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Firefighters in Arkansas rescue a man trapped three days in a manhole

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 6 Nov 24

Thanks to the actions of a concerned citizen who heard the pleas for help of a man who had been trapped in a ditch drainage manhole for three days and two nights in Little Rock Arkansas near a bridge, the Little Rock Fire...

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Oklahoma City firefighters rescue a man who fell into a manhole

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 Jul 24

Oklahoma City Fire Department firefighters answered an emergency call for a concerned person that a man whose name was not released to the public fell through a manhole cover on West Britton Road on Thursday morning. The...

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Lucky dog rescue story from Oregon

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 Mar 23

Portland Oregon dog owner Larry Beutler who is the owner of a female Black Labrador Retriever named Tess who is 13 years of age was walking with her owner when she saw two Portland city employees standing near am open manhole when...

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A New Jersey mom is living proof that she is a real life supermom

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122162) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Oct 21

Jennifer Marrow is what I would call a real life supermom who risked her life to save the life of her two year old son Henry who fell down a manhole at a park in New Jersey last month when her son vanished from sight as she...

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Unique findings in other Countries

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 9 Jan 18

After reading @Tampa_girl7 post on Unique Manhole cover I went to my Photo library to look for all those that my hubby and I had come upon during our travels across Europe. This one is from Brugge and every manhole is different...

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Breaking Into Home Can Be Painful

MIMO_Rulz_111 @MIMO_Rulz_111 (2074) • India 15 Nov 12

I live in an apartment. The main gates of the building are bolted at 10 P.M. So sometimes when I'm late and the gates of our building are shut, I scale the boundary fence to enter the building. Then reach for the stairs and climb...

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Why manholes are round

IAmMbl @mabeldaclan (787) • Philippines 27 Aug 11

One day, our teacher asked us if we know the reason behind the shape of the manhole. None of us knew, so, none of us answered. She made several clues. Still we didn't get the answer. Its related to the cover, to the cover's...

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Why Are Manhole Covers Round?

kanbing @kanbing (90) 11 May 08

I suddenly wanna know that Why Are Manhole Covers Round? I read an article what involved this topic,but i didn't understand it clearly.

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manhole!why are they round?

BYOLA2871 @BYOLA2871 (4371) • South Africa 15 Feb 08

I happen to have been in the construction industry for a while but never thought about this question until i read something pertaining to that in the newspaper.Just for explanantion sake a manhole covers the access points to the...

Why are manholes round?

chrmdarcher @chrmdarcher (276) • Philippines 20 Feb 07

I couldn't believe it when I met someone who has just been in a job interview and was actually asked why are manholes round? He wasn't even applying for a construction firm to be asked such a question. On the other hand, this...

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In your own idea why is the Manhole round?

sp37zn4z @sp37zn4z (33) • Philippines 2 Jan 07

why is it round? i search on google and found too many answers scientifically and logically... i wan't your answer's in detailed... and in your own ideo

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Why Manhole is called only Manhole...why it is named so

kannimunni @kannimunni (468) • India 26 Dec 06

I searched many libraries...I did not get the answer???? What could be the answer please guess...

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Why is it that manhole covers are circle?

251984 @251984 (291) • Philippines 22 Nov 06

Can you answer that?