Beautiful Manhole Covers

Manhole cover in Hiroshima, Japan (Photo: MRSY/Flickr)

Who says that manhole covers have to be ugly? As this huge Manhole Cover Flickr group pool shows, they can be both fun and functional (and not always round, either!). Here are some of our favorites:

Manhole cover in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (Photo: towel_man/Flickr)

Manhole cover in Copenhagen (Photo: Jassy-50/Flickr)

Manhole cover in Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (Photo: MRSY/Flickr)

Manhole cover in Fukuyama, Japan (Photo: towel_man/Flickr)

Manhole cover in Nagoya, Japan (Photo: towel_man/Flickr)

Manhole cover in Strzegom, Poland (Photo: korom/Flickr)

More at the Manhole Cover Flickr Group Pool: Link - via Oblog