An access panel in the Broomhill area of Glasgow produced by the Lion Foundry in Kirkintilloch. This foundry was established in the early 1880s by a number of former employees of Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry in the north of Glasgow.
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Despite the company's name, it's part of an old automated traffic light system. The font for the ATM logo is just so wonderfully Art Nouveau.
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A heavily worn Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Company access cover from George Square in Glasgow. It most likely dates from between 1911 and 1932 (when the company changed its name to the Automatic Telephone and Electric Company).
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As far as I can work out, this refers to a local electricity network run by the Burgh of Partick between 1899 and 1912, when the burgh lost its independence and was absorbed into Glasgow.
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Time for some Glasgow geekiness. This is a rarely encountered Partick Electricity Supply access cover on North Gardner Street in the West End of Glasgow.
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A branded Victorian or Edwardian access cover on Minvera Street in the Finnieston area of Glasgow. The names featured on such covers are usually either a local plumber or the foundry which made it.
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Most of the businesses no longer exist, but the one in the bottom left, John Richmond and Co Ltd, is still trading today, some 135 years after it was established in the 1880s.
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Cast iron calling cards. These old access covers from the streets of Glasgow all feature the name of the plumbing company which installed them.
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The site of their premises at 277 Ballater Street is now occupied by the Gorbals Leisure Centre.
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Old branded access cover in the Govanhill area of Glasgow. A cursory search hasn't located R Morton and Son, but I presume they were plumbers. A deeper dive into the records should confirm this.
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It's Monday somewhere already, so not too early for this #accesscover from Kanazawa, Japan. #manholecovermonday
Metal square
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