Sunday, May 11, 2025

Manhole Covers

 

Remember when I did those home/garden tours back at the beginning of March?  The last house I visited had a yard full of all kinds of interesting objects like the fire-breathing dragon I posted here.  I mentioned back then that I had a lot more photos from that place.  So here are a few more.


The owner had a large collection of manhole covers from different cities around Arizona.  One of docents told us that he has a certificate for the purchase of each of these just in case there was ever a question of how he got them. 


The covers were being used like stepping stones in one section of the garden.  


I would never have thought of manhole covers as collectors items but I have to admit, they made for interesting garden decorations.   


8 comments:

roentare said...

The manhole cover collection is especially fascinating—cool that he even has certificates for them.

Stefan Jansson said...

At the beginning of Flickr 20 years ago O gad a contact who only photographed different manhole covers.

Diaday said...

One time when I was in Central Park (NYC), I noticed a manhole cover and snapped a photo. After that one, I took lots of photos of the covers in Central Park and on the sidewalks of New York. That is such a cool idea to use them as garden stepping stones.

RedPat said...

These are great, Sharon.

Steve Reed said...

That IS interesting. I wonder how much they cost? And why would the cities sell them?

Bill said...

Very impressive

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

These are fantastic! They actually make manhole covers attractive! Very creative.

Amy said...

I like these, so decorative and different.