a small metal door painted red and surrounded by fresh concrete. Matching reddish leaves scattered about.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Updating my Sept 1 #manholecovermonday post from Calle República de India. The warning flag (red shopping bag tied to a stick) is repositioned. Now it's secured by a rock. A weighted box (new arrival) protects the other flank Taking a moment to admire this trinity of public works improvisation.

Completely open manhole holding a plywood frame, awaiting fresh concrete. There's an improvised red flag (shopping bag stuck on a 2 x 2 stick) to warn pedestrians away from the hole.

Newly installed red MHC surrounded by freshly pour concrete and protected by the means mentioned in the post.

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

From the "close enough" collection #manholecovermanholecovermonday Calle República de India, Parque Lefevre, Panama City

An IDAAN water pipe access cover surrounded by mossy concrete shaped like a boot

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Like a circle in a circle. Calle República de India, Panama City #manholecovermonday

Plain concrete MHC set into decorative paving stones

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Jillinois606 @jillinois606.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A work-in-progress for a Labor Day #manholecovermonday Calle República de India, Panamá

Deep hole in the concrete marked with a red shopping bag stuck on a stick. Inside, some kind of meter surrounded by a plywood frame.

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