It used to be a kids' prank, but manhole cover theft has become an expensive problem for cities such as Long Beach, Calif. Each lid weighs more than 200 pounds, but thieves anxious to capitalize upon ...

An eye-opening look into everyday engineering that reveals the brilliant reasons why manhole covers are universally designed ...

As the story goes, there’s a famous job interview question first used by Microsoft: “Why are manhole covers round?” Our latest episode of The Untapped New York Podcast covers many of the famous and ...

On a morning in early June, a manhole exploded on High Street in downtown Boston, launching its 200-pound iron cover several feet through the air and severely disrupting the morning commute. About a ...

While the odds of getting struck by an exploding manhole cover are low, they’re not zero. According to the 2021 New York City Mayor Management Report, the New York Fire Department responded to 261 ...

Manhole cover thefts, maintenance work, poor safety measures continue to leave deadly gaps on rain soaked streets ...

In view of strengthening civic grievance redressal and improving public safety during the monsoon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal ...

The vanishing of an 1866 Croton Aqueduct manhole cover recalls the fleetingness of historic infrastructure heritage on New York City's streets. I shouldn’t have been surprised when one disappeared, ...