Water water

Blue WATER WATER 

Rusty WATER WATER 

Having the water utility cover name appear two times on the cover makes it easy to discern the purpose of  the cover from either side of the cover.

Water inset

Generic water utility cover 

This generic water utility cover is inset in the concrete sidewalk of the street beneath our feet.

Water and bricks

The street beneath our feet was paved with bricks.  Seen amongst the bricks were these water utility access covers.

GFI WATER with horseshoe U 

WATER with two accesses 

CF-B WATER with two accesses 

TRUMBULL WATER 

These included: 

- a GFI WATER with projecting horseshoe ("U") protecting the pentagon shaped bolt head

- a plain WATER with two access cutouts

- a CF-B WATER with two access cutouts, and

- a TRUMBULL WATER with a pentagon shaped bolt head.  

That five sided bolt head (or screw head) is also called a "penta screw" or "penta bolt".

Worn water

Worn down water cover 

Seen in the street beneath our feet, this worn down water utility cover is just legible enough to tell us of its function.

Keystone water covers

RUSSCO Water cover 

Water cover 

Two variants on the "keystone" water utility cover - one by Russco and the other not marked.  The Russco cover features circular cement smoothing around the cover.  Both were seen in the street beneath our feet.  

Ford water

Star pattern meter box 

This star pattern is one of many water meter box designs and shapes made by the Ford Meter Box Company.  The company was founded in 1898 and is presently located in Wabash, Indiana. 

No 1 water

No. 1

Dappled sunlight draws our eye to this CALDWELL BOSTON NO 1 WATER utility cover that appears in the street beneath our feet.

Other cast iron Caldwell covers can be seen here (gas) and here (water).