Electric gansett

 

Now called by another name

This cross hatched manhole cover is seen in the street beneath our feet.  The company identity oval interrupts the orderly layout of the "=", "-", and "|" elements that are used in the design of this utility cover.  

 

Originally called the United Electric Power Company, the name was changed to that seen on the manhole cover on November 30, 1927.  This cover would have been produced some time after that. 

 

 

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The comment by anon at 12:37:00 intrigued me to look up that reference.  Hi Nabor is "your Home Grown Supermarket - since 1963" in Baton Rouge.  It has three locations.  In Google Street View, each store has a white vehicle standing in front of the store on the left side:

pickup truck

BRPD cruiser

sedan

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Electric red

highlighted functionality

This double ring "ELECTRIC SERVICE" manhole cover features a 15 x 15 cross hatched rectangular diamonds central panel.  The outer ring consists of an alternating pattern of 30 "=" and 30 "|".  Red paint is used to highlight the function of this manhole cover.

The circular crackles around the cover enhance this scene in the street beneath our feet.

Cover relic

 

Is that an eye?

  

This "Time Warner Cable Of New York City" manhole cover was made the East Jordan Iron Works.  In 2016, Time Warner Cable was acquired by Charter Communications, which brands itself as "Spectrum".  Despite its re-branding, the parent company still has not made a complete logo consolidation of its acquisitions, leaving these relics in the street beneath our feet.

 

 

Rain drain

 

Sixty one holes 

 

This multi-hole drain cover features the venerable 1 x 6 x 12 x 18 x 24 hole pattern, resulting in 61 holes to drain rain.  Set in the sidewalk and out of the path of foot traffic, it has acquired a rusty patina.

 

The more unusual 1 x 5 x 12 x 18 x 24 x 30 pattern can be seen here.  

 

Do you have '5' or '6' second ring drain covers?

 

 

 

 

Rocky drain

 

Poking out of the ground

A mound of river rocks and crushed stone surrounds the newly installed 1 x 12 x 20 round drain cover.  The drain cover is massive and thick, with huge openings, appropriate for the weight of the drainage rocks and the expected water flow.

Hole in the floor

 

Danger hole!

The message

 

DANGER

 ! ! ! ! ! !

  HOLE 

 

hand-written on the tape on the floor tells anyone strolling through an area under construction that they should be wary as there is an uncovered hole beneath that tape.

 

 

 

 

 

One water

 

Is there a No. 2 Water?

 

This "NO. 1 WATER" utility cover was seen in the street beneath our feet.  It has a horseshoe ("U") protecting the pentagon shaped bolt head, known as a "penta bolt" or "penta screw".  

 

 

Sidewalk circle

 

What were you used for?

It is not clear what this metal ring is for or from.  When the new sidewalk was put in, it was left in place.  Filling in the center makes makes it no longer usable; protruding out of the street makes it foot catching. 

 

Any comments on this scene in the street beneath our feet? 

 

Electric basket weave

 

LECT  C  cover

The 15 x 15 basket weave pattern of this ding-ed up and asphalted-over electric utility manhole cover is a scene in the street beneath our feet. 

 

 

 

One hole cover

 

 

This old utility cover is a scene in the street beneath our feet.  Its original usage is now now known.  It may have been a gas shutoff, or a water shutoff, or maybe a fill for a below ground heating oil tank?  

 

 

Square nines

 

9x9 square diamond with 23 teeth

This 9 x 9 square diamond manhole cover is seen in the street beneath our feet.  The rim features 23 normal sized "teeth" and a wide "tooth" in the upper left.

 

 

Five ringers

Two manhole covers, both with five segmented rings and a center, were seen in the street beneath our feet.

 

8x8x8x8x8 with raised center

That manhole cover has 8 x 8 x 8 x 8 x 8 segments per ring, label with a raised center, and with vent holes in the second ring. 

 

 

12x12x12x6x6 and depressed center

 

This manhole cover has 12 x 12 x 12 x 6 x 6 segments per ring and a depressed center. 

The five rings make them look similar, but counting the segments per ring shows them to be different.

 

Pointy diamonds

 

Very pointy

This very pointy diamond pattern manhole cover was a scene in the street beneath our feet.  The ring is a 98 x 52 diamond pattern.  The cover is a 49 x 43 diamond pattern.  The rust pattern shows the direction of the water flow. 

 

 

Thistle last

 

 

This arrangement of L's, raised buttons, and a topping of five dots makes for a sidewalk crossing plate that will last and is durable.

 

This Duralast branded product sporting the EJ company logo was seen in the street beneath our feet.

Two something

 

Could be 1/8, or ...

The "U" and the "S" are easily read, and that is a "2", but what is the fractional part?  The worn / rusted information about the size of this fill cap cover results in a phrust-rated fotog-rapher.  

This scene was seen in the street beneath our feet.

Shoe-shined cap

 

Worn but still readable

 

Persistent foot traffic has left the dome of this utility cap worn and shiny.  There is enough lettering left on to identify it as a SCULLY - UNIFIL (R) - B.S.A. NO - FUEL OIL cap.

 

 

Diamonds from India

 

36x34 diamond pattern cover

 

This 36 x 34 diamond pattern manhole cover seen in the street beneath our feet is sourced from India.

 

Flush fill cap

 

Slightly recessed

This flush fill cap has skinny "fingers".   Installation slightly below sidewalk level keeps this oil tank cap from being tread upon by wayward soles.  That allows the non-ferrous metal to acquire a slight patina.

 

Fill cap keys are used to screw and unscrew these caps.  These keys come in different styles, typically two way or six way.  The two way usually fits only specific fill cap models.  A six way key may fit up to ninety percent of the caps it encounters. 

 

BPM worn

 

Dinged and dented

 

A well worn =BPM= PENALTY ||FOR|| REMOVAL cover seen in the street beneath our feet.  This one is not as pristine as the one seen earlier.

 

 

 

 

Witer water cover

 

Just WATER

 

At first glance, this WATER utility cover was read as WITER.  Closer examination of this scene beneath the feet on the street shows that the I is really a worn and one-legged A.  

 

The typography holds interest.  The counters in the letters A and R are filled in, and, the kerning seems to be "off" just slightly?