Prismatic coal hole covers were commonly used allow natural light into the otherwise pitch black cellars. Only a few of the original prisms remain in this particular example.

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Prismatic coal hole cover on Hope Street in Glasgow. Coal holes in the street allowed deliveries to coal cellars without having to carry the coal through a building.

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