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I thought I was the only weirdo that looked at manhole covers. I look for the date and the casting of foundry info on it. New ones are not very interesting but old city ones are the best. My father grew up in Sunnyside and Astoria Queens showed me how to look for coal chutes. He lived in apartment buildings that actually used coal furnaces and boilers. If I can remember correctly they were smaller then you normal manhole cover??

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