UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION
LIFTERS, MANHOLE, COVER

Manhole Covers can be notorious to remove.  Either stuck in place by silt and mud or too heavy to lift without damaging your back.

The GPO tried a number of lifters and some are mentioned here.
 

Lifters, Manhole Cover No. 2 - 1956
This lifter is semi-portable and can be dismantled


Lifters, Manhole Cover No. 2 - 1956


Lifters, Manhole Cover No. 3 - 1965

 

Lifters, Manhole Cover No. 3 lifting a Cover, Jointing Pit No. 2 - 1965

 

Lifters, Manhole Cover No. 4 - 1969

 

Lifting a manhole cover using a hand cart - 1935

 

Lifting a manhole cover using a hand cart - 1936

 

Lifting a manhole cover using a hand cart - 1936

 

London - Heathrow Airport - 1949

 

London - Heathrow Airport - 1955

 

Tunbridge Wells - 1962

 

 

 
 
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