Manhole cover revealed in the snow
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The photograph on this page of Manhole cover revealed in the snow by Alec MacKinnon as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Alec MacKinnon Taken: 2 Dec 2010
The manhole cover is one of several in the lane between First Avenue and Netherlee Primary School and its playing fields. There were a few inches of snow everywhere else but the manhole covers are apparently sufficiently warmed by domestic waste water that the snow doesn't settle on them.